Thanks to things like Twitter and Tumblr I almost forgot Livejournal existed. The internet, she is very fickle, no? Well, I'm back. For now. I know I've pulled this kind of thing before and I'll probably do it again, but I'm here at the moment. And that's something, right ( Read more... )

I'm back from my one week mother-daughter vacation to San Francisco, which actually turned out to be a mother-daughter-daughter trip as I was surprised by the presence of my little sister who decided to return from Australia early. Apparently, she and my mom had been planning for her to meet up with us in San Francisco for weeks now and no one told ( Read more... )

Working in a facility that holds international sporting events has its perks. I get to interact with people from all walks of life and occasionally talk about how great the city of Edmonton is. Last night, a parent of one of the American athletes in this weekend’s swim meet asked me for restaurant recommendations. She had heard good things about ( Read more... )

I am so stoked for the Heritage Festival. A few samplings of this year’s menu:

Borneo: Banana fritters- Bananas deep fried in batter and sprinkled with icing sugar.
Caribbean: Coconut drops- Coconut boiled in sugar.
Korea: Honey pancake- Korean style pancake with honey sauce.
Peru: Arroz con Leche- Peruvian rice pudding (Also: Inka Cola).
Turkey: ( Read more... )