Welcome to Manbeers.com. This site is about friends getting together with friends... without the pretext of having to be something you are not. So relax, have a pint, and talk about the passing days, your kids, your dreams, adventures, travels, joys... The only requirement? A good story to share with friends.

Summer BBQs

This summer has seen ManBeers shifting to the outdoors… the the patios… and the BBQs.
A nice time.

Looking back… Happy New Year! Hello, 2010

Found some images from the summer of 2008… when the old Irish Heather was still around..

Small but comfortable or… “She was like this…”

This december 2009 ManBeers night found a spot in the front of the Irish Heather… in the little cubicle brought over from the old Irish Heather when it moved across the street earlier in the year.
A good night overall. Good food.  Good stories.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good pint!

And so this is Christmas

ManBeers Christmas is coming upon us.
And… that makes me think of beer.  Natural Beer.

ManBeers September 2009

Well, ManBeers September 2009 was held at the New Irish Heather. After almost a year of granting Michael's wish not to frequent the new tavern... the sadness in Peter's eyes were just too much for Michael... and blessings were given to allow us to once again meeting in said pub.
Now, what's interesting, is that Michael's wife had already checked out the pub without telling Michael!
Oh what joy.
And on this joyful occasion came along a friend of Michael's from England. Thus will begin ManBeers UK !
Soon.

March is here

March is here and it’s time to raise a pint from the frozen ground and give a cheer to the sun which is spending so much more time with us of late.
Except of course this last little blast of snow!
This month… The Railway Club, downtown.
Share a pint with a friend… or two.

ManBeers December 2008

A fine month this.... and we'll be trying out the NEW Irish Heather (unless it's called something else since there are more owners now?)..

Thoughts on new destinations…

Downtown:

As new venue what may work well from what I have seen so far in downtown is Steamworks. But I do not know the city as well as some of you and most people go there already for such meetings.

I like the yacht club type pub/bar under Granville Bridge on the downtown side of false creek, but I forgot the name.

I like Cardero’s. Good food, good bar, not to much pressure to order meals, not too expensive, but not cheap either, nice ambience. Location wise somewhat a compromise between downtown and North Shore. However, getting an unexpected invitation to join a blow concert as active member on the bridge occasionally on the way home is still an unwanted side effect of that location.

How about the Railway club? That is the right sort of place. Food is simple and very good. Have no Idea how full it is in the evenings, but very casual. I know they serve food at lunch, I am only guessing they have also food at dinner. Often they have life music. I can check next Friday whether they have Guiness. It is located on Duinsmure between Homer and Richards. The girl at the bar is called Natasha and she has the right sort of attitude….Drinks are self service with line up at the bar…..but not expensive.

On the North Shore:

I like Earls on Marine, but there are line-ups and pressure to have a meal. Table for us would have to be ordered I guess, but how do we organize that? What is if some do not show up? Complicated….

The Red Lion in Dundarave….somewhat o.k…..but there must be something better out there? Practical for Jay and me though.

There is a nice Greek restaurant close to the bottom end of Lonsdale. They have lots of space and good food and nice small platters. Sometimes they have Greek life music playing for free. One can walk to the sea bus. Could be convenient to many of us.

There is a very bizarre pub in Ambleside at the corner of 13th tucked away in the court yard of that dated commercial development with that ugly brick tiles on the north side of Marine Drive, the development were the West Van Mc Donald’s was…. They have a little courtyard to sit outside and it seems to be the hanging out spot for the local alcoholics who still have enough dough to hang out in a pub and to discuss politics. I have only looked once in a while passing by at the strange assembly one can see there lingering around on the terrace. I have now idea how the food is.

Isn’t there a kind of brew house pub/restaurant on Marine Drive in that new Brick development not far from Capilano Mall where also a large Indigo book store is? Has anybody tried that one.

End of an era…

Manbeers.com is going offline in a few weeks. No need to keep it taking up space on the server…

The real ManBeers ... the meetings once a month… will keep on rolling along.  That’s the real ManBeers.

This virtual one keeps us away from the physical meetings… so it’s not going to be kept.

Have a pint!
otto

A new year

Christmas ManBeers was a good time.

Next one… November 13

With a bit of time… and having fun with a new program..

Tuesday July 7… summer pints.

ManBeers Summer.
A time to enjoy!

New Beers Years Man

Another great time at SheBeen… in the back of the Heather.
While another windstorm hit the west coast, the men talked about directions of… important matters.

ManBeers Fall… movies and pedicures…

September is here… babies are on their way… and it’s time for the manbeers group to meet and talk about all the interesting stuff out there in the big, wide world… such as the movie “The Saddest Music in the World”
hmmm..

Take it from this quote:
“The effect is so distancing that all but the most adventurous filmgoer will have trouble sitting through all 100 minutes of it.”

Or read more quotes here…

February meeting time

This month’s meeting… wednesday night, the 15th… 7pm at the Irish Heather.
Hopefully otto will remember to record some of Christian’s amazing stories and put them up here for the world to listen.

December stories

Tonight we had some more wonderful stories from Christian about the joyful times he had in his youth.  The one that sticks most in our minds is the reminiscing about the winters past… the fact that he gets emotional around this time of year… and this brings up beautiful memories of going skiing in the Alps (?) down slopes that were so steep that your knees would knock together from fear…

 

And, on the backside of the mountain, half way down the slope, lay a restaurant that made the most amazing bread… which they ate with gusto ... and drank large quantities of wine and beer before heading down the rest of the mountain on their skiis, until they reached the 500 year old mill where they were staying.
Here, they drank even more, and then, when they just about couldn’t stand, they lined themselves up along the “Bridge of Sighs” and, on the count of three, proceeded to vomit in unison by sticking their fingers down their throats.
Thus, they could then continue to drink some more and enjoy the night…

Ah what fun!