Posted in Champagne Wednesdays, Restaurant Reviews on Apr 9th, 2008
A photo from the Becks & Posh blog, which you’ll be happy to know has nothing to do with that pointy woman or her husband. It’s a food blog from San Fransisco. Ever since I made that Daal the other day, I’ve really started to think of myself as a bit of a foodie. Once [...]
What I wouldn’t give this morning for this big, comfy chair we saw in Paris. A field for mid-afternoon daydreaming. A perch from which to watch the world go by. A space uncensored by reality. Our Ikea chairs, on the other hand, are about to break, despite the reinforcing screws that Ash put in. Didn’t we say we’d [...]
Here are some not-so candid pictures from my best friend Kari’s dinner party this weekend, including two of our many reasons to celebrate (Robbie and Max). I only wish I’d captured a picture or two of her handsome husband, Rob, or my lovely Ash, and at least one of Kari in all her midday free-from-work [...]
Posted in Vancouver on Apr 7th, 2008
Sometimes the slightest differences end up being the biggest ones. Like a Japanese sign that reads Tit bit instead of Tid bit. Or the difference between “Boot camp. Trail Run,” (as in wood chips, outdoors, mountain, running, sweating), and the actual title of this post. “Boot camp. Trial Run,” meaning not quite there. But there [...]
Posted in Champagne Wednesdays on Apr 7th, 2008
Thanks for the heads up, Sarah! Other things that make my day: coffee with its crema, croissants with butter, sunshine on my skin, good lyrics, driving home after work, Ashleah, my nephew’s laugh, watching reality TV with my sister, cucumbers with salt, antique shopping in Paris, buying plane tickets, whiskey laying on the patio, french [...]
Posted in At home, Restaurant Reviews, Vancouver on Apr 6th, 2008
Is it dal, daal or dahl? I guess it doesn’t matter. Time to make daal for Kari’s Indian potluck. Don’t you love my retro recipe box?
Posted in Restaurant Reviews, Vancouver on Apr 6th, 2008
Yes, we are still recovering from yesterday’s feast up at the Domaine de Chaberton winery in Langely’s back country where we went to celebrate my parent’s 29th anniversary and my dad’s retirement. First retirement, that is. If ever there was a reason for Hwy 1, Bacchus Bistro is it. The little cinder block building [...]
Posted in Champagne Wednesdays on Apr 4th, 2008
I don’t know who to credit for these. They just came to my inbox, from a lovely Irish girl named Elaine. Enjoy. Too funny. I used to love Rick Astlety. Have a good weekend.
I can’t read a word of this woman’s blog, but it’s a nice way to start a morning. Especially, a morning before the start of a weekend, when you can imagine having the kind of liberties of time that lend to snacks and pots of tea and admiring your collections, like dessert plates. Or maybe, [...]
Posted in Champagne Wednesdays, Collage Journal, writing on Apr 2nd, 2008
A collage journal from the archives today. A page from my book. And one from Anais Ninn’s. Last night, over barbequed Italian Sausages in pillowy portugeuse buns, we met Champagne Wednesday with our Mini Blanc de Blancs and an episode of America’s Next Top Model. Is it any wonder my creativity was sapped? And yet, we [...]
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