Tomorrow is Cinco de Mayo. In celebration, we are having guacamole and drinking beers from Mexican brewer Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma Brewery. Hooray for avocado sales at Costco and beers for sampling! The four Mexican beers we tried were Bohemia, Indio, Tecate and Tecate Light. We’ve had plenty of Tecate before, so the only new-to-us beers were the Bohemia and Indio.
* Bohemia – Brewed in Mexico with hops imported from the Czech region, Bohemia has deep but subtle aromas of fruit, roasted barley and minerals that give way to an almost cocoa-like bitterness and sweet vanilla taste notes. Available nationwide.
* Indio – This dark Mexican lager is known for its malt character and light caramel aroma. Available in CA, TX and IL (also Tucson, Phoenix and Las Vegas).
Both were refreshing and perfect for the great weekend weather we’ve been having. They paired well with the guac. Neither was strikingly complex, but if we had to choose the household favorite of the two, Indio would come out ahead with its nuttier flavor.
If we DO pick up some Bohemia in the future, we might try making this Bohemia Float cocktail!
Hooray for trying new beers!
Other fun news around these parts – the seester and I headed up to Sacramento for brunch with San and Gina at a place called Bacon and Butter today. The place is as good as it sounds! Their pancakes were quite impressive, and I thoroughly enjoyed the smoked salmon biscuit sandwich – see below. Afterward, we walked around the Midtown neighborhood, picked up some iced coffee and did a little browsing in the secondhand aka thrift aka consignment shops.
In the past, I’ve written about the “joys” of homeownership, but really it was an opportunity to complain. Bad plumbing. Ant problems. Expensive appliances. Based on those other posts, you’d think it was more of a burden than anything. There really are positives though, so I’ll discuss a few of them today. 
It also helps that I fell in love with this living room. Natural light!
When I decided to move from Texas to Canada, I told myself it was going to be a super awesome, life changing adventure. I did this partly because I knew it was true, but also because, if I looked at this huge transition as an adventure rather than “uprooting my life and moving to a new country,” it somehow seemed less intimidating and like something I could actually follow through with.
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