A 12-month plan of dining experiences! Now I am not going to lie, I don’t know if my husband is going to buy into this, but we shall see. After all, he too enjoys a meal out! In my new year reflection and my idea for a 12-month dining experience, this is what I came […]
On the First Month of New Years, My True Love Gave to Me … Read More »
As we enter into a new year it is often a time to reflect on the past year and look ahead to the new. In reflection, 2024 had Will in Vancouver and me in Victoria the majority of the year. It saw our granddaughter transition from a “freshie” to a toddler with a very distinct personality. Watching
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There was an atmospheric river recently so I sat down with a coffee, and worked on some posts while making a pot of soup! One of my favorite ways to spend a Sunday! I know it’s been a bit friends, sorry. We had an amazing month away in September and we thoroughly enjoyed our time
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At Christmas my daughter gifted me two experiences to enjoy whilst visiting my hubby in North Van: James Bond and Casino Royale in Concert at the Vancouver Symphony and a three course sitting at the Observatory at Grouse Mountain. The James Bond experience we enjoyed back in January, on what I believe was the coldest
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Happy 157th Birthday Canada. Do you feel old? I feel old, and if you take off that hundred from your age this year, you have my age. Nothing near yours. Canada Day is a federal statutory that celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation July 1st each year. It was in 1867 that The British North
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Fridays at work are the days that are super quiet for me and I usually end up plugging in my ear phones to listen to some music, put my head down and just get sh** done. Yesterday I came across this song and I just wanted to share it. I am not sure why this
It’s the third Sunday in June which signifies Father’s Day! In North America, Father’s Day has been celebrated since June 19th, 1910. Sounds like it took a few years to catch on as it was felt that dads didn’t have the same “sentimental appeal” as moms did, but none the less, over time, it did
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It’s crazy how time gets away us. Life gets so fast on us and before you know it another Christmas has come and gone. Another new year welcomed in. Life is so much like a merry go round and sometimes we forget to slow down and get off. It’s been since Thanksgiving since I posted last. I
Life is Like a Circus Merry Go Round Spinning Read More »
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of fall and is often considered the fall harvest. It’s a time where we step back and reflect on all that we have and all that we are grateful for. For me, I am grateful for family: a loving partner, three kind, considerate and responsible adult children and their partners. I
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We are week one into our wine tour. We have rented a Class C RV again and we packed up and hit the road on Monday to head to one of our favourite spots in BC: wine country in the Okanagan. This year the area has been hit hard again with forest fires so we
Good friends are like a good bottle of wine, they both make life better! Read More »
Hi friends. After a lengthy absence I’m back ! What has been happening in my world. Lots has transpired since my last post. I appreciate you waiting out my hiatus. Our oldest is expecting ! We will be first time grandparents come late fall. I don’t really fancy the name Gramma. Or Baba. Or
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Its been a minute or two since I posted last. Life has just gotten in the way – in a good way. My mum visited from Ontario, my husband returned from a 6 month deployment (INSERT HEART EMOJI HERE), I volunteered at the local food bank with my fellow co-workers a few times, we celebrated
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My mum was visiting from Ontario recently (hence no posts). She only really asked to do one thing when she was here: to see a Canuck’s game. So, I got us tickets. Five of us (not counting Stella) squeezed into the car and ventured over to Vancouver from the Island on a Friday afternoon. Traffic
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I am a proud military wife. And today, we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms and privileges we continue to enjoy every day in this country. Today, as we take a moment to honour those we lost, let us also remember the countless men and women serving our country on various
Fall is here and I REALLY miss my husband. The good thing is there is only one month left until he returns from this deployment. They are at their last port before heading back to Pearl Harbor and then transiting home to CFB Esquimalt. I made it through this one a bit easier than I
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So my first memory of tequila is admittedly not so pleasant. I will confess that it was at a high school party at a friends house. I cannot remember the brand, but for many years, I could remember the smell. And for those same years, that smell made me want to throw up. So I
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What exactly is a bucket list? I am sure many of you may have seen the 2007 film The Bucket List with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. For those of you who have not or are not familiar with the expression, according to Merriam-Webster, the definition of a bucket list is: -a list of things that one
I don’t know if I was born to cook, but I definitely grew to love to cook. I think that comes from being a granddaughter to immigrants from Eastern Europe. I have always enjoyed eating and over time, have realized that I love being in the kitchen, preparing food, trying new things. I call it
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I grew up just outside a mid sized city in Southwestern Ontario. The Forest City. “Central Canada”. The summers were so very hot and humid and the winters full of snow squalls with snow days. I grew up thinking it was the best place in the world with no ambition to ever leave. In my
I’m starting a blog! I hope you will follow me. This is something way out of my comfort zone. It is a way to combine my love of writing with my love of food, drink and travel. They say (and I wish I knew who actually said it) that if you work at what you