Grab a Few Items From Presidents Choice For Quick Holiday Dishes We attended a little holiday party at Ritual this month hosted by Presidents Choice and Thea VanHerwaarden , a local food and lifestyle expert and we have some of the recipes she created to share. These are quick ones and can rescue you from holiday…
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Regal Grooming Lounge – Men’s Grooming For Michael
Stylish Men Get Polished at Regal Grooming Lounge Around our house I’m not the only one that appreciates good grooming, my husband Michael also likes a little pampering here and there although he still refuses to pose properly for pictures; so much for a proper instagram husband! Last month he checked out Regal Grooming Lounge…
Recipes From Christmas In November – Part 2 The Olsons
Savouries From Anna and Michael Olson For The Holidays and Beyond Part of the fun at Christmas in November, the annual festival at Jasper Park Lodge, is learning a few new takes on recipes, and sometimes new recipes altogether. Anna and Michael Olson’s main stage performance this year involved Bacon Okonomijaki ( a Japanese pancake), Pork-a-Leekie…
What’s Good This Week December 21 Edition
What To Do Around Vancouver This Week It’s the count down to Christmas and we’re almost ready, are you? Yesterday we tripped up to Kelowna to visit the family, and it’ll be pretty low key here for the next few days. It’s extra special because my aunt is visiting from New Zealand and we haven’t…
Joanna Keller Beautique
Getting Pretty With Joanna Keller Beautique – Lash Extensions and Make-Up I am somewhat challenged when it comes beauty; firstly I have that great hair for the 80’s, super curly, but not so easy to smooth out, secondly I am hardly youthful these days, and thirdly, I am pretty hopeless as doing anything on my…
Recipes From Christmas In November Part 1 – The Man Cabin
Michael and Ann Olson Entertain – Ribs, Pull apart Bread and Banana Foster I was super lucky to return this year to Christmas in November at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge. This three day festival prepares you for anything the holiday season could throw at you. Here you’ll learn how to decorate, bake, entertain, set…
Saturday Sips – What’s Karen Drinking
Festive Pomegranate Gin and Tonic If you follow my friend Karen Van Vloten on Instagram, you probably get thirsty! She’s got a great engagement rate as her feed is full of the cocktails she crafts; her’s is the party you want to get invited to. It’s been a holiday tradition for her and I to…
Gifts For The Man In Your Life
What My Husband Wants For Christmas And Yours Might Too I always do food gift guides, but this year I’ve been asked a lot about gifts for the men as well, so I asked my husband what he wanted and then added a few suggestions too because his list was a little thin. Here’s a few…
Holiday Giveaway For Food Lovers
It’s Time For Our Annual Holiday Giveaway Hope you’re having a fantastic holiday season and for one of you I am going to make it tastier with this year’s Holiday Giveaway worth over $300 that will be drawn on Christmas Day. We’re thanking our readers and followers with our annual holiday giveaway. This time we’ve…
Beauty Musts For The Holiday Season
How to Get Through the Season Beautifully – My Beauty Picks As I write this I seem to be breaking out in some type of rash! This time of year seems to be cruel to me as there’s lots of stress, lots of going out, lots of later nights than usual and a real need…
What’s Good This Week December 13 Edition
What to do in and around Vancouver this week? Good lord it almost Christmas and we’ve got so much to do. How’s your holiday prep going? We’ve got presents to buy, cookies to bake, articles to write and packing to do for Kelowna. We’ll be spending the holidays with my family and zipping back to…
Gift Personally With Glenlivet This Holiday Season
Personalized Labels of Glenlivet Scotch Available For That Real Whisky Aficionado Every year we wonder what to get those friends or family that have everything, or if they don’t they would have bought it for themselves already? That’s usually how it is around our house for Dad, and he ends up with more socks, another…
Prospect Point Cafe In Stanley Park
Stanley Park Classic Gets A Makeover One rainy Vancouver day not so long ago, we headed into Stanley Park to check out the renovations and menu updates at the Prospect Point Cafe. I had actually never eaten at the cafe, having assumed that it was one of those touristy trap type restaurants, and apparently I…
Holiday Classics In Surrey
Potters Nursery Christmas Store Growing up in Burlington, where I lived from the age of four until eight, we used to live around the corner from a place called The Elves Workshop, which seems to still exist, but not in the same spot. We also lived near a ravine, crematory and cemetery, which could explain…
What’s Good This Week – December 1 Edition
What to do Around Vancouver This Week It’s now December and I can’t believe how fast the year has zipped by! I’m already sick of the weather, so I’m heading to sunnier skies on Sunday and off to Palm Springs. In the meantime I’ve got a few things to do before I go including Vancouver…
Technology In The Kitchen – Kitchen Gadgets Segment On Global Television
What’s New In The World Of Kitchen Gadgets? Tune into the noon news on Global BC tomorrow for my segment on Kitchen Gadgets and we’ll run through some of the newest items we’re using at home in our kitchen. Philips Air Fryer – Best Buy – $299 ($179 for Black Friday) Why we like it:…
Work Out And Wine With Road 13 Vineyards
What’s Better Than Some Great Road 13 Vineyards After A Good Punch Out At Turf Not so long ago Turf (Work Out, Hang Out) opened on Fourth Avenue in Kits. They have all sorts of classes, everything from yoga to boxing, and a great selection of healthy eats, going beyond the ever-prevalent avocado toast (which,…
New Urban Eatery Opens at Cadillac Fairview Pacific Centre
New Urban Eatery provides guests with healthy food offerings, a contemporary space and introduces online pickup service I missed the official opening of this Urban Eatery, but I’m sure my holiday shopping will take me in the vicinity at some point! I initially thought this was a new restaurant, but it turns out it’s the…
The Uncommon Cookie Class: Decorate & Bake
Learn To Decorate Like A Pro With The UnCommon Cafe Cookie Class How are your baking skills? I do an okay job of baking, but when it comes to icing, my game ain’t so strong. Last year, though, I surprised myself and after a bit of a demo from some more experienced bakers in the…
Chef Alex Chen Wins Gold Medal Plates
BOULEVARD KITCHEN & OYSTER BAR CHEF ALEX CHEN WINS HIS SECOND GOLD MEDAL PLATES TITLE AT THE 2017 REGIONALS IN VICTORIA Previous Champion Returns to Top of Podium at 12th Annual Prestigious Chef Competition, Earns Right to Represent BC at the Canadian Culinary Championships in Kelowna, February 2 to 3, 2018 Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar Executive Chef…
