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Coconut Festival 2015!
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
Weekly Photo Challenge: Inspiration
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
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Close Up
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
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Summer EC Retreat 2015 in Happy Harbour, Muskoka
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
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Petit Nuage at Market 707
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
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Media Preview Event at TO Food Fest 2015
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
Posted in Food, New Experiences
Tagged 5183 Sheppard Avenue East, @baker_siu, @FeasTOronto, @HolyCannoliTO, @IceCreamVolcano, @KaboomChicken, @likosbbq, @PennyloulouGTA, @Pommedeterrefry, @PremiumNearBeer, @TitoRons, @tofoodfest, annual, Baker Siu, Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto, food blog, food festival, foodie, free admission, Holy Cannoli, Ice Volcano, Kaboom Chicken, Liko's Hawaiian BBQ, media tour, Penny Lou Lou, Pomme de Terre, Premium Near Beer, review, Scarborough, summer, Tito Ron's, TO Food Fest, tofoodfest2015, Toronto, vendors, 大多倫多中華文化中心
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Soft Opening at Wooffles & Cream! [Relocated]
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
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season
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
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5 Summer Essentials (as requested by Man Crates)
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
Posted in Food
Tagged @mancrates, all-you-can-eat, BBQ, campfire, digestive enzymes, essentials, fish oil, food, friends, full, grill, heart health, itis, Man Crates, marshmallow, meat, omega 3, parties, S'mores, summer
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