Monday 23 June 2014

Kingston First Food Truck Festival

I recently wrote a review of Kingston's first Food Truck Festival for the Kingston Lobby!

Two Nuts Food Truck from Kingston Ontario
Two Nuts in a Food Truck is a new addition to Kingston. They're located across from the MOH on Wellington. Incidentally it's the closest truck to my office so I'll be frequenting it often.

Two Nuts mango fish taco - very tasty mango and a huge serving size!

Crosswind Pale Ale 

Daniel Makinnon serving the crowds. 
The Mackinnon brothers started up their brewery on their family farm in Bath Ontario. Bath is just outside of Kingston. The beer has a crisp caramel flavour which reminds me of Innis and Gunn. Mackinnon is my new favourite beer - I was seriously impressed. Mackinnon is now being featured at the Red House, The Brooklyn and Dianne's Fishbar.

Whitewater Brewery from Ottawa 
Whitewater Brewery was started by a couple whitewater paddlers so, of course, I instantly liked them. They brought an intense espresso IPA which tasted great. I can't drink much more than a sip of a hoppy IPA without getting a headache though so I opted for the blonde which was nice and refreshing.

Soaking up the sun at the Food and Beer Fest in Kingston Ontario.

Soaking up the sun at the Food and Beer Fest in Kingston Ontario.
The view from the South lawn at Fort Henry was fantastic!

Heading home.

Spoiler Alert: I'm going to be writing more articles on Fort Henry in the next few weeks!

Sunday 22 June 2014

My Latest Article: Kingston Derby Girls

My tourism writing/photography career continues as a tourism writer. My latest article is on the Kingston Derby Girls at Kingston Lobby.

Kingston Derby Girls' Boney L'Ass gets ready for practice
Boney L'Ass gets ready for practice at the Memorial Centre in Kingston.

The Derby Girls have five home games this year that are catered by Mission Street North food truck and have a beer garden provided by the Mansion.


Luckily my blogging platform supports animated gifs - I finally have an outlet to display them!










2014 Home Games

All Kingston Derby Girls home bouts take place at the Memorial Centre in Kingston (303 York Street). Kids 10 and under always get in free.
May 10: Season opener. Skateful Dead vs. Rogue Warriors and Disloyalists vs. Les Duchesses (Quebec, QC)
June 21: Skateful Dead vs. Lindsay Roller Derby (Lindsay, ON) and Disloyalists vs. Durham Derby Devils (Durham, ON)
July 19: Rogue Warriors vs. Port City Sirens (Oswego, NY) and Disloyalists vs. Breakwall Bombshells (Oswego, NY)
Aug. 16: Black and White scrimmage, players TBD
Sept. 6: Season closer – Back to Cruel 5. Skateful Dead vs. Rogue Warriors and Disloyalists vs. Forest City Derby Girls (London, ON)