Merry Christmas!

I love this time of year!  And every December I make a batch of my gingerbread cookies for my mom to give as part of gifts to her friends.  I stick to the traditional recipe from Martha Stewart that uses

New York City: Brunch at The Dutch

For those that know me you know that breakfast, or best known on the weekends as brunch, is my favourite meal in the day!  And with such a short trip, we only had time for brunch on Saturday.  This time,

New York City: Bar Boulud

So night 2 in New York City needed to be somewhere laid back after an all day shopping excursion to Woodbury Commons!  I booked Bar Boulud for this night since the restaurant was only 8 blocks away from where we

New York City: Abe & Arthur’s

Sometimes time just gets away from me!  I can’t believe it has been almost 3 weeks since my last post and although I have been working mu butt off at the office, it hasn’t been all work and no play

Around The Corner

Every Saturday morning at 10am, I attend a paddling clinic for 2 hours to practice and learn how to paddle better.  I know what your thinking, do I do anything other than paddle 🙂 And sometimes I feel like its

Baking: Cinnamon Rolls!

Most of you know that I love to bake and although I’m good at following recipes, I’m often thinking about what ingredients are in my pantry and by using what’s available – I experiment!  Well, one of my favourite cravings

Sidecar

Its been almost 3 weeks since my last post and to be honest, I’m completely exhausted.  My work and dragon boat obligations have kept me busy recently and I know what you’re thinking, dragon boat in WINTER?  Yes, training for

Happy Halloween!

For all the Halloween partiers, this past weekend was “the weekend” for Halloween parties.  I had two parties on Saturday night and so I had to split my time between the two.  As a result, I was only able to

Easy Peasy Paella

Dare I say rice cooker and paella in the same sentence!  That’s right, a simple way to make paella where you won’t need to slave over the stove top.  My fellow teammate on my dragonboat team JS casually mentioned a

Restaurant of the Month: Origin Liberty

Looking back to the summer of 2012, it has been a wonderful  season full of paddling, going out with great friends and a ton of good eats! So much so that I still have so much more I want to