Nearly five years later and we were back in Victoria. Why aren’t we there more often? Because of the blasted ferry rates. And the slow pace and lack of activities for us. But the exchange rate is still quite terrible and it has been five years. And I made an Aeroplan redemption to stay in…
Tag: foodie
Food finds on my Toronto and Halifax Adventure 2016
Five months ago, I visited Toronto and Halifax with E who was then four months and what a world of difference it is to travel with him again. (The flights are another matter altogether, not to be addressed here.) Sunrise House [Yelp] Ahh, one of the the many pleasures of visiting Toronto. My sister asks…
Dineout Recaps: Christmas week in Halifax
I’m back in Halifax for a record third time in a year (I don’t think I’ve done that since ’08) and this Christmas trip is the duration of the other two trips combined. Except, it’s Christmas which means besides obligation and tradition to eat family dinner at home, restaurants on this sleepy coast aren’t open…
Dineout recaps: Joy of Eating Meetup.com dinners
Once upon a time, I joined Meetup.com. It was back in 2005 and for a Vancouver blogger meet-up group. So it was with a bit of awe that I reactivated my profile to join Joy of Eating, a Toronto foodie group that is co-organized by a friend of NPY. He wouldn’t approve of and I…
Dineout recap: Our first trip to Hawaii
I just blogged about the Asian meals we had in Honolulu (10 of them) and am slightly shocked that I had 18 more meals or spots to blog about here. Good memories …. Duke’s Waikiki Since we got into Honolulu late at night, my only plan for our first full day was to walk along…
Dineout reviews: madcap marathon weekend in Montreal
I was last in Montreal around 2003, I believe. And before that, I went on a Chinese tour with some aunts sometime in the ’90s. In 2003, Lil Sis indulged me in a romantic notion to take a train from Halifax to Toronto and we ended up in Montreal after 20 hours of train riding…
Dineout reviews: Vancouver this summer
In a lovely turn of events, my firm gave all staff a holiday the Friday before the Natal/Civic/BC holiday (Monday) and I was heading to Vancouver anyhow to attend a wedding that long weekend. I was able to spend 10 days in Vancouver/BC and only use four vacation days! And at this point, I don’t…
Photo Dump: Brunch at The Boiler House in Toronto’s Distillery District
NPY introduced me to a friend of his in Toronto who runs a foodie meet-up group so I re-activated my Meetup.com account (I joined seven years ago when I was new in Vancouver and attended a blogger meet-up or two) and browsed the upcoming events. There are more meet-ups than my schedule would permit and…
DineOut Reviews: Taking Mum out around Toronto, July 2012 ed.
Whoa. I knew that Mum’s five-day stay was a protracted length for her standards but I hardly knew what it would all entail! On the first day, I thought all of my plans had gone down the tube with Mum’s rejection of Halal, Bulgogi Brothers turning out to be Korean BBQ (no, thank you), and…
DineOut Reviews: Back in the ‘Toon (Saskatoon Part II)
Would you believe that I went back to Saskatoon not once but twice? But I did mention it each time on my blog. It meant that I got to try a few more places through work dinners and my own explorations to complement that slice of Saskatoon from my first trip. There were new faces…