Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
You gotta be here
Beautiful, laidback, sophisticated, it doesn't get more West Coast than this, some people call it British Columbia, Canada. But we call it home, my home, our home...
You gotta be here.
How lucky am I to live here?
Check out this video, You Gotta Be Here in 2010 – Super, Natural British Columbia
and then again, how lucky am I to live HERE?! ~ WOW!
You can buy a copy of this video at http://innerlifeproject.com
You gotta be here.
How lucky am I to live here?
Check out this video, You Gotta Be Here in 2010 – Super, Natural British Columbia
and then again, how lucky am I to live HERE?! ~ WOW!
You can buy a copy of this video at http://innerlifeproject.com
Sunday, January 24, 2010
A really good sigh...
You can melt my heart anytime with an acoustic guitar, banjo or slide guitar... oh and the ukulele of course.
Sam Beam's music makes me think of sitting on the porch swing in summer time, swinging slowly and looking over the lake.
Sam Beam's music makes me think of sitting on the porch swing in summer time, swinging slowly and looking over the lake.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Have a great weekend!
I'll be daydreaming of sunny, warm days to come...
This picture was taken on one of our trips up to the family cabin about two years ago. I think this is one of the best representations of what I feel up there - carefree, a joie de vivre and happy.
This picture was taken on one of our trips up to the family cabin about two years ago. I think this is one of the best representations of what I feel up there - carefree, a joie de vivre and happy.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
My running gear
In the hall closet there is an Ikea wire basket clothes storage drawer. The top wire basket is where I store all my running gear and doo-dads. Here are the contents...
2 whistles – that I've lost in this basket. It may be inside another basket that sits inside the big basket... anyway I always carry a whistle when running on the Sunshine Coast because every now and then a bear or two may cross your path, or maybe even a Sasquatch! In my case I came across two very cute bear cubs up a tree. I stopped and cooed over how cute they were and watched them for a while. Until I realized that meant Momma bear must be around too. I walked backwards back the direction I came and still didn't see Momma and when I felt that the coast was clear, I bolted outta there like never before (like lightning!). I guess I could run with a bear bell too. But while hiking one summer a park ranger told me about using a whistle as a bear deterrent. Anyway, that experience was cool. I can now say, I saw bears while running.
Lululemon Brisk Run Gloves with the soft fabric on the fingers so I can wipe my snotty nose - Oh and the little pocket in the palm to stuff my snot rag!
Fuel belt
PowerBar Fuel gels
I can usually only stand the chocolate and coffee flavours and I really like the caffeinated gels. At almost every run event I've done they hand out strawberry/banana flavoured gels and it makes me gag. I think it's because that flavour reminds me of the flavoured flouride the dentist used to give me as a kid and it would ALWAYS make me sick until I discovered that you didn't actually have to choose a flavour and you could just go with NO flavour... why didn't the dentist tell me that?!?!
Nike+
I've gone through 2 shoe pods before I poured water down into my iPod insert by accident. I've run over 500km with this kit and now I'm just waiting for the Nike near me to restock on Nike+ Sportbands! Can't wait to treat myself to a new gadget. I really like tracking my running.
Toque – to keep my head and ears warm on cold days
White mesh running cap with red maple leaf (so that when I run in the US people yell, "Go Canada Go!") – to keep my head cool and keep the sweat from falling into my eyes on hot days and I'm Canadian, eh?
A headlamp – I mostly use this for camping and keep it in my running basket with the intention of using it on dark winter morning runs.
Fuelbelt High Visibility Vest
I really don't want to be road kill - it's not really my style. Dark, rainy, winter morning runs and cars can be dangerous. I use this for running on the side of the highway on the Sunshine Coast (which I haven't done yet, I just keep on planning to but I end up finding other routes to run.)
Ziploc bag – to hold my inhaler, tissues and cell phone
Oakley sunglasses - for the bright sunny days
Finally this wire basket drawer is the very top drawer and also is where my gym bag and its contents often rest.
Now should I tell you what's in my gym bag or the wire basket below where I keep my ski stuff??
2 whistles – that I've lost in this basket. It may be inside another basket that sits inside the big basket... anyway I always carry a whistle when running on the Sunshine Coast because every now and then a bear or two may cross your path, or maybe even a Sasquatch! In my case I came across two very cute bear cubs up a tree. I stopped and cooed over how cute they were and watched them for a while. Until I realized that meant Momma bear must be around too. I walked backwards back the direction I came and still didn't see Momma and when I felt that the coast was clear, I bolted outta there like never before (like lightning!). I guess I could run with a bear bell too. But while hiking one summer a park ranger told me about using a whistle as a bear deterrent. Anyway, that experience was cool. I can now say, I saw bears while running.
Lululemon Brisk Run Gloves with the soft fabric on the fingers so I can wipe my snotty nose - Oh and the little pocket in the palm to stuff my snot rag!
I can usually only stand the chocolate and coffee flavours and I really like the caffeinated gels. At almost every run event I've done they hand out strawberry/banana flavoured gels and it makes me gag. I think it's because that flavour reminds me of the flavoured flouride the dentist used to give me as a kid and it would ALWAYS make me sick until I discovered that you didn't actually have to choose a flavour and you could just go with NO flavour... why didn't the dentist tell me that?!?!
Nike+
I've gone through 2 shoe pods before I poured water down into my iPod insert by accident. I've run over 500km with this kit and now I'm just waiting for the Nike near me to restock on Nike+ Sportbands! Can't wait to treat myself to a new gadget. I really like tracking my running.
Toque – to keep my head and ears warm on cold days
White mesh running cap with red maple leaf (so that when I run in the US people yell, "Go Canada Go!") – to keep my head cool and keep the sweat from falling into my eyes on hot days and I'm Canadian, eh?
A headlamp – I mostly use this for camping and keep it in my running basket with the intention of using it on dark winter morning runs.
Fuelbelt High Visibility Vest
I really don't want to be road kill - it's not really my style. Dark, rainy, winter morning runs and cars can be dangerous. I use this for running on the side of the highway on the Sunshine Coast (which I haven't done yet, I just keep on planning to but I end up finding other routes to run.)
Ziploc bag – to hold my inhaler, tissues and cell phone
Finally this wire basket drawer is the very top drawer and also is where my gym bag and its contents often rest.
Now should I tell you what's in my gym bag or the wire basket below where I keep my ski stuff??
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
The Cannery
Tonight my friend and I went to probably one of our last dinners at The Cannery Seafood Restaurant. After 39 years on March 27, 2010 this restaurant will close it's doors. The best memory I have of this restaurant is Mother's Day brunch in 2007. My boyfriend and I took his mom and grandmother here for brunch. The menus arrived at our table with their names printed at the top of the menus. They were so impressed that they kept the menus! Our server then also had the chef come out and meet mom and grandma and our server also later served us a surprise dessert place - compliments of the team. So sweet. It's the small little details like this that really made the restaurant work (well aside from the food, of course.)
Again, the details. There was a little boy sitting at the table behind us and one of the server came out with a red balloon for him.
It's a unique restaurant in that it's located in the Port of Vancouver - inside the secured area. Passing through the security gates is part of the experience of going to The Cannery. Unless you were one of the special ones that were able to take a seaplane tour and then fly into the inlet and come into the restaurant by water.
We were served bread and their lobster oil and balsamic vinegar. I was surprised to find that the bread was cold and the oil not as "lobster-y" as before. The bread wasn't bad but it was cold. Also the server who served us the bread and poured oil and vinegar did so like he was going to just die of boredom... it didn't bother me but I did notice.
We ordered a 1/2 dozen shucked oysters (no alcohol tonight as I have to get up early and run 10km in the morning) and we were served 3 different kinds of oysters - Chef's Creek, Kusshies - both these oysters were creamy and plump and from the Pacific North West. The third oyster from Eastern Canada and forgot the name as we just didn't care for it. We both LOVED the 2 oysters from the Pacific North West.
For the mains we ordered the Salmon Wellington and the BC Sablefish (I love sablefish). Both dishes were amazing
OK I'm really full and I'm REALLY sleepy and now worried that I'm not in bed yet and wondering how the hell I'm going get up early enough to do a this run
Dist: 10 km, inc
Warm; 5 km @ 6:02; Cool
Again, the details. There was a little boy sitting at the table behind us and one of the server came out with a red balloon for him.
It's a unique restaurant in that it's located in the Port of Vancouver - inside the secured area. Passing through the security gates is part of the experience of going to The Cannery. Unless you were one of the special ones that were able to take a seaplane tour and then fly into the inlet and come into the restaurant by water.
We were served bread and their lobster oil and balsamic vinegar. I was surprised to find that the bread was cold and the oil not as "lobster-y" as before. The bread wasn't bad but it was cold. Also the server who served us the bread and poured oil and vinegar did so like he was going to just die of boredom... it didn't bother me but I did notice.
We ordered a 1/2 dozen shucked oysters (no alcohol tonight as I have to get up early and run 10km in the morning) and we were served 3 different kinds of oysters - Chef's Creek, Kusshies - both these oysters were creamy and plump and from the Pacific North West. The third oyster from Eastern Canada and forgot the name as we just didn't care for it. We both LOVED the 2 oysters from the Pacific North West.
For the mains we ordered the Salmon Wellington and the BC Sablefish (I love sablefish). Both dishes were amazing
OK I'm really full and I'm REALLY sleepy and now worried that I'm not in bed yet and wondering how the hell I'm going get up early enough to do a this run
Dist: 10 km, inc
Warm; 5 km @ 6:02; Cool
Can I split it in two? Can I do some of the running in the morning and some in at lunch??? OK I really have to go to bed now. I will try to write about the mains tomorrow.
In memory of my stolen bike
Last August I went up to the family cabin on the Sunshine Coast. My boyfriend had stayed back here in the city to finish a project. When he finished and finally got ready to come up to the cabin he thought he would surprise me and bring my bike up so that I could do some riding. So he diligently got my bike, put it on the bike rack on our car, locked it and turned around to go back to get our second bike. He came back out of our apartment building with the second bike and his heart dropped or maybe it jumped out of his mouth, not really sure how he felt cuz I can only guess... My bike was GONE!
So in memory of my old bike I bought this t-shirt from Threadless!!!
Images via Threadless.com
So in memory of my old bike I bought this t-shirt from Threadless!!!
Images via Threadless.com
Thanks to Erin for the idea!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Slow cooker muesli for a cold day
2 cups steel cut oats
6 cups water
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 apple peeled, cored and chopped
handful of raisins and craisins
handful of chopped almonds
1/4 cup brown sugar (I think this amount will do) I didn't actually use any sugar
1/2 tsp salt
Dump everything in the slow cooker and cook on low over night and voilà!
Nice hot muesli for the morning. I eat it with almond milk or plain yoghurt.
6 cups water
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 apple peeled, cored and chopped
handful of raisins and craisins
handful of chopped almonds
1/4 cup brown sugar (I think this amount will do) I didn't actually use any sugar
1/2 tsp salt
Dump everything in the slow cooker and cook on low over night and voilà!
Nice hot muesli for the morning. I eat it with almond milk or plain yoghurt.
He sleeps so well...
Last night there was a noise in our apartment and I tried to wake my boyfriend to go see what it was. But he just sleeps so damn well and continued to snore is merry way in dreamland and so I had to get up and check out the situation...
[10:15] him: i'm a tad cranky this morning
[10:56] him: also, after you woke me up last night i couldn't stop thinking about zombies attacking our apartment
[10:56] him: and i lay awake for like an hour with one eye open
[10:56] me: lol
[10:56] him: we watched Zombieland last night
[10:57] him: i decided that i will need to put a zombie rated weapon near my bed for future sleepless nights
[10:57] him like a bat, or golf club
[10:15] him: i'm a tad cranky this morning
[10:56] him: also, after you woke me up last night i couldn't stop thinking about zombies attacking our apartment
[10:56] him: and i lay awake for like an hour with one eye open
[10:56] me: lol
[10:56] him: we watched Zombieland last night
[10:57] him: i decided that i will need to put a zombie rated weapon near my bed for future sleepless nights
[10:57] him like a bat, or golf club
Friday, January 15, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Almond butter sauce
I love almond butter and I love making this simple sauce to spoon over tofu, rice or steamed veggies.
I don't measure... (sorry)
In a small sauce pan heat over medium
I don't measure... (sorry)
In a small sauce pan heat over medium
- Some almond butter
- dash of mirin, if you don't have any, you can just skip the mirin and use a sweet apple juice or pineapple juice instead of adding water to this mix
- some water
- some chili garlic sauce - I use the brand from Vietnam and has got the rooster on the jar. I LOVE this stuff!
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