Author Archives: stenoodie

About stenoodie

I'm a stenographer, foodie, avid traveller, and mom of 3 who loves to share her experiences with the world.

First Time Volunteering at Habitat for Humanity (140 Pinery Trail)

Posted on June 26, 2017 by stenoodie

This past Saturday, I participated with the Toronto Trillium Lions Club in our first volunteering event with the Habitat for Humanity to work on one of their current build sites. “Habitat for Humanity Canada is a national, non-profit organization working towards … Continue reading →

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Desserts at Taiwanese-inspired Light Café

Posted on June 25, 2017 by stenoodie

On Friday evening, my girls and I met up for dinner at Light Café. I had seen photos from Light Café pop up since last summer on social media and since then had always been intrigued to go to try it … Continue reading →

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Private Tasting Lunch at Holt’s Café

Posted on June 24, 2017 by stenoodie

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of visiting Holt’s Café for a private tasting with my friend to try out items from their brand new menu. Holt’s Café is located inside Holt Renfrew, the “chain of high-end Canadian department stores specializing … Continue reading →

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Media Tasting at Lone Star Texas Grill (Etobicoke)

Posted on June 23, 2017 by stenoodie

The first and only time I had stepped into a Lone Star Texas Grill was all the way back in university, which is really about ten years ago. I remember that visit as fairly lackluster and since then hadn’t had … Continue reading →

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$1 Food Specials at Grand Opening of Club 1806

Posted on June 22, 2017 by stenoodie

I had noticed this event float up on my Facebook feed a couple of weeks before the event on June 2 and I was highly intrigued by it. It advertised $1 food dishes after 10 p.m. at Southern Accent. They … Continue reading →

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Media Tasting at Il Fornello King

Posted on June 21, 2017 by stenoodie

Last night, we had a media tasting thanks to jojoinstameets at the King Street West location of Il Fornello. This location of Il Fornello was actually the very first Il Forenllo that I had visited back in July 2010 (my … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Transient

Posted on June 21, 2017 by stenoodie

I feel like a similar challenge of “transient” has been done before. Nevertheless, I thought of this photo that I took when I visited the cherry blossoms four years ago at High Park. Cherry blossoms are always in transient and that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged blog photo challenges, cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms in May Toronto, High Park, High Park 2013 cherry blossoms, postaday, Transient, weekly photo challenge | 17 Comments

Toronto Market Co. Adelaide Eats Food Market 2017

Posted on June 20, 2017 by stenoodie

Adelaide Eats is back for another year! (It used to be called Front Street Foods.) It’s located at the second floor terrace of Adelaide Place, overlooking both Adelaide St. West and University Ave. It’s an outdoor food market and there are … Continue reading →

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Recap of Taste of Toronto 2017

Posted on June 19, 2017 by stenoodie

Last year, I attended the Taste of Toronto 2016 festival for free because I had won tickets to it from Raymond. Even at the close of last year’s event, I had said that if I happened to win tickets again … Continue reading →

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Toastmasters, my second session

Posted on June 18, 2017 by stenoodie

Yesterday, I had my second session of Toastmasters (Youth Leadership Program version) and I was able to do my first speech! Before the one hour-ish session, I prepped at home by writing out what I was going to say through … Continue reading →