Champagne Wednesdays

My mom and sister gave us a Nespresso Cube for a shower gift. I actually screamed when I opened it. Ever since the day we went to register at the Bay and stopped by the Nespresso concept store, Ash and I have been dreaming of mornings with this sleek machine. And I am not, by [...]

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No actual champagne, that is. But I promise, we were still very champagne-like in spirit.
You see, Ash had a craving for sweet and sour pork. So, wandering we went down Commercial Drive with Whiskey in tow to scope out Chongqing (the Szechuan place on the corner of Commercial and 12th that has really great [...]

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Dear me,
Thank you for leaving work so decisively for your lunch hour and driving like a mad woman to Coco et Olive. There is something so beautiful about knowing exactly what will give you pleasure, reprieve, salvation - and when.
This short americano with 1/4 pack of raw sugar and your hand wrapped around spotless white [...]

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It’s weird to wait for someone you don’t know to come back from Paris and show you their photos. But I did, and they are here.

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I heard it’s going to be 21 degrees this weekend, and it made me feel like finding something sunny. But then I found this:

…and I liked it better.

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I love this window on Maple Street & 10th in Vancouver. Its just a block from work, and I walk past it often on my way to La Petite France for Illy coffee and lunch. The window with its pretty chairs and white balls of twine always makes me stop. It must be a designer’s [...]

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Good Friday. A good day for adventure. Ash and I headed out to a little coffee place we found off Commercial Street - Little Nest - and found so much more. A wide, white expanse of a café as comfortable as any living room (family and children included).
Bistro-sophistication:

The occasional toddler-sized pickpocket aside, [...]

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