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The Winery Experience at Trius Winery at Hillebrand

Posted on August 20, 2016 by stenoodie

Trius Winery at Hillebrand located at 1249 Niagara Stone Road in Niagara-on-the-Lake

I had the pleasure to be invited to dine at Trius Winery at Hillebrand this past Friday night! I believe I’ve been to Trius Winery before for a wine tasting tour but I’m not positive. Either way, we arrived at Trius Winery just after 7 p.m. and the sun was beaming in the south ready to set. This gave a beautiful glow to the winery and restaurant where the dining experience would be held. It was so beautiful out and we could see the grapevines beyond the field too. Continue reading →

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Norwegian Getaway Cruise 2016 ~ Day 2: Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas

Posted on August 19, 2016 by stenoodie

Great Stirrup Cay, Bahamas

Monday, February 8, 2016.

Happy Chinese New Year!!! Today was Day 2 of the cruise and we went to Great Stirrup Cay in Bahamas as our first island destination.

We woke up early to have breakfast together with everyone at 7:15 a.m. and so that we could be early enough to eat together. Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Rare

Posted on August 19, 2016 by stenoodie

Glacier Explorers, Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand. April 2015

This is actually a truly rare sight. I was travelling in New Zealand last year and visiting the famous Mount Cook Aoraki area. Part of the itinerary was the Glacier Explorers tour in the Tasman Glacier terminal lake where we wore lifejackets and sat in a boat to view the amazing glaciers and mountains around us. Low and behold, we chanced upon a look at a freshly fallen iceberg. Continue reading →

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Double-check your work locations ;)

Posted on August 18, 2016 by stenoodie

Jynx reminds you with a slap to always check your work locations ahead of time! 😛

This is a PSA to my fellow stenographers. You probably don’t need it. But I definitely needed it this morning as I headed to my job for the day. 😀

It was a beautiful summer day in Toronto, not too hot but still a little muggy and humid. I was so confident and excited and a little cautious about my job today for an interview being held at a building that I regularly work out of. Or so I thought :-O. Continue reading →

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India’s Taste in Markham: All-you-can-eat buffet

Posted on August 18, 2016 by stenoodie

India’s Taste located at 680 Denison Street in Markham (they have an updated logo)

Updating this post with a recent visit on February 3, 2024:

I visited India’s Taste in Markham with my own family for their lunch buffet this past weekend. It’s surreal that the bottom post was last published in 2016. India’s Taste still has the same appeal for all-you-can-eat Indian food for an affordable price. I am really grateful that they survived the pandemic and are still able to offer lunch and dinner buffets. Continue reading →

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Media Tasting Event at Boil King [Defunct]

Posted on August 17, 2016 by stenoodie

Boil King located at 333 King St W in Toronto

There is another new seafood boil restaurant in town! Boil King is now open and located in the Entertainment District on 333 King Street West close to Blue Jays Way.

Boil King is a family-owned restaurant that serves the Louisiana tradition of Cajun-style seafood in the heart of downtown Toronto. With a kitchen led by a chef with over thirty years of international culinary experience, the restaurant invited me to a casual family-style tasting event with other Instagram food enthusiasts of Toronto last night! Continue reading →

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Europe 2016 ~ Day 9: Flying home

Posted on August 16, 2016 by stenoodie

Charles de Gaulle Airport located at 95700 Roissy-en-France, Paris, France

Thursday, April 21, 2016. Day 9 flying home.

This morning, had to actually wake up half an hour earlier than usual (we had been waking up to breakfast at 7 a.m. every day on the tour) at 6:30 a.m. to eat breakfast and to go directly to the airport (Charles de Gaulle).

Check-in was at 8 a.m. sharp so we were the very first ones in line. Continue reading →

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La Maison du Chocolat (Paris, France)

Posted on August 15, 2016 by stenoodie

La Maison du Chocolat located at 5, rue du Cercle, Aéroport Roissy Charles de Gaulle Terminal 2F1, Zone sous douane, 95700 Roissy-en-France

We arrived at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport early ready to board our flight back home. After we proceeded through customs and x-rays, I saw that there were many boutiques and souvenir shops. Typical of Paris, France, there was also a Ladurée shop! Even though I had tried my first French macarons from there already, I still wandered into the shop to peek around. 🙂 Across from it though, there was a La Maison du Chocolat that also had displays of chocolate and macarons! Continue reading →

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Europe 2016 ~ Day 8: Arc De Tromphie, Bateaux Mouches, Eiffel Tower, Palace of Versailles, City Night Tour

Posted on August 14, 2016 by stenoodie

Bateaux Mouches, Paris, France. April 2016

Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Day 8. Paris

What an absolutely amazing last day in Paris!!! This trip has been so fantastic and fun and adventurous that I cannot help but be 100% thankful and grateful for every little moment. I’m so blessed ^_^.

This morning, we woke up again at our usual time of 6:15 a.m. ish and had breakfast in the dinky dining area. Continue reading →

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Social Conformity (without realizing it)

Posted on August 14, 2016 by stenoodie

Watch this video:

Yikes. This was what I conformed to doing in the past 2.5 years and I didn’t even realize it until lately. I’m waking up. I really am. Continue reading →