Las Casas Quezon City
One-of-a-kind Filipino setting for Christmas dinner catching up with lovely friends. Loved my new favourites— prawn-stuffed egg, beef tenderloin with rosemary, baked halibut, mackerel pasta, fresh...
View ArticleLost Lake (Whistler Part 3)
Lost Lake used to be Whistler’s longtime nudist beach naturally enclosed with a border of luxuriant evergreen trees. Since lodging structures have been built around this secluded lake, it has become a...
View ArticleRainbow Park, Alta Lake (Whistler Part 4)
Around 1911, Alex and Myrtle Philip left Maine for British Columbia. Alex came to manage the Horseshoe Bar & Grill in Gastown, Vancouver. In the spring that year, a trapper named “Mahogany John”...
View ArticleChristmas Program at London Heritage Farm
Heidi, her kids (MZ, MK, and MC), and I are singing Christmas carols for the visiting seniors at the lovely historic farm museum, London Heritage Farm’s tearoom. (I signed up when Heidi and I came for...
View ArticleBacio Rosso
Bacio Rosso is dubbed as “Canada’s first Gourmet Cabaret Cirque.” I loved the way an overall theme strung the different acts which seamlessly flowed from one to another. For example, before dinner...
View ArticleRaisu, Vancouver
You might miss the entrance if you weren’t looking for the address because the frontage Noren (Japanese curtain) is understated. (It’s beside the Apple Farm Market across Safeway). From the same food...
View ArticleJoe Fortes, Vancouver: Night and Day
The beloved and I enjoy walking and browsing as our form of exercise, aiming if possible for 20k steps per day. On our way to and fro, we kept passing by this restaurant, Joe Fortes, named after the...
View ArticleMore Raisu
A simple meal together with people you love is a sweet grace. Sharing is caring not just with food but with hearts and lives. The Truffle Corn and Brussels sprouts Karate, Snow Crab and Uni Cream Udon,...
View ArticleGuo Pei: New Level of Chinese Couture, Vancouver Art Gallery
After Rihanna wore a showstopping 55-lb. yellow fur-trimmed, gold-spun gown with a 16-foot train to the 2015 Met Gala, the creator of the majestic dress, Chinese couturier, Guo Pei (kwo pay) rose to...
View ArticleThings to Do Around Vancouver Art Gallery
Ice Skating Mom’s Grilled Cheese Food Truck at Robson Square. Click here for schedule. Shop at Nordstrom (and Pacific Centre) or Sportchek or the other stores around Robson Street. People-watching...
View ArticleForty-Ninth Parallel Coffee Roasters Ltd.
This is one of the Beloved’s approved coffees so we came here for breakfast, first at the Thurlow and West Georgia branch downtown. The Avo: Avocado, Cheese, Tomato, Arugula, Chili Hot Chocolate...
View ArticleMiss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Granville Island Stage
Do you like Pride and Prejudice? Me? A little bit. I read the book once and then watched all the movie versions I encountered plus the movie about Jane Austen. I also loved Sense and Sensibility with...
View ArticleChef of the Year, Best Seafood, Best Upscale Awardee: Boulevard
2018 Vancouver Magazine Restaurant Award’s “Chef of the Year,” Chef Alex Chen, is behind this “Best Seafood” and “Best Upscale” restaurant at Sutton Place Hotel, Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar. Big...
View ArticleVanDusen Gardens Winter Illumination
What’s nice about Vancouver is that most places are only about twenty minutes away from one another. We had a spare half hour before our event for the evening so the beloved asked me what was the place...
View ArticleJericho Tennis Club, Vancouver
We had the blessed opportunity to have a family get-together at the 102-year old Jericho Tennis Club right along the waters of Jericho Beach. (Cover and the two photos below from Jericho Tennis Club FB...
View ArticleBirds’ Feathers
I just about froze this morning as we dared the winds while exploring the Vancouver Waterfront. I realized that the Extra Warm Heatteach of Uniqlo did not warm me. I needed to upgrade to the ULTRA WARM...
View Articleg (Giovane) Cafe + Eatery + Market
G Cafe + Eatery + Market is located at the ground floor of the Fairmont Waterfront/ Pacific Rim (heart heart Cory Monteith 😢💔). The yellow letter “g” stands for Giovane and everything gourmet. “g...
View ArticleCactus Club Robson Street, Vancouver
Cactus Club is one of my favorite places to get something to eat. When I’m not monotonously ordering my super favorite Tuna Stack (created by chef rob feenie. ocean wise™ ahi, citrus tamari...
View ArticleLe Petit Belge
While walking around Yaletown, we saw this waffle brunch place, Le Petit Belge. “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. A fusion between true authentic Belgian Brussel style waffles and...
View ArticleMedina Breakfast, Library District Vancouver
“Sustenance.” I love the sign that leads to Medina. Appearing on “Vancouver’s Best Breakfast” and Top Restaurants lists, Medina Cafe serves “Mediterranean-inspired cuisine, connoisseur-savvy coffee and...
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