Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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Why I Still Only Tip 15%
While many places have increased their tip prompts to 20, 25 or even 30%, there are some really good reasons why sticking to traditional tipping percentages, such as 15%, remains appropriate.
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James – My Must Read Book Suggestion
You may or may not know that Percival Everett is an acclaimed American author and professor best known for his satirical novels that explore race and identity, and that he has written over 30 books, including Erasure, I Am Not Sidney Poitier, The Trees, and James. Everett has received numerous awards, including the National Book…
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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
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
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
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 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
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
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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