Creating the good old days, one day at a time.

  • Day Four Eating in the City

    Day Four Eating in the City

    Yea, I’m definitely a creature of habit. This morning I returned to Cafe Artigiano for my breakfast. As well as a cup of drip coffee (an excellent cup of coffee) I had a cheese scone. I love cheese scones – but this was not good. Far too dense. My sidekick had a parfait which was…

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  • Day Three Eating in the City

    Day Three Eating in the City

    One of my guiding principles as I visit the downtown of Vancouver is to sample unique, non-chain restaurants. Breka Bakery and Cafe sort of falls into that category even though there are now a number of locations. As I do at home, I enjoy starting my day quite early with a cup of black coffee.…

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  • Day Two Eating in the City

    Day Two Eating in the City

    Breakfast in the city doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive – although nothing is inexpensive anywhere these days! So for breakfast I walked over to Cafe Artigiano on Hornby Street. My routine at home is to start the day with a cup or two of black coffee made in my French Press. That’s exactly…

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  • Day One of Eating in the City

    Day One of Eating in the City

    I had the opportunity to visit downtown Vancouver for a few days. So I’m going to post my foodie finds and observations for each day I’m downtown. On my first day downtown I went for dinner with a group of friends. I’m actually not going to say where we went because I don’t have too…

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  • Ring of Fire; The Music of Johnny Cash

    Ring of Fire; The Music of Johnny Cash

    Ring of Fire isn’t about impersonating Johnny Cash; it’s about celebrating his life through the musicianship of our performers

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  • Party Ribs on the Traeger

    Party Ribs on the Traeger

    Start with a couple rubs. Probably would have been smart to have taken a picture of the ribs being cut into individual pieces like Party Ribs should be. But you know what it’s like when your hands have raw pork meat juice on them – do t touch your phone/camera. Seeing as I missed the…

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  • Cooking With Cast Iron at Eden West Gourmet

    I’m struggling with what to do with my blog these days so I thought, why not just share images from my food adventures here? So these are the photos from a recent foodie experience I had – going to Eden West Gourmet in Port Moody to learn about cooking with and caring for cast iron.…

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  • A Visit to the Vancouver Honey Cafe

    A Visit to the Vancouver Honey Cafe

    On New Year’s Day we visited the Vancouver Honey Cafe on St Johns Street in Port Moody. As you might guess, the Vancouver Honey Cafe has a wide variety of types of honey to sample and to purchase. Honey with bee propolis, mineral enriched honey, buckwheat, clover, wildflower, and every other imaginable type of honey…

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  • Pan Fried Oysters

    Pan Fried Oysters

    On a recent trip to the cabin we tried our hand at making pan fried oysters – and spoiler alert – it was an amazing taste sensation! A couple friends were travelling on Vancouver Island and we asked them to stop at Fanny Bay and pick us up a tub of fresh oysters. Rather than…

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  • Doppio Zero Pizza – Another Great Dinner

    Doppio Zero Pizza – Another Great Dinner

    A friend and I visited Doppio Zero Pizza last night. The restaurant was absolutely packed, and even though we did not have a table reserved, they made room for us at the bar.

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