Dating an ex-pat, I am very accustomed and happy to be a #touristinmytown. It's fun to see familiar things in a new light, and I always enjoy going somewhere I've never been or trying out a new activity. When the people at a new travel app called LUQL (http://luql.io) reached out to me last month …
Continue reading "#12DaysofHygge – Day 12: Tourist in my town + Giveaway from LUQL!"
Hygge is about getting cozy and creating a warm atmosphere to enjoy the good things in life with good people. That includes getting outside to enjoy nature, whether on your own, or with those good people. Something I don't do as much of as I would like! When the Brit and I were in Powell …
Friendship. Something I am very grateful for in my life. My friends have held me up in very precarious times and cheered me on in the really wonderful ones. I have amazing friends and I hope I am just as lovely of a friend to them. They are my are my tribe and I love …
Continue reading "#12DaysofHygge – Day 10: Friendship & Christmas"
Vancouver is a hub for many industries, including tech, film, and mining. But a more relatable 'industry' is the craft beer scene - no, craft beer isn't just a 'hipster' thing. (Are hipsters even a thing anymore? I'm not a 'hipster', and Brit most certainly isn't one.) In a city and province where 'big beer' …
Continue reading "#12DaysofHygge Day 9 – My Favourite Craft Beer Tasting Rooms in Metro Vancouver"
Candles are... Practical. Sensory. Fanciful. Romantic. Celebratory. Cozy. The perfect lighting for a photograph. A major player in making a space feel hygge. As Buddha once said: “Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the single candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” Cocktails …
The Brit recently sent me a link to a Time Magazine clip that was on their Facebook page about hygge. It sums up hygge really nicely as "creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with good people." A great example of this is when I go to cook and eat with my friend Karen. …
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. I used to be indifferent to this marvelous hot beverage. Likely because I'd only ever had it as the …
Despite being fully charged when I left the house yesterday, my phone battery depleted quite quickly. Right in the middle of a murals tour we were taking. And I didn't have a charger of any sort on me. Boo-hoo, I know. But I'd had some timed posts planned for the blog and on Instagram. And …
Continue reading "#12DaysofHygge Day 3: Unplugging + Staying Present"
