Another photo project and delicious pork Here we are at week 31. During the past seven days I’ve rummaged through a flea market, visited a relative and had the best sous vide (30 hours) pork belly of my life. Oh yeah, I also started The Travelettes month long Instagram Challenge. You can see my photos here. How […]
Lille’s Garden of Giants – BEST BANANA BREAD EVER
Jardin des Géants The Garden of Giants in Lille France covers about 2 hectares and includes more than 45 thousand types of plants. Created in 2009 by Mutabilis Landscape Architecture the gardens include water features and metal structures and sculptures. It also has a small cafe to grab a bite and a drink or in […]
Top Short Haul Resorts for Last Minute Beach Deals
The following is a sponsored post Last minute hotel deals are an excellent way of opening up possibilities that ordinarily, you may not even think of. While you may be content heading to the same beach resort that you’ve been to umpteen times before, the joys of last minute beach deals mean that your options […]
365 Project – week 30
A day in the country and chicken broth Another week of great weather, I spent a day in the country, made some delicious chicken broth for soup and worked on a few projects. August is right around the corner. How did you spend your week?
Honest Food Tales – Chris Pollard
Roti Love: An Addiction to Thai Desserts Thai food is famous around the world for its spicy zest, rich aromas and crunchy ingredients. There’s no doubt about it that for me, one of the highlights of living in the Land of Smiles is the grub I’m treated to every day and the volume I can […]
365 Project – week 29
Barbecues and mini putt We started the week off with a quick drive into the country to forage for mushrooms, spent an afternoon at the golf range playing mini putt and hitting balls and ended with barbecues two days in a row, not a bad week at all. How did you spend your week?
365 Project – week 28
Pedal boat, bike ride and Chinese food Another week of great weather, I went for a few bike rides, Tim and I went to Chinatown for delicious food and plenty of in-season fruit was eaten. I spent Saturday with my sisters at a local lake and, to the dismay of the guy in the rental […]
Why I Bombed a Tree
A symbol of hatred I know, according to the Broadway musical Avenue Q, we’re all a little bit racist, but this isn’t about that. This is about in your face hatred and how a spray painted symbol brought me to bomb a tree. We moved into this neighbourhood last November. In the late Spring I noticed […]