Posts in category Friends, Family & Hoi Polloi

A Glimpse Into Today – Dim Sum ...

“Don’t bother us, we’re having our tea”, says my mother as she and Travel Bunny enjoy a visit over lunch. Today we lunched at a new spot Dim Sum Kingston. Mom had the menu waiting by my chair to review when I arrived as one of the options for our dining adventures this visit. We were pleasantly surprised by the food, [...]

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Taken To The Cleaners – A Trave...

Sometimes it gets to be a bit much, this travelling with Travel Bunny. He sneaks into my luggage and pops up in the most unusual places, often near food, on my pillow, horning in on my drink or cuddling with yet another random stranger. After 25 years of this, it was time to take him to task. Or at least … well… watch and find out. And ju [...]

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Dim Sum Quotes

For our first meal after Live Below The Line we returned to our regularly scheduled weekend dim sum. We headed out further a field than usual because our friend Linda was visiting and she came equipped with a car. So we headed north to where some of the best dim sum in the GTA can be found these days. As usual the conversation was smart (Lind [...]

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My travel companions for #LexGoFurthe...

For the most part, I was alone while on this trip, but I did have some companionship during the trip. Gerry joined me for the warm-up leg from Toronto to Kingston, which meant once I got the car I had to wait for him to finish up his day before we could hit the road… waiting waiting waiting… I’d say I was patient, but I’d be lying. The For [...]

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The Red Ford Mustang That Started It ...

There were a lot of road trips and a lot of driving in my youth. I remember fondly the yellow Volkswagen Beetles, the blue Datsun, the burgundy Peugeot, but the car that stands out the most is the red Ford Mustang. My grandmother’s car. My grandmother was a sporty, speed freak and she really wanted a red Ford mustang. So she got a red [...]

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Walker in a Winter Wonderland

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My Xmas Saints & Angels

Inspired by this shot taken 5 years ago, we have taken to getting our holiday dining companions to pose with their chargers. Some achieve very angelic visages, some a little more humours, but they have all been good sports. If you want to recreate this experience with your friends and family, remember a couple of tips: 1. always pose after t [...]

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Poutine For The First Time (from CETO...

One of the great things about having interns from away, is that you get to introduce them to food. Or at least you do when you work at CheapEats! That means you also get to revisit and re-experiencing foods and cuisines that have become ubiquitous and by extension taken for granted. via www.cetoblog.com

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That’s Hawt!

I love this shot of Ryan from the FTJco launch party. I wanted to tweak it a bit so we can use it on the Secret Pickle Supper Club Who We Are page. Now to find equally playful shots of me & Matt.

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Cyb & Aaron Perfecting The Cloth

From Fair Trade Jewellery Company to the Secret Pickle Supper Club in just 2.5 hours. With a lot of help from my friends Ryan, Asaka, Gerry, Cybelle and Aaron of course!

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Jim

I needed a quick photo of dad to illustrate a point to one of my hohoto co-schemers. I figured this one where he is wearing a www.rightsleeve.com hoHOTo cap would be perfect

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5YAT: 24 Hours Ashore

20 December, 2004 – Snowy & Blowy & Grey [This post is part of the 5 Years Ago Today Series] Ack! Dark! Though it is 0530. Happy I found the head light. Breakfast for me and the animals, packing and then strapped on the sled and started trudging (0715). [view of the island from the glen-shore as the sun started peeking up] Crossing [...]

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