Posted in Champagne Wednesdays on Oct 9th, 2008
The great thing about having a regular event like champagne wednesdays in our life is that sometimes people want to share it with us. People like the Crooks (Christina, I stole this picture from your blog).
Michael and Christina - a creative, smart, engaged couple we like spending time with - had us over last night for dinner. They even popped [...]
Posted in At home, Champagne Wednesdays, Etsy, Shopping on Sep 24th, 2008
Yes, I bought it. Yes, I love it. Yes, I will run home every day for the next two weeks to check my mailbox. Yes, I sometimes wonder if Michelle Brusegaard thinks she’s as fabulous as I think she is.
Yes, there are others:
Believe me, your girlfriend, sister, best friend, mother, etc would like one. Michelle [...]
Something about having less than 100 days until Ash and I get married is making me a bit of a Weepy Wendy (sorry, Wendys!). For instance, when I saw this picture of my beautiful sister (and Maid of Honour) and my handsome brother-in-law from their wedding in Naramata. I know what you are thinking, how [...]
Posted in Paris, Restaurant Reviews, Vancouver on Aug 19th, 2008
Oh Paris, how I miss you. It helps to go to places like Jules. It also helps to listen to her. And it helps to linger too long and drink too many samples of Andre Vinet Muscadet (FRA, $23) here.
But nothing really helps that much. Except going.
Jen
Posted in Champagne Wednesdays on Jul 16th, 2008
Hot Rocks. Heart shaped rocks. Filing through rocks on a beach called Sombrio.
For today’s Champagne Wednesday, I’m raising my glass to a homemade red.
Yes, all those of you who’ve suffered through Uncle So-and-So’s special bathtub brew, go ahead and cringe now. But I swear it - one of my dearest life-friends, Jaimie, has been trying [...]
Posted in At home, Restaurant Reviews, Vancouver on Jul 8th, 2008
These little rustic organs brimming with their blood red juices are the object of my current (and deepest) food desires. Replacing fresh dill, and so nicely matched by Ash and I’s new weekly forays into the world of fancy cheese. I will try to take a picture of our next Sunday afternoon patio lunch. There’s [...]
Posted in At home, Champagne Wednesdays, Restaurant Reviews, Vancouver on Jul 2nd, 2008
What’s summer sun without summer music? And what’s summer music without pretty you on a patio with memories to remember, and futures to entertain? Five years back or five years forward, music and champagne taste good. And so does a glass of Joie’s Rosé with just enough pinot meunier (it’s champagne cousin) to make it [...]
Posted in At home, Champagne Wednesdays, Vancouver on Jun 16th, 2008
I’ve always been a dad’s girl. (Hi Dad! Love you!). Here he is posing with my pretty mom at Hastings Race Course. We had four big winners on Saturday and then celebrated our men with a big dinner and a nice Brunello. If you are ever invited to a fancy dinner and want to impress, [...]
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 behind [...]
Posted in Champagne Wednesdays, Paris, Vancouver on Mar 20th, 2008
The only accessory a trip to Paris requires…even out of plastic flutes.
I loved champagne before Paris, but I understood it only after. If you happen to be in Paris right this minute - read no further. The city demands celebration. Champagne should be taken daily and in excess.
But if you are at home or [...]
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