The Inspiration For a long time I have watched friends and family participate at Paint Nites all across Canada via social media but it is my friend Janet, who is so dedicated to doing it, that she had me intrigued about it. I have watched her grow as an artist and seen how much of a positive […]
Restaurant Review: Thai Cafe Restaurant on Hastings
Hard Rock Miners Singalong at The Emerald Supper Club
I have been so curious about The Emerald Supper Club because according to online reviews, people seem to either love it or hate this place with a passion. From saying it smells like a bowling alley to the best kind of weird, 555 Gore Avenue in Chinatown was a place I absolutely had to check out for myself. […]
Restaurant Review of Ichikame Shokudo
Restaurant Review: Five, Berkeley, CA
The Restaurant The final super special foodie event (next to the wedding of course) was going to Five restaurant, located in Hotel Shattuck Plaza, for brunch. We had quite a lot of people coming and this seemed to be the only venue that could handle that much of our family at once. In fact, most places in […]
Restaurant Review: Angeline’s Louisiana Kitchen
The Restaurant We wanted a nice dinner out and something distinctively American so we choose Angeline’s Louisiana Kitchen at 2261 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley, CA. The Wait We tried booking a reservation online but they were already booked for the night! We took our chances and went anyway to see how long we would have to […]
Restaurant Review: Eureka in Berkeley, CA
The Restaurant I am in the midst of travelling back from a family wedding, sitting at the San Fransisco Airport with three hours to kill before my flight (long story) so I thought I would get right to updating you on the food from our trip. Starting with Eureka located at 2068 Centre Street in Berkeley. One […]
Wedding Anniversary Part 2: Granville Island
You would think from this crazy over-exposed selfie that the Sunday of our anniversary weekend was super sunny and warm but no! That stunning autumnal weather had disappeared completely after our evening walk along The Drive after our dinner at Lombardo’s the night before. We wanted to do something fun, artistic and indoors for Part […]
Wedding Anniversary Part 1: Lombardo’s
It took a village to help us figure out where to go to celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary! Lots of our friends on Facebook and Twitter had fantastic suggestions but we ended up following Hi-D’s recommendation and choose Lombardo’s at 1641 Commercial Drive. Why? She said, “It’s cozy and romantic and the food is really […]
