Champagne Wednesdays

And I say that to the 4 or 5 people who probably check in here with some regularity. (Thanks mom for your first comment!). Also, this photo is from Jen Gotch of Becoming a Foodie, but it’s not on her site, it’s here, an equally incredible site to get lost in. I liked this photo [...]

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Some Wednesdays, usually around our second glass of champagne, we like to play maps. World maps on our laptops, city maps in the back of travel books, printed maps used as placemats for dinner. By the third glass, we’ve posted everything we own on craigslist. That’s how we lost the coffee table for $20. Spontaneous fundraising for our first glass of champagne [...]

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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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I have been just dying to get back to a colourful little grouping of antique stores I saw once on a drive back from Harrison Hot Springs. Many a weekend, I dreamed of those 4 or 5 stores with their tables and lamp bases and retro chairs spilling out from their lead glass doors. Treasures [...]

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This page is a work in progress…I will be working on it as I go. My hope is that eventually it will be a great resource for anyone travelling to paris. But, we all have to start somewhere (and I will probably require one or two refresher trips)!
NEW!!! If you are planning a trip to [...]

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