Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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Koch Leather Goodies
Today I picked up my newest Koch Leather goodies – a coffee cup cozy and a razor holder. Just like every other Koch Leather piece that I have, these are absolutely exquisite in their attention to detail. I had previously bought a coffee cup cozy that was a little too big for my coffee cup…
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The Catelli Giveaway Winner is…
The winning number for the Catelli Healthy Harvest Ancient Grains pasta giveaway is 320!!! I will look through the entries to see who the first person to enter 320 was and then I will send them a quick email. Congrats to our winner!! After carefully looking over the entries, the winner is Angela with her…
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Princess, Holland America and Celebrity Cruise Lines
Now that I have returned to my “shore life” I have been giving some consideration to how my most recent cruise experience on the Princess Cruises Grand Princess compares to my experiences aboard the Holland America and Celebrity cruise lines. As I previously said on my foodie blog, it is my opinion that the quality…
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293 Wallace Street Restaurant
You have to admire the moxy of a restaurant that serves up rabbit stew on Easter Sunday – you know, the Easter Bunny and all that stuff. Regardless, the 293 Wallace Restaurant in Hope BC decided to serve up rabbit stew and it was delicious. The chunks of rabbit meat were tender to bite through…
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Spring Aspargus
I simply love this time of the year because of the fresh asparagus that we can access. Admittedly, it is not local and it is brought to us from Mexico or California, but I still love it. To cook my aspargus I turn our Titanium Exclusive sauté pan to high and let it get hot.…
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Building a Pallet Garden
If you have a limited amount of space for gardening, or you are like me and you like to maximize the amount of garden space in your city yard, a pallet garden may be the answer for you! The first thing you need is a pallet. You need to be careful when picking a pallet,…
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Catelli Healthy Harvest Ancient Grains Giveaway
In case you didn’t know, and it is definitley possible you didn’t know, I have a partner blog to this blog called Eating in the Burbs. The partner blog is ALL about food. And, the reason I mention the partner blog, is that I am currently hosting a very cool giveaway on my foodie blog…
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Catelli Healthy Harvest Ancient Grains – Giveaway
Now here is the really fun part of working with Catelli – To help celebrate the launch of Catelli Healthy Harvest Ancient Grains pasta they have not only provided me with free samples of spaghetti, spaghettini and rotini, they also want to provide one of my readers with a year-long supply of Catelli pasta! It is…
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Catelli Healthy Harvest Ancient Grains
Now that I have had an opportunity to actually taste the Catelli Healthy Harvest Ancient Grains pasta noodles I have to say, they are fantastic! While it is true that I am a pasta fiend, meaning I love pasta, I can honestly say that the Ancient Grains pasta is an excellent pasta. The difference between Catelli…
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“Leftovers” Opening Tonight at Shadbolt
Leftovers opens tonight, March 25 to March 28th at Burnaby’s Shadbolt Centre and although opening night is already sold out, you can still get tickets to the shows for the nights of March 26, 27, and 28th. Marcus Youssef, directs Charlie Demers, the writer and star of Leftovers. Charlie Demers, who is perhaps best known for his comedy work with…
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