Tag: food

  • Firsts and Seconds

    Firsts and Seconds

    Today I did some things for the first time. And some for the second time. I found Grimaldi’s famous pizza restaurant for the first time…and will definitely have to return for a second time (and a third, and a fourth!)  I started a fight with some shadowy figures… For the first time! If they start…

  • Downtown to Chinatown

    Downtown to Chinatown

    So once a week, my friend Connie and I get together under the noble banner of seeing more of this great city we are so fortunate to live in.  When in reality, we just take tons and tons of Instagram photos.  The plan was to walk downtown, to visit Park Here, on the advice of…

  • Non-traditional Traditional Grilled Cheese

    Non-traditional Traditional Grilled Cheese

    This is pretty much the only thing I will stoop to cook for myself., because it is so easy, fast, and incredibly delicious!  All you need is: 2 slices of your favourite bread Cheddar cheese – as much or as little as you want! Gulden’s or your favourite brown mustard Mayonnaise (or Miracle Whip) First,…

  • Brooklyn, You’re OK

    Brooklyn, You’re OK

     “I like the island Manhattan Smoke in your pipe and put that in!” – Stephen Sondheim, West Side Story (cut him some slack, there’s not a lot that rhymes with Manhattan, okay?) If you know me at all, you know the disdain I have for Brooklyn.  Not PEOPLE FROM Brooklyn.  Remember, I was a bridge-and-tunnel…

  • Saving the Soup

    Saving the Soup

    This is totally a metaphor. You know how sometimes, at the grocery store, when they don’t have your normal soup, you’ll see a different soup, and think, hey, maybe I should try that soup! Your excitement mounts, you see this soup being every soup you dreamed of and more.  This could be my new favourite…

  • Stuff I Just Don’t Understand The Appeal Of

    Stuff I Just Don’t Understand The Appeal Of

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  • Not Feeling Great Today…

    Not Feeling Great Today…

    …but this will TOTALLY help.

  • Coffee and Cheetos

    Coffee and Cheetos

    While I’m away enjoying a vegetarian Thanksgiving, I thought I’d share with you what a vegetarian eats.  Many people show lofty photos of what they eat during the day as vegetarians: quinoa and seitan and other things that Mozilla Firefox automatic spell check does not recognize as words. So here’s what I, as an average…