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Coconut Festival 2015!

Posted on August 31, 2015 by stenoodie

Did you know that there is an annual Coconut Festival hosted in downtown Toronto every year? This is their second year of hosting it! This year, they hosted the Coconut Festival 2015 at the David Pecaut Square which is right next … Continue reading →

Posted in Complimentary Adventures, Food, New Experiences | Tagged @cocofestcanada, Coconut Festival, coconut water, David Pecaut Square, food vendors, O.N.E. Coconut Water, summer, Tito Ron's, Toronto | 7 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Today Was a Good Day

Posted on August 21, 2015 by stenoodie

I’m not a fan of these challenges because they take more effort and time, something that I don’t have a lot of these days (by “this”, I don’t mean the Weekly Photo Challenge itself, I mean how they want us … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged events, festivals, friends, fun, good days, new experiences, personal stories, postaday, summer, weekend, weekly photo challenge | 17 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Inspiration

Posted on July 31, 2015 by stenoodie

This week’s challenge theme is “inspiration“. The theme asks us what inspires us and what keeps us going. I don’t have children so I can’t say that that’s a really big inspiration that keeps me going (like most people). I … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged clouds, inspiration, life, muse, postaday, summer, weekly photo challenge | 15 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Close Up

Posted on July 24, 2015 by stenoodie

Recently, I took a really nice close up picture. This fits in with this week’s theme (I feel like this theme is also similar to this one I participated in). Sometimes, when doing these weekly photo challenges, I wish I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged blooming, close up, Happy Harbour, lake, Muskoka, nature, Ontario, postaday, summer, water lily, weekly photo challenge | 16 Comments

Summer EC Retreat 2015 in Happy Harbour, Muskoka

Posted on July 23, 2015 by stenoodie

This past weekend — well, Sunday and Monday, a few select friends and MA family road-tripped up to Muskoka where we had a relaxing “extended weekend” (my words) at a private lakeside cottage. I’m pretty sure it was my first … Continue reading →

Posted in Learning, Life, New Experiences | Tagged Beausoleil Island, beautiful weather, bloom, dock, EC Retreat, explore, extended weekend, family, ferry, friends, fun, Georgian Bay Islands National Park, getaway, Happy Harbour, hiking, Muskoka, nature, Ontario, private lake, relaxing, renting a cottage, retreat, road trip, summer, trip, water lilies, weekend trip | 7 Comments

Petit Nuage at Market 707

Posted on July 17, 2015 by stenoodie

This was my first time to Market 707. It is a cluster of shipping containers in downtown Toronto near Bathurst and Dundas that are used as small shops. I didn’t know something like this existed in Toronto because I found … Continue reading →

Posted in Food | Tagged 707 Dundas Street West, @scadding_court, Belvoir, Classic Vanilla Cream Puff, cream puff, Dessert, downtown, drinks, French, HK Milk Tea, macarons, Market 707, Matcha Black Sesame Honey Cake, Milky Earl Grey, Nimbus, pastries, patio, Petit Nuage, retail market, Scadding Court, Scadding Court Community Centre, shipping container, shopping container, street market, summer, take-out, Toronto, unique, Yuzu Honey | 10 Comments

Media Preview Event at TO Food Fest 2015

Posted on July 14, 2015 by stenoodie

Thank you TO Food Fest and Acorn Communication for inviting me to see and taste the sights of the TO Food Fest 2015! TO Food Fest is an annual summer festival that started in 2012 where a number of food … Continue reading →

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Soft Opening at Wooffles & Cream! [Relocated]

Posted on July 6, 2015 by stenoodie

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending the soft opening launch of a new waffles and ice cream shop called Wooffles & Cream. It is located in the food court at New Kennedy Square in Markham (Kennedy Rd. & Highway … Continue reading →

Posted in Food | Tagged 8360 Kennedy Rd. Unit 81, @woofflesandcream, @woofflesncream, Black Currant Soda, Blueberry Cheesecake Parfait, Chinese Sausage & Seaweed Egg Wooffle, Cookies 'n Cream Wooffle, food blog, foodie, Highway 7, ice cream, Kennedy Rd., Markham, matcha, New Kennedy Square, review, samples, savory, soft launch, soft opening, summer, wooffle, Wooffles & Cream | 5 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season

Posted on June 12, 2015 by stenoodie

The theme for this week’s Photo Challenge is difficult! There’s only one thing that “off-season” makes me think of and there’s no room to really be creative around this theme unless your ideas are kind of arbitrary.

Posted in Weekly Photo Challenge | Tagged activities, Blue Mountain, Collingwood, postaday, summer, weekly photo challenge | 7 Comments

5 Summer Essentials (as requested by Man Crates)

Posted on September 24, 2014 by stenoodie

Recently, Man Crates (Gifts for Men) contacted me about doing a post on the 5 things I would put in a crate if I were to hold a summer cookout. After this summer of many delicious meals, BBQ’s, and quality time … Continue reading →