Monthly Archives: January 2011

Raisin Pie for Afternoon Tea!

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

What does one do on a lazy Sunday afternoon when they are halfheartedly organizing the kitchen and come across a 750 g open bag of raisins? I couldn’t even remember why I bought them in the first place. I did … Continue reading →

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The Marc

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

If a picture is worth a thousand words, the the following 11 pictures should sum up our evening … (I apologise for the picture quality – it’s cringe worthy, but I just had my cell phone). Last night Michael and … Continue reading →

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Made it to 44. Again.

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

Inasmuch I’d LOVE that to be a current picture of me, that’s when I turned 18 or 19  – when gold velvet chairs, shallow bowled champagne glasses, and apparently dropped shoulder sweaters were in style. I have a funny story … Continue reading →

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Moleskine Wine Journal

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

Tonight, it’s a bottle of Goats do Roam, a wine I wrote about before. Supper is my Blog-on-ese sauce, on pasta, a sauce I wrote about before. I feel like an engine running on fumes. I can’t be out of … Continue reading →

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Diner Fare

Posted on January 15, 2011 by

Tonight I had a fairly interesting evening, enjoying a few quiet beers at the Rose and Crown pub, then chatting with the friendly valet at the Westin hotel who was ever so eager to turn up the heat for me … Continue reading →

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Potato Pancakes!

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

Supper’s ready, and where’s my husband? He’s with our rental car, a running rental car, with the keys sitting smug in the ignition in the locked car. Michael is not inside the car where he should be. Thankfully, he’s at … Continue reading →

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How to Find Real Food in the Supermarket

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

This was posted this morning by Facebook friend and food lover Keith (who is cool in my books because he had a piece of Yttrium as his profile picture once). The originator of this poster is Darya Pino, blogger at … Continue reading →

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Chrystos rodyvsya

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

Although born in Canada, I’m Ukrainian. Both my parents were born in Canada, but I’m Ukrainian. My grandparents, except the one I sort of share a name with who was born in Canada, were Ukrainian. And I believe everyone else … Continue reading →

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Chef Boyardee

Posted on January 4, 2011 by

Yes, sometimes a girl’s got to do, what a girl’s got to do, and my lunch of tuna, celery and carrot sticks, didn’t cut it. So I opened my Emergency Can of Chef Boyardee that I keep stashed in my … Continue reading →

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A Dragon Roll, Some Banjo, and a Photogenic Cheese Biscuit

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

I’ve figured out that God sits up there in heaven in his fluffy, freshly laundered robe and chortles to himself as he watches people like me spend days constructing a resolution list, and then, within 24 hours, breaking more than … Continue reading →

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