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Published date February 1, 2013
Things I love Thursday is here again, and there are lots of things and places and ideas I love, but I’m trying to contain myself. Mise En Place I’ve only recently started employing the Mise-en-place style of baking, and I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long. Baking is...
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Published date January 16, 2013
Kupfert & Kim has been open for a little over 2 weeks in First Canadian Place, on King and Bay in the heart of the Financial District. If you want to find it, it’s on the concourse (lower level) and right beside the LCBO and near a variety of other...
Published date January 13, 2013
I’ve talked about Souley Vegan enthusiastically with anyone that would listen. On my first visit to San Francisco in 2011, I discovered this place, and never wanted to leave. I went to Souley Vegan three times in a week. This time we just went twice (in one week), but it...
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Published date January 10, 2013
There are lots of things I love this year so far, it started off in a lovely fashion, I’ve started knocking things off of my 101 in 1001 list, and we started fostering kittens with Toronto Cat Rescue again. Meet Corwin. He’s about 12 weeks old, and a shy, but...
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Published date January 9, 2013
Last month I received and sent a vegan food swap to Sasha of One Small Vegan. I enjoy her blog a lot because she’s always cooking something up, and it’s inspiring. I haven’t been cooking or baking as much as I’d like to, so it’s nice to see some encouraging and delicious...
READ MORE Vegan Food Swap – December – Thank you to Ms One Small Vegan.
Published date January 6, 2013
Bright and early Saturday morning we opted to seek out some breakfast. Though most places only opened at 11am. The best/worst part about visiting the west coast, when you’re completely accustomed to east coast time is that you walk up earlier than nearly everyone else, but that also means that...
Published date January 4, 2013
On December 26th we flew over to San Francisco to celebrate my birthday in the most absurd and delightful surprise way I’ve ever had. After a remarkably straightforward, and easy trip through US Customs, a quick and painless security screening, and a window seat on the air plane on a...
Published date January 2, 2013
It’s been an amazing year, and 2013 promises to be exceptional as well. We got back in to Toronto this morning on the red eye from Las Vegas. It was one of the most easy going customs experiences I’ve ever had coming back into Canada. Maybe we looked especially pathetic...
READ MORE Happy New Year! Good bye 2012, Hello 2013 – Resolutions, Bucket Lists, and Goals for 2013
Published date December 28, 2012
Bright and early yesterday morning we were on our way to the airport, since JC gave me an incredible birthday surprise – a trip to the sunny southern part of the USA. It was my birthday yesterday, and despite spending 5 hours of it on an airplane, it was amazing....
READ MORE Things I Love Thursday – Surprise Birthday Trips to San Francisco
Published date December 13, 2012
I’ve been thinking about vegan gift ideas for the last few weeks, and there have already been lots of great ideas put out there by the Toronto Vegetarian Association and the Torontoist‘s Toronto Themed Gift List. Toronto has this great community of creators and crafters, bakers and makers, and ingenuity....
READ MORE Things I Love Thursday – A Few Local Toronto Vegan Gift Ideas