The Winner of the Fresh City Farms $50 Gift Certificate is…

Thanks for participating, everyone! 🙂

Good evening stenoodie fans and followers!  Thank you so much for participating in our latest contest.  This time, we had a record-breaking number of participants.  I hope everyone had fun entering the contest! 🙂  Thank you once again to Fresh City Farms for allowing me to host this contest.   Continue reading

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Cafe Hollywood (Newer Location) at Kennedy and Denison

Cafe Hollywood located at 7240 Kennedy Rd in Markham

Everyone knows about Cafe Hollywood, right? 😀  The first and original location of City Cafe Hollywood is located right on the outskirts of Market Village and has been there for over a decade.  I remember first going there for afternoon tea with my mom many years ago when I was a kid and now it’s made popular by us GenYTO kids who go there every Thursday evening and anytime during the week too for cheap eats and delicious food.   Continue reading

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Lunch at Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant

Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant located at 9255 Woodbine Ave #14B in Markham

I was absolutely famished after our 3 hour + trek through the three obstacle course at Treetop Eco-Adventure Park in Oshawa.  By the time we finished, it was almost 3 p.m. and we only had had breakfast beforehand at B&B Cafe that morning at 10 a.m.; thus, a small and quick breakfast followed by a strenuous three hours’ worth of climbing, balancing, and having fun definitely made it time for a good hearty lunch!   Continue reading

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Transition

Open! Sky Wheel, Taiwan.  March 2013

Life is always in transition and although there are some people who like change, there are those that really don’t like change at all.  Worst yet, there are some people who think they like change and say they do, but when they are given the chance to do something out of habit or different, they not only are unwilling to try it but they bad mouth the people who even suggest the idea to them.   Continue reading

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Treetop Trekking at Treetop Eco-Adventure Park in Oshawa!

The first time that I went treetop trekking was last year in Blue Mountain as part of the summer retreat with the Mon Sheong Youth Group.  I still remember the trip fondly where we were escorted by a private bus (there were only 20 or so of us) to spend the weekend in July doing fun team building activities, games, and treetop trekking!   Continue reading

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Giveaway: Fresh City Farms $50 Gift Certificate!

Contest on now until November 29, 2015!

Hello stenoodie readers and followers!  It’s time for another giveaway! 🙂

At the beginning of this month, I reviewed 3 Recipe Bags from Fresh City Farms.  I had the pleasure of trying out their meat, fish, and veggie bags and thoroughly enjoyed them (reviews of each one included in the highlighted links)!   Continue reading

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Dinner at Nuit Social

Nuit Social located at 1168 Queen St W in Toronto

Two weeks ago, Sindy and I went to Nuit Social for dinner.  This dinner was partially courtesy of Zomato — Pardis of Zomato sent me a $25 voucher to use towards a meal at Nuit Social as a thanks for all the food and restaurant blogging that I do.  (It was a great gesture; thank you!)   Continue reading

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$8 for $15 of Seafood at The Battered Fish

A current best seller on Groupon: C$8 for C$15 Worth of Fast Casual Seafood and More at The Battered Fish:

Chef-inspired menu focusing on made in-house batters, breadings, sauces, chowder, and more! 🙂   Continue reading

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MC & Prep Retreat 2015 at Pinestone Resort & Conference Centre

MC & Prep Retreat October 2015!

The last time that we had a leaders retreat was in the summer when we went to beautiful Happy Harbour in Muskoka.  It was an EC retreat where most of the ECs and up got together for a nice weekend by a private lake and we relaxed and ate and learned together.

This time, because the team is growing and there are many more ECs in the team, the MCs each picked an EC to come on this exclusive MC & Prep Retreat.   Continue reading

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Up to 40% Off at Loaded Pierogi!

Loaded Pierogi!

Pierogi Meal for Two with Drinks and Dessert at Loaded Pierogi (Up to 40% Off) from Groupon!

Check out this deal! 🙂   Continue reading

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