helen hosted a party. this time, adults only! food conversation shucking oysters cleaning up
we enjoyed a lovely dinner at shaughnessy restaurant in vandusen gardens; good food with a backdrop of christmas lights from the garden. hello nutcracker family pic!
a visit to vancouver always includes a visit to aberdeen… for my haircut! all the christmas decorations were out including pretty lights. i considered having rebecca take a picture with santa claus, but that day he was a young chinese santa, which was a bit too strange. even without a meeting with santa, i think read more
first christmas get-together was hosted by karen and colay. it was wonderful catching up with old friends and making new (little) ones.
the term is over and joe has been finishing up with marking exams. luckily he has a little teaching assistant to help out.
i have a bit of a backlog of foodie posts, so i’ll have to catch up. nantucket grill. i stumbled upon this quaint cafe in a quiet corner of one of the strip malls. not much going on outside, but the inside was quite cute and the menu looked promising. tricky part is that it read more
it’s always kind of hard to predict how good a restaurant is, even with the reviews. we went to “squids” and were pleasantly surprised. it was nice casual seafood restaurant, joe had a really good clam chowder and my trout was grilled just right. steamed oysters with all its trimmings. i think we may be read more
our baby is growing into a little girl! pants are getting shorter, hair is getting longer, and definitely getting heavier. she’s also down to a single nap, which she thoroughly enjoys, as you can tell.