Eat, shop, repeat.

Shopping + food weekends are the greatest, and a few weeks ago, I was lucky enough to have two. In a row. The first was in Detroit – technically not a weekend, but I did a weekend’s worth of shopping – and the second in Toronto. The Somerset Collection just outside Detroit is in my…

Home is the Seawall and Ramen

The shortest day of the year in Vancouver also happened to be snowy and one of the coldest, and I could think of no better way to warm up than with black ramen at Jinya downtown. I’ve missed frosty morning walks with the pup – solo early morning runs by the Detroit river just don’t…

Sushi and Stuff

It’s been way too long since I’ve had some good Japanese food. I miss gindara and mentaiko udon and agedashi tofu and spicy salmon and spot prawn sashimi. I miss block sushi at Guu and I miss ishi-yaki at Hapa. A little while ago I had Japanese at this place called Hoi on Wyandotte Street,…