Baking Day Panic Attack
Today is a big day for me. Yep. It is baking day. My friend likes to host international dinner parties. They are pretty cool evenings. Approximately 20 plus strangers gather together for dinner....
View ArticleShedding an Inhibition
My friend and I have started a once per week wellness evening. It is our effort to replenish our bodies from the ill effects of a rather fun filled summer. A few weeks in and I am completely hooked....
View ArticleA Perfect Sunday Morning
This morning I woke from a long, deep sleep. Because it is Sunday I allowed myself the luxury of remaining all snuggled in bed while slowly waking for the day. When I was ready I rolled over to check...
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Fall Gratitude
It is by far my most favourite season. Snuggling with a special someone, long dinners with friends, the sound of leaves crunching as I walk. I love fall.
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And it is ON!
Oh yeah. I have a pumpkin and I know what to do with it.Thanksgiving is on! Woot!I have been babbling about hosting a Thanksgiving party for ages now. After four years of missing it - I am keen on...
View ArticleThanksgiving Countdown
It is just few sleeps away from Thanksgiving dinner. However, instead of going through all the Thanksgiving explanations I invited my friends to a 'Fall Feast'. It seems to be requiring a team effort...
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Thanksgiving Dinner Chaos
This dinner has taken on a life of its own. The guys in the office have been willingly enduring my lunchtime turkey saga updates and offering second hand roasting tips. My friend, the turkey...
View ArticleChaos Countdown
11:15 - I found cranberries! Whoohoo! Nice fresh ones. Thank you Globus!12:10 - the owner of my favourite boutique is googling turkey roasting instructions while I try on clothes. Perhaps an...
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Success
I loved last night. My friends all around, the conversation and the laughter. Collectively eating too much. The banter, the appreciation of the food, effort and simply being together. It was a...
View ArticleThe Fork in the Road
Whoohoo! Life has remained fast and furious. But I have realized lately that in the rush of it all that I may have neglected to fully appreciate some of the people that make my life move from good to...
View ArticleA Playlist for a Grey Day
Sometimes a song is more than a song. As I made my way through the day, I let myself slip into a mood that was as grey and bleary as the sky overhead. I put in my headphones and listened to a...
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A Good Life..
I started to write a whole lot of blah blah, but decided instead to post a picture of the beautiful leaf lined street I was running down today, another of the sunset from the evening before and the...
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Expat Love
My beautiful running trail today.Oh yeah, I am going to go there...Expats are unique. I think that in order to leave everything familiar behind, you are making a conscious decision to do so - and that...
View ArticleThe Explosive Gift Situation : My Version
Sometimes you cross paths with someone who immediately gets you. From literally the first moment you meet you know that person is going to be someone special in your life.So is the case with my guy...
View ArticleThe Explosive Gift Situation : His Version
Note: For the first time I have let someone else write something for my blog. After stating how absurd our fight was I had told my friend that I at least appreciated the blogging material. He then...
View ArticleBrevity: Not a Canadian thing
So last night I went to a comedy show with a group of friends. The last comedian took the stage and he just so happened to be Canadian. Keep in mind that I was the only Canadian in this group. On...
View ArticleThe Canadian Mayoral Debacle
Okay, I just caught the Jon Stewart clip on Toronto mayor Rob Ford and I found myself feeling entertained, mortified and stunned at the incredible level idiocy. Forgive me, but this is one of those...
View ArticleAn Insomnia Inspired Ramble
Sleepless tonight. I find myself dwelling on a comment that a friend said earlier. We were discussing my rather eventful past week. A lot of unexpected drama was flung my way, so much that I still...
View ArticleLaughter in Learning
Today I enjoyed a wonderful long lazy brunch with a number of friends. We drank too much coffee, shared stories of our weekend and talked of everything and nothing all at once. The language we...
View ArticleCall me Nadia
I have started on a matcha latte kick. Every work day afternoon I duck out of the office and round the corner to the nearest Starbucks.(Before I go on any further I must clarify something. I don"t...
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