Good eats

minami

August 1, 2012 – 2:08 am

we recently celebrated our 6th (!) wedding anniversary and treated ourselves with a dinner date at minami, a contemporary japanese restaurant in yaletown. they specialize in aburi, or flame-seared sushi, and specialty sauces to complement each fish instead of just soy sauce and wasabi. it was our first time there, and we weren’t disappointed! hamachi read more »

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q e park

July 29, 2012 – 2:37 am

a rare summer day in vancouver, spent at queen elizabeth park. say cheese! her strut her happy wiggle

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Friends & Family

shyla’s birthday party

July 25, 2012 – 12:27 am

rebecca went to shyla’s 4th birthday party this week. the little kids getting their turn in the bouncy castle. birthday cake and candles. happy birthday!

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a vietnamese engagement

July 21, 2012 – 12:39 am

i was lucky to be able to attend julie and joe’s vietnamese engagement ceremony and party this week. it was an intimate gathering of family and friends, and a wonderful preview of their wedding coming up in the fall. getting ready… stella was ready too! after hearing meaningful speeches from the families, julie and joe read more »

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Friends & Family

pam and ben’s wedding

July 10, 2012 – 2:05 am

i took so many pictures at the wedding because it was so beautiful! the ceremony was set up on their front lawn under a big tree. waiting for the bride! pam was beautiful and beaming hooray! after the ceremony, we headed to the barn for the reception dinner. did i mention it was beautiful? one read more »

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Friends & Family

pre-wedding breakfast and drive

July 9, 2012 – 3:40 am

yet another breakfast with our friend debra. this time at Z&H marketcafe where we were also joined by ibrahim. we’ve all gone our separate ways over the last few years, so we were grateful to have the chance to catch up briefly in chicago. in the afternoon, it was time to get ready for the read more »

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mexico in chicago

July 6, 2012 – 11:46 pm

we’re in chicago (sans bébé) for the weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. we met debra for breakfast at the busy original pancake house, enjoyed swedish pancakes, buttermilk pancakes along with our eggs and sausage. then we stopped off at powell’s for some used book shopping next, we headed to pilsen, a predominantly latino neighbourhood… read more »

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General

little green thumb

July 3, 2012 – 2:30 am

getting ready to help in grandma’s garden taking a break to smell the flowers yeah!

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Culture

on campus

June 22, 2012 – 2:31 am

familiar ivied walls hull court gate gargoyles looking at the ducks and fish

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Travel

msi and the zoo

June 21, 2012 – 2:31 am

we played tourist and visited a couple chicago kiddie attractions… the museum of science of industry. saw baby chicks, saw trains, saw fancy lights, … also saw and heard hundreds of excited children, which was a recipe for an over-tired, over-stimulated rebecca and an early exit. oh well. the lincoln park zoo. saw birds, monkeys, read more »

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