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Eats ‘n Tweets!

November 13, 2014 | BY

Hi friends! This week was my turn to cook lunch for everyone in our office for our monthly Eats ‘n Tweets. It’s only SLIGHTLY stressful feeding 6...

Remembrance Day

November 10, 2014 | BY

Tomorrow is Remembrance Day here in Canada. This day is for celebrating and remembering the men and women who have fought for the freedoms we enjoy today,...

Have you read…

November 7, 2014 | BY

Happy Friday. Today I have to share a wonderful book with you; A Sudden Light by Garth Stein. I was eagerly awaiting this book and had pre-ordered...

Windup Bird Cafe

November 6, 2014 | BY

Sometimes in life things just work out. There was that time when I gave in to social media and signed on to Twitter. I nervously posted the...

Happy Halloween!

October 30, 2014 | BY

Happy Halloween my friends! One more sleep and we can get our spooky on! Check out our staff’s Halloween picks: And just FYI I’d pick Hogwarts. No...

Nap time?

October 29, 2014 | BY

So after a week where everyone at the office got a cold, I tried to get back on the bike (literally) since it’s Bike-to-Work-Week here in Vancouver....

Tree of the Year

October 28, 2014 | BY

  Having spent a lot of the weekend raking and piling leaves on the boulevard I have been contemplating trees this week.  In my neighbourhood increasing demand...

Greens + Grains

October 21, 2014 | BY

I just got my copy of  Molly Watson’s Greens + Grains published by Chronicle Books. It’s full of inspiring recipes with great colour photos.  You can use...

50 Ways to Wear a Scarf

October 17, 2014 | BY

Happy Friday!  Today’s fashion lesson, add a scarf! A few years ago I was in a high-end charity consignment store in  San Francisco. The woman volunteering that...

Food for Thought

October 14, 2014 | BY

After a weekend of feasting I thought it might be interesting to ponder a new book from New Society Publishers:  The Emergent Agriculture is  a collection of...