Last month, I was lucky enough to head home for a week of family time. It was a week filled with food, sleep, and lots and lots of kisses from Peanut and my family’s new (ish) pup, Pearl. I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Most days were spent doing what I love most:…
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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: Sunday
Sunday was a little more relaxed, spent just with my parents and brother on Granville Island, another favourite spot of mine in Vancouver. While my dad helped my brother pick up supplies for the upcoming semester at Opus (they bond over things like that), my mom, Stella, and I took a walk around the island,…
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,…
Patios & Piers
One of my favourite things to do on a summer evening is take Stella for a walk by the water at Garry Point, then sit down for dinner with family and friends at one of the patios in Steveston Village. We love Paesano’s and Tapenade, but I think the family favourite is a cup of…
Stella, a canyon & lemon cupcakes
When the weather turns nice, there are few places I’d rather be than the North Shore. There is just so much nature to be taken in – crystal waters and boulders, massive pines and bald eagles – and Lynn Canyon, where Stella and I, along with family and some friends, spent the better part of…
Saturday 2012
In a few short days, it’ll be 2013! Kind of mind-blowing, huh? I’m really excited to see what the new year will bring, but for now, I’m enjoying the last few days of 2012. Today, the last Saturday of 2012, Stella and I hung out with family and some friends enjoying a chilly morning walk…
Paesano’s
We eat out a lot, so finding a few restaurants with dog-friendly patios and good-quality food became imperative. Vancouver actually has quite a few restaurants with patios…problem is, dogs can’t always be on the actual patio (some bylaw), and being tied outside does not always sit well with Stella. So that rules out some…
Pup & Grub 