June 3 is my Mom’s Latvian Name Day. In Latvia you have a special day to celebrate your particular name. My Mom and I were going to go to The Five Fisherman for a lobster dinner but her back has been hurting too much to do go anywhere (thank you all so much for your […]

This week’s wish on Wishcasting is What do you with for June? My Mom has had a hard time with physical stuff since she got here and even though we had those great road tours we are staying close to home because of some health issues. I wish with all my heart that she feels […]

To the right you will see my latest poll, it is based on smoothie requests that I got: Raspberry Pina Colata Chocolate Cheesecake Veggie Banana-free I will eventually make all of them but please help me choose which one I should make next!

Last year when I went for a walk on a Sunday morning and discovered a local flea market to my complete glee, I also found who a man I have been referring to as The Vanilla Man ever since. I had no cash on me at the time and this lovely gentlemen amongst all the […]

It’s here. It is finally here! I wait anxiously for this day every single year and every year, it is a different day. Usually I am the one who cracks under pressure and pleads to finally open our windows but this year it was my husband who said, open them all! It is finally sunny […]

I am a long-time fan of buying in bulk. Sometimes because they have things I can not find anywhere else (like smoked paprika) and because I always felt that I must be saving money doing so. Considering a 100 gram bag (tiny) of almonds is over $2 at my grocery store, I was convinced it […]

Recently I took the quiz Which Food Network Personality Are You? on Facebook and I could not wait to find out which personality I was. Turns out: I’m Alton Brown. I was so excited when I got the results! Mostly because it reminded me of what a geek I used to be. How my inner […]

Yesterday, my Moo cards arrived! Moo cards are mini photo business cards. I have been waiting a long time to get mine made because I did not know which element of me I wanted to promote. In February I was terribly sick and in pain and on medication from hell, lying on my couch, holding […]

I followed my friend Steve’s suggestion, while he was on the show Breakfast Television, he recommended stuffing French toast with Nutella. Last weekend I stuffed my homemade apricot bread with this divine hazelnut chocolate concoction. Oh my god. It was unbelievably delicious! And it was not just because of the chocolate hazelnut spread went oozing […]

My sister Jamie‘s book club The Next Chapter is doing the infamous book Wreck This Journal for the month of June. There is still time to buy the book for those who would like to participate! Mine came quickly and with taxes and shipping was less than $20 Canadian which means it is a very […]