On Saturday, two of my favourite girls and I headed over to Detroit to shop and have dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. The former went exactly as planned, and we ended up with some amazing things like a Frenchie sweater from J. Crew, matching pinky rings, and among other things, Essie nail polish by the…
Category: Pup
I’m Heading Home
Well, just for Thanksgiving, but I’ll take 72 hours with my little bug over none at all. I just miss her so much, and whenever my mom sends me pictures of Stella, I want to cry because I’m simultaneously so happy and so sad. I love that when I get home fall will be in…
Little Pink Monster
Because I’m missing her terribly and because she hasn’t made an appearance on this space in about a week.
Thursday is the new Wednesday
Wednesday has always been, in my opinion, the worst day of the week – until now. Today (a Thursday) was long and stressful, to say the least. I hate any variant of the Socratic Method: at 8:30 AM, when my entire being is just beginning to wake up, I see no need for me to…
Can we Rewind to Saturday?
After an entire night on a plane, I arrived in muggy Windsor this morning. And just a little over 24 hours since our goodbye at YVR, I’m already missing Stella’s squishy little face. Right now, I’m sitting in my dorm room eating a random combination of green apples, brie, and salt & vinegar Mrs. Vickies,…
Could have been Winter
Call me crazy, but winter walks along the beach are my favourite: the grey clouds, varying degrees of rain, and the waves white and frothy against the rocks. And this morning, nature gave me the perfect Vancouver send-off – a morning cold and drizzly enough to warrant Hunters and a sweater, complete with a light…
Caneles at the Farmers Market
Exactly one week today, I will wheel two overweight suitcases into YVR, get onto a plane, and bid Vancouver goodbye. There’s a lot that I’ll miss about Vancouver: Lynn Canyon and Kits Beach walks with my mom and Stella, farmers market runs with the family, super spicy chili wontons, fish & chips with the family…
Stella & Surgery
Yesterday, my pup Stella went in for some minor surgery. A little while a go, a little growth appeared on Stella’s outer lip, and after some online research, we decided to give it a couple weeks to subside, as all signs pointed to it being a simple wart. But three weeks later, it’s continued to…
Riverfront Re-up
It was only a matter of days before we found ourselves back at Westminster Quay. This past weekend, we were actually there twice. Right on the Fraser River, it’s a great place to go for a walk, and once you’ve worked up a bit of an appetite, grab some food either at the River Market…
Afternoon Tea at La Cuisson
This past Friday, my mom and I took Stella for a walk at Pacific Spirit Park. After walking for about an hour and a half, we worked up quite an appetite, and were really happy that we had afternoon tea planned with some family friends at La Cuisson in Kerrisdale. My mom and I love high tea…
Family Weekend: Monday
And the weekend with family continues: today we met up with some friends at Westminster Quay, a place I hadn’t been to in years – not since my brother and I were kids. The Boathouse, a great seafood restaurant at the quay, was a spot my family frequented because cooking was neither of my parents’…
Family Weekend: Saturday
This past three-day weekend has proven to be very busy, and very much filled with family. I feel like I’m running on four hours of sleep, yet I’m strangely awake, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. The reality of the fact that I’ve got less than a month left here has set in,…
Pup & Grub 