On the first day we got up very early in the morning, go to grandpa grandma happy New Year, after the New Year I can get a lot of lucky money, then go to eat dumplings, set off firecrackers every household, the air and the colorful fireworks, after the Chinese New Year to worship ...
It is impressive enough to serve for company and also easy enough to make on a Sunday night so that you have a great and filling breakfast for the week. You have the option of making it with a crust in this recipe or without a crust as in my Greek Crust-less Quiche. Prep time: 10...
I suppose that once I have a goal I can become very focused. When I was running competitively I had an interesting exchange with a roommate. Said roommate (or rather housemate, more practically speaking) was a very interesting person himself: a comic. He was at the tail end of his effort...
My unnecessary long warm shower in the camp the evening before felt like a waste I now felt ashamed of, while the low pressure water suddenly seemed a luxury. Just a few steps away from the village, our “urban” morning routines seemed here, in the savannah, bad habits from a different...
We Facetimed with sis and brother in law and the cats and dog. Sent messages of cheer to others in the family. And… lounged around and didn’t do much?! SO strange! Dinner was delicious and festive, though simpler than previous Christmas meals. My mom got pork chops and apples at ...
If you read our blog post about Granada, we ate a delicious hamburger in Granada that used a plantain tostone bun. So yummy. The burger with tostone bun I ate in Granada To make the twice cooked tostone you first cook the plantain chunks in deep oil for about three minutes. Next ...
Penne with cherry tomatoes, roasted peppers and wilted spinach in a cream sauce. Oroshi dog, topped with freshly grated daikon from Japa Dog in Vancouver. My favourite part was chatting with the staff in Japanese. Shio ramen from Hokkaido Ramen Santouka. Check out Andree’s review for more....
As we were focused on orchestrating our own private “lobster-fest”, we stood in line at the famousClam Shackfor a hearty, crisp and meatylobster rollserved between the puffy cheeks of a butter-toasted burger bun (versus the standard northern slit along a hotdog roll). Antoni Porovski fro...
The DIVA feels the treats are tiny, not even bite-sized, but because we are a small and large dog household (yes, bassets are considered medium-large… don’t let the short legs fool you!), I’m happy to have wee treats that I don’t have to break into pieces to serve the wee ...
I had a super shy rabbit who didn't let me pick him up or anything, he would just stomp his foot and run away. So what i did was i got a large dog cage and put it in my room, i put stuff for him to hide in and when i was around in my room i would let him run around...