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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 November 28, 2012
This month I was matched up with Carrie from 30×30, like me, she lives in Toronto. And like me, when I get someone local to my city, I wonder… what the heck should I sent them. She opted to send me stuff from her side of town, which I appreciated,...
Published date November 13, 2012
One of my favourite autumn traditions, as leaves begin to change colour, and fall, and the weather gets a little cooler, it’s time for pumpkin flavoured everything. Some people seem to react to this in a derisive way. Not me. Pumpkin flavoured beer (especially the pumpkin pie brew from Mill...
Published date October 24, 2012
Foursquare tells me it’s been at least three months since I’ve been to The Depanneur (fondly known as The Dep) but I’m glad we went over there last night. JC and I were trying to figure out what to do for date night on such a grey and rainy evening,...
READ MORE VeganMoFo – Unofficial Soup Week continues at The Depanneur – French Onion Soup
Published date October 19, 2012
So last week I made Apple Cinnamon Stuffed Maple Challah, and it was delicious. After we finished the first loaf, I wondered if I could do anything fun with the second loaf – and french toast came to mind. My mom had bought a package of EcoIdeas Cinnamon French Toast...
Published date October 5, 2012
I went grocery shopping today in preparation for the Thanksgiving Celebrations this weekend. I can spend more time than I should at farmers markets or grocery stores, getting lost in all the options, reading labels, reading sources (and planning what I’m going to do with everything!) I love looking at...
READ MORE Vegan MoFo. Preparing for Thanksgiving. And Veggielicious at Fresh
Published date September 1, 2012
The Lovely Sarina at Earthgiven sent me my swap last month and it was full of lovely awesomeness. Oddly enough I haven’t had absolutely everything (since the keto thing has made that difficult, but the stuff I did have, I ate within two days of receipt. In that small world...
READ MORE August 2012 – Vegan Food Swap! From Sarina at Earthgiven
Published date June 30, 2012
This month my partner in vegan food swappery was Jodi from Simply Fresh. She sent me several delightful local Ottawa products and I really enjoyed getting introduced to them. So what was in the box: Michael’s Dolce Jam Orange & Ginger Jam Major Craig’s Chutney Classic Caribbean Chutney Kawalsa Salsa...
Published date June 13, 2012
I work in social media/digital marketing/new media/whatever. So it delights me when I see businesses using social media effectively to connect with customers and potential customers. There is more to it than just blasting your twitter/facebook stream with self promotion, and not everyone gets that. Some businesses use it better...
READ MORE Hawker Bar on Ossington – Hey Vegan Laksa get in my mouth