Happy International Coffee Day!

Dear Readers, First of all Happy International Coffee day! What a great day to celebrate international coffee day on the first day of October, my favourite month of the year. When it comes to drinking coffee, I am usually pretty simple, I like my coffee as dark as possible and black. However, this time of…

Wayne Gretzky Estates

Dear Readers, While I was down in Niagara on the Lake with my mom and grandmother we visited one vineyard. The vineyard we decided to go to was the new Wayne Gretzky Estates. Out of the 88 vineyards we choose Gretzky's since we had already picked up a bottle of his rose while we were…

My Top 3 Places to Grab a Drink in Saint John

Dear Readers, First of all Happy Friday!! Crazy to think this is the last weekend in July... honestly where has the summer gone!? After a recent visit to Rouge, I thought I would share 3 of my favourite places to grab a drink in Uptown Saint John. I have said it a million times but…

Rosé Season

Dear Readers, Once the sun comes out in the summer it is Rosé Season!! There is honestly nothing I enjoy more than having a glass of Rosé on a warm sunny day. I wasn't a Rosé fanatic until I went on the Magic Wine Tour in Wolfville when I graduated from Acadia. On that tour the…

Giermindl’s Old Bavarian Restaurant

Dear Readers, First of all, Happy belated Father's day to all the wonderful Dads out there including my incredible Dad, Michael! I was so lucky this year to be home for father's day. My parents along with our close family friends decided last year to start a new father's day tradition of going to Giermindls…

Garden Grove Cafe

Dear Readers, I am sure many of my local readers have heard about the new cafe that opened in February in Rothesay, the Garden Grove Cafe, which is located at 2 Grove Avenue, just on the corner across from the Rothesay Post Office. Initially, I was just so thrilled to hear that there was going to…

My Favourite Restaurants in Uptown Saint John

Dear Readers, I can not hide the fact that I am a bit of foodie.. more importantly I just love restaurants, and Saint John for being a small city has so many incredible restaurants. Brunch: Britts: Britts is one of the best pubs uptown, and my absolute favourite place for brunch. The pub is located…

Uptown Pub Crawl

Dear Readers, Since moving back home I have been keeping busy with work, but also enjoy the things the city of Saint John and the province of New Brunswick have to offer. One of the things I am really impressed with in Saint John is the amount of incredible bars and restaurants there are uptown.…

My Favourite Meal of the Day: Breakfast

Dear Readers, For those of you who follow me on Instagram (@lauraaoland) I am sure you have noticed that breakfast / brunch is my favourite meal of the day. Interestingly enough, I was not a breakfast person until I was eighteen. Growing up I had an intolerance to eggs... and this resulted in me being…

Tennent’s Brewery

Dear Readers, While back in Glasgow one of the things I did on this trip was visit the Tennent's Brewery. Even though I had lived in Glasgow for over a year I had yet to actually visit the Wellpark Brewery located in the East End of Glasgow. Before moving to Scotland I don't think I…