Holidays are around the corner and it’s time to entertain friends and folks. My girlfriend and I thought some cooking lessons would help us impress our guests, instead of frightening our guests. The Cookshop & Cookschool in City Square caught our eyes with their 3 for the price of 2 promotion. We chose to attend the “Passport to Italy: Rome” class on Friday. This class featured a few recipes commonly found in or around Lazio (Rome), Italy. That evening was a Full House! The school’s kitchen was filled with hungry students, Tuscan tunes and the aroma... 

Just about to leave the house to head down to the Vancouver Convention Center for IDSWest - interior design trade show. Tell ya all about it a little later… Creativity and inpriation overload here I come!  Read More →

GOOOD MORNING GOOOOOOD MORNING! As you can see, I’ve had my Timmy fix this morning. All charged and ready to go. It’s a rarity that I have time for a  Tim Hortons run in the morning. I’m usually too much in a rush to just get out the door, or I wake up too late to catch breakfast. As for today! I was an early bird (another rarity) Stopped by my local Timmy Ho’s grabbed my all time FAVE, the Bagel B.E.L.T. combo Bagel B.E.L.T It’s five fresh layers of breakfast- in one. Freshly prepared for you with two strips of crisp bacon, a seasoned egg patty,... 

Finally back home from my double indulgence Saturday. Woke up with an aching body and a mother of all sore throats, to make things worst it’s a beautiful Saturday with loads of drafting waiting for me. Crawled to the kitchen to make something to eat, checked emails, Facebook, Twitter, etc etc… anything to postpone “work”. All I can think of was “I’m in dying need of a massage!” It’s Saturday, what am I doing working? Picked up the phone and called Eccotique 6:15pm 30 min. Shiatsu @ Eccotique Eh… what the hell, might as well... 

Who knew Thai Dinner was so simple to make. My girlfriends and I decided we should have dinner together one night. One thing lead to another and we made it a themed dinner. THAI FOOD! Right off the top of our heads was Pad Thai and Tom Yum Soup. We were very lucky to have a personal Southeast Asian “iron chef” to guide us through the process. My girlfriend’s hubby is Malaysian and has strong influences from his parent’s cooking. He offered to make the Pad Thai and Tom Yum. Danny and I have been currently trying to perfect our Thai inspired chicken marinade,... 

Thanks to info from MJ from Around the Way! I can’t wait will NOVEMBER 14th! mark your calenders budget fashionistas. You too can own your very own pair of Jimmy Choo’s from H&M. Another article about the collaboration on Refinery 29 In the words of Carrie from Sex and the City “Hello, Lovah” here I come~  Read More →

Bachelorette Monday continues! My classmate that originally hosted our Bachelorette Mondays, is currently jet setting around Europe with her hubby, so yesterday’s Bachelorette viewing took place at another classmate’s house. Of course, we had a BBQ fest of chicken breast, smokies, toss salad, potato salad, corn, bread and dip, more potatoes and strawberries. YUP… 2 girls can gobble up all that believe it or not. Side note: must have dip of the summer - Artichoke and Jalapeno from Save-on-Foods! Deadly and addictive, I am SO hooked. Last night I also experienced... 

June 14th 2009 was  Car Free Day in Vancouver. Roads were closed off in 4 locations: Main Street, Commercial Drive, West End, Kitsilano Block Party. Along with Car Free Day the Golden Ears Bridge was opened to pedestrians. On Saturday I was planning to visit Main Street, Commercial Drive and the Golden Ears Bridge on Sunday. Well… I was a little ambitious, cause I only had enough time on Sunday for Car Free Day on Main. I’m not complaining, I had a blast on Main! I couldn’t believe this only happens once a year! This event NEEDS to be at least a monthly thing... 

That’s my dog Yoshi. Last night I finally got the guts to watch Marley & Me. I’ve been holding off on this movie and book for a while, just because of all the comments and reviews I’ve heard. A tear jerker! I grabbed my dog, popped in the dvd and got comfy on the couch. It was great at the beginning of the movie, Yoshi provided some comic relief by lunging at the TV every time Marley came on but towards the end, he realizes that Marley’s not real and laid beside me. That was when I wished Yoshi would still lunge at the tv for some distraction. I... 

Last Monday a classmate of mine started Bachelorette Mondays! the deal is we would get together on Mondays to watch The Bachelorette and pig out to our hearts content. Personally, I was never really into watching The Bachelor or The Bachelorette. UNTIL this season, because The Bachelorette is Jillian Harris and she’s an interior designer. Apparently she went to the same college as my classmates and I and she was in one of my instructor’s classes. Plus, she was SO cute in The Bachelor with her hot dog theory. For the Vancouver locals, she was the designer for Pinky’s...