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Day 2 - Neighbourhoods
Day two in San Francisco was much sunnier than it was supposed to be, in fact, it was so beautiful out that I spent most of the day feeling too warm in my mid-weight spring jacket and a scarf. Score! In the morning we set out for a famous breakfast joint near our hotel called Dotties but even at 10 am on a Thursday the line was already too long for ( Read more... ) -
Day 1 - Part Two - The $200 Meal
After the security adventure, I was happy to know that our hotel (The Chancellor at Union Square) was easy to find and we had already made reservations at a restaurant near our hotel for dinner (http://www.farallonrestaurant.com/). Farallon was suggested by one of my coworkers who is a huge foodie and goes to San Francisco fairly often. This first ( Read more... ) -
Day 1 - Travel Day
Day 1 of our San Francisco trip - the travel day - started out great and ended up being pretty stressful. We woke up around 8 am and had a leisurely couple hours until our flight. We finished packing, went to Blue Fox for breakfast, and drove the car out to the airport listening to Radiohead the entire way. Easy does it at the Victoria airport, ( Read more... ) -
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Today is my day off and I have been quite productive. Got up with Tim and only putz'd on the computer for a half an hour or so before I started being productive. I make a whole bunch of banking-related phone calls and got my finances in order. Then I had breakfast (left-over cornbread, mmm) and started getting ready and packed for our weekend. We ( Read more... ) -
Stuffed Mushrooms
A tip about Stuffed Mushrooms:
Don't bake them in muffin tins (although it is awfully tempting) because the liquid will accumulate and you won't get a good baked mushroom flavor. -
Lentils, Beans and Feeling Good
I have been on a real beans and lentils kick since 2010 began. So far I have made 2 big batches of chili, one batch of Rockin' Moroccan Stew with Chick Peas, a few refried bean burritos, ham and lentil soup and now Meatless Moussaka. Jack and Terryl gave me this recipe (out of a Weight Watchers Cookbook). They use lentils (they gave me three huge ( Read more... ) -
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Six Months in Sudan by James Maskalyk
Hot Sour Salty Sweet by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
The Man Who Forgot How to Read by Howard Engel
Committed By Elizabeth Gilbert.
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater By FRANK BRUNI
Cold: Adventures ( Read more... ) -
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BOOK I READ (and remember) in 2009 ( Read more... ) -
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We had a fantastic celebration with Tim's family yesterday and today we are relaxing, packing and getting ready to travel to SK. I won't see my family until tomorrow (boxing day) but I am pleased at punch with the way this holiday is working out!