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  • ABOUT
  • TRAVELS
    • General Travels
    • Wellness
    • Canada
    • England
      • London
    • Scotland
  • STUFF + THINGS
    • Drinks
    • Eats
    • Ex-pat Life
    • Wellness
  • PODCAST
  • Yoga
    • Yoga Blog Posts
    • Yoga classes
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  • Drinks,  Food,  Recipes

    #12DaysofHygge – Day 6: Stove Top Almond Milk Hot Chocolate + My Favourite Vancouver Hot Chocolate Spots!

    December 6, 2017 / No Comments

    Hot chocolate or hot cocoa. However you call it, it’s the perfect winter treat when you’re out and about, or when you’re having an evening in. It is a very hygge beverage in my humble opinion, so it’s only natural that it’s the next post in my 12 Days of Hygge. Including a recipe for for almond milk hot chocolate! How I came to love hot chocolate I used to be indifferent to this marvelous hot beverage.…

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    Yasmine
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    #12DaysofHygge Day 2: The perfect cup of tea in Edinburgh + Tea-to-Go in Vancouver

    December 2, 2017 / No Comments

    The British are famous for their stereotypical love of a ‘cuppa’. Naturally, my Brit doesn’t like tea. Ha. Anyway, I’m obviously not British, but like Oprah LOVES bread, I REALLY love tea. I have at least one cup, every morning. It’s comforting, it’s warm, and tea always smells lovely.

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    Yasmine
  • Ardbeg Islay whisky flight at Shebeen in Vancouver
    Drinks,  Food

    City Girl Whisky Diary: Ardbeg Long Table Dinner at Shebeen

    November 17, 2017 / No Comments

    I love a dinner party. But the ones I’ve hosted or attended (outside of Christmas time) have consisted of maybe eight people, maximum. So I was intrigued when I attended The Irish Heather and Shebeen Whisk(e)y House‘s ‘long table dinner’ for Ardbeg Distillery a couple weeks ago.* It was me, the Brit, and about 30-ish other people. Long table dinner = a MUST! *Gifted experience. Shebeen is the Ardbeg Embassy for Canada, which makes them privy to…

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    Yasmine
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    Townsite is where hygge is at – my guest post at TownsiteBrewing.com!

    October 30, 2017 / 7 Comments

    I recently had the opportunity to interview Townsite Breweing’s co-owner, Michelle Zutz, as well as write a guest blog post on the Townsite Brewing website. This was an exciting opportunity and I’m so happy to share it here:  And now a word from our (non) sponsor…. last week Powell River played host to Yasmine Hardcastle, a woman on a search for the perfect hygge experience. Here you can read of her adventures chez nous: It’s officially autumn…

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    Yasmine
  • Irish whiskey tasting flight at Shebeen
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    City Girl Whisky Diary: Tasting Irish at Shebeen Whisk(e)y House

    October 27, 2017 / 1 Comment

    Ireland is a place that has long been on my ‘to visit’ list. But every time I cross the Atlantic, it just doesn’t work out with the timing of everything else. Something that I hope to remedy soon. Until that happy day comes, I recently decided I should do some research and expand my whisky palate by learning about whiskey with an ‘e’. And where else would I go do that other than the award-winning Shebeen Whisk(e)y…

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    Yasmine
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    City Girl Connects: Interview with Townsite Brewing’s Michelle Zutz

    October 18, 2017 / 10 Comments

    The Brit and I spent Thanksgiving long weekend on BC’s Sunshine Coast. While there, we had the opportunity to visit Powell River’s award-winning Townsite Brewing, and I was given the reins of their Instagram account. The opportunity for that and this interview came from me taking a chance to reach out and Townsite coming back to me with an open mind to try something new. It’s very similar to the Townsite Brewing story. I sat down with Michelle…

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    Yasmine
  • #GetThrifty,  Drinks,  Scotland,  Travel,  United Kingdom

    City Girl Whisky Diary: Where to Get Free Whisky in Scotland

    August 20, 2017 / No Comments

    [perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]*UPDATE (May 2019): Thank you for visiting this blog post! The ‘Friends of the Classic Malts’ link seems to have become void, but I have reached out to Diageo to see if there’s an updated way to join the initiative. In the mean time, I still highly recommend visiting their single malt distilleries, including the one I visited in 2017 (below). [/perfectpullquote] Travelling in Scotland is one of my favourite…

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    Yasmine
  • Tomatin Distillery barrel room
    Drinks,  Scotland,  Travel,  United Kingdom

    City Girl Whisky Diary: Exploring the softer side of whisky with Tomatin Distillery 

    August 3, 2017 / No Comments

    Okay, ladies. This question’s mostly for you. Regardless of whether you enjoy a dram or not, when you think about whisky, what comes to mind? Don Draper from Mad Men? Stuffy old men with cigars? Maybe the thought that it tastes like rocket fuel? The second and latter of those were my thoughts on whisky for the longest time. And then I travelled to Scotland for the first time. Turns out I had been trying the wrong kinds…

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Hello, I'm Yasmine. Lovely to see you. I'm a Canadian expat living in the East Midlands of England. I firmly believe we don't have to sacrifice budget or wellness to enjoy our beautiful world. Let's explore!

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