It's been a busy few weeks, but I've finally had a chance to go through photos and do a road trip download from my notes. The Island is a perfect place for a road trip, and the Brit and I celebrated his birthday with four-and-a-half days of exploring. (As my calling him "The Brit" would …
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ROOST FARM CENTRE (9100 East Saanich Rd., North Saanich, BC) A couple weekends ago, the Brit and I hopped on a ferry for a mini birthday (his) holiday on Vancouver Island. As with most of my travels anywhere in the world, there was a mechanical delay. (Surprise!) Silver lining: we got to capture the sunset at …
It's New Years' Eve and I've just finished making Oatmeal Honey Chocolate Chip cookies for a party later this evening. I'm in rainy San Diego (so strange to say that it's raining in Southern California...), and I'm happy to be spending the last day of 2016 with a friend very near and dear to my …
I'm in San Diego this week visiting friends, and after a long travel day, I arrived on Tuesday just before 10 pm in balmy California so very hungry. I would have given my right arm for a green smoothie. My friend Jason rattled off some suggestions, but when he said "There's In-N-Out Burger....", my immediate …
We are now full on into the holiday season, which means shopping, parties, shortbread, and, let's face it, feeling a bit like you're running around like a chicken with its head cut off. This is not a feeling exclusive to Christmas time, but it's certainly amplified come December 1st. Unexpected guests, forgetting presents, hopping from event to …
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Have you ever had a work day where everything was just MEH? And had a touch of cranky just to top it all off? That was me a few weeks ago. What I do for work involves me having to be fairly pleasant (even when I'm not feeling it), so I was exhausted and not …
Do you remember when you were a kid and it felt like the boring things took forever and the fun things (like summer) went by so quickly? Then, we became adults and got "busy"; wondering how time flew by and wishing we could have had (or made) time to appreciate things. 2015 was both slow and quick for …
We have officially hit comfort food season. Read: cold (and usually rainy where I am). But that means savoury, hearty foods that smell amazing. Like Shepherd's Pie. Side note: Have you ever chosen to make a dish that happens to be someone's favourite and is also a "national" dish from where they come from? Like said …
I recently celebrated my 32nd(!) birthday. In 2013, I didn't have time or energy to write about 30. In 2014, I didn't have a functioning laptop while I was away to write about 31. But this year, for 32, I took the time to reflect - possibly because unlike 30 and 31, I'm feeling a little shaky about …
I recently made a new ex-pat friend from England. We were chatting and the word "windscreen" came up about his car. He then said "That's a windshield, sorry need to use the North American word!". I already knew this but it made me remember that I had started a list of the British words and translations that …
