日曜日のブランチ Sunday brunch

A delightful Sunday brunch...with tomatoes fresh from the garden! ブランチを美味しくいただけました。トマトは外のお庭で育てて味がよかった。

お好み焼き美味しかった！Perfect okonomiyaki!

We had a delicious dinner last night--homemade okonomiyaki! Thanks H-san! 夕べは涼しくて秋が来る感じだった。お好み焼きが完璧。

The instructions in case I lose them for next time...今度もこの作り方。山芋パウダーははじめてかも。

I took a picture of it cooking but not when it was ready (too excited to eat it then).　焼いている途中に写真を撮ったけど出来上がりの写真はさっぱり忘れちゃった！

Afterwards we wanted some hot chocolate. We even had a choice...それでココアが飲みたくて。どっちにしようかな。。。

But in the end, we went with this...yum. Thanks, marmy!　これにした。お母さん、ありがとう！

Not my monkeys...いやな一日

Yup...just that kind of day...ちょっとうんざり。。。米国に行くべきのビザがやっと届いた。生まれた国はザンビアのはずなんですが大事な資料に「イギリス」が書いてある。訂正しなきゃいけない。時間かなりかかると思うのでクルーズに参加しない可能性は高い。いやだ。

Last day at my gym ;(

My gym closed today. Apparently the SkyTrain construction is complicating business success. It looks like they sold the building so no more lovely gym in the morning. Ah well...

I guess I am back to biking to work in the morning--hopefully the road construction is done on my biking route!

Taco time!

Random snaps from this week--corn in a Vancouver neighbourhood...

And tacos for lunch...

Long Table Dinner on Wednesday

We had a stunning dinner on Wednesday night--at the Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver.

We started with different kinds of butter--my favourite was honey butter.

The starter was locally sourced veggies and seared tuna.

Then veggies and salmon.

And finally a chocolate meringue torte! Everything was locally sourced 'slow food' and was outstanding!

Old friends--Tuesday

On Tuesday I met up with a friend I haven't seen in 18 years and it was delightful. We had pizza and a LOT to talk about!

Random weekend pics...

On Friday night we went to the Italian cultural festival. Before that there was some delightful TRIPLE CREAM cheese...

And afterwards there were all sorts of delightful drinkies...

 Yesterday was a bright, sunny day so I took Versie off to the carwash.

Flights for 50p 安い航空

This is the funniest thing I have seen in ages! Care of my brilliant brother! 信じられないほど笑った！弟のお勧め。

Back to the 80s for the evening 80年代に戻った

今夜は80年代に戻った感じです。最初はジュラシックワールド：
We spent the evening in the 80s...first Jurassic World

 

次はピクセル

Then we saw Pixels

 

すごーーーく楽しかった！

Eggplant curry for dinner!

NJ surprised me eggplant curry and L with a sausage-lentil dish! And she even provided the chardonnay! Absolutely delightful--muchas gracias!

Thankful Thursday

Looks like we got the visa...I am very excited...more when I have calmed myself down...

;-D

Wonderful Wednesday...

One Wednesday a month, a massage therapist comes to our workplace. Some of us--the lucky ones--are able to get an appointment. And it is absolutely stunning. Today was one of those wonderful days.  And now I feel like this...

火曜日

オレゴン州の友達 Friends from Oregon

友達がオレゴン州から遊びに来た。子供はまだ1歳なのでこのような遊びが多い！This is what the house looks like right now--lotsa fun stuff for one-year-olds...

SkyTrain Sunday

Stunning Saturday

Lots petails tomorrow

Best ice-cream EVER~!

L found this the other day and we HAD to try it...

Best eaten while listening to this...

Happy Hour at the Flying Pig

We left work early and headed to Happy Hour at the Flying Pig in Vancouver--total fun!

Forgot to take pictures of the appies, but did take a snap of the Maple Sugar tart. YUM!

 On our way out--cheers, piggy!

 We hit Earnest Ice-Cream afterwards--not for eating, but for some take-away...

Sanuki udon

Last night we finished the very generous money that Y-san and her mother left for us in February. And what better way to use it than to head to the local udon bar for sanuki udon? It was spectacular! I had kitsune udon and L had spicy udon. It was almost like being back in Japan...

Thank you so much!

Life without plastic...

I am absolutely moving towards this...

http://myplasticfreelife.com/plasticfreeguide/

I bought a bunch of lotion bars yesterday--I am tired of all the packaging for creams and shampoos and conditioners so I am moving to bars for all of that. Viva less packaging and plastic, viva!

Fun with food

We went to the Burnaby market on Saturday. While the market itself was a bit small and disappointing, there were a number of fresh fruit and vegetable places that accepted coupons. These are handed out by the BC government to low-income households so they can purchase fresh produce. What a great system--very impressive.

L made her father's mustard-mushroom steak last week, with fresh Chilliwack corn. A delightful dinner and now my iron is back where it should be (my twice-a-year meat intake).

Relaxing Sunday ゆっくりとした日曜日

今日は特に予定がなかったけど南アフリカのお店にちょっと買い物した。面白い看板もあった。We didn't really have much planned for today but we ended up doing some shopping at the South African store in Kitsilano.

Health Canada won't let them label Mrs. Balls as chutney--because Canadians don't use that word???--so now it's sauce!!

これも面白い看板！This was another fun sign...at Chewies in Kitsilano.

オイスターバーでニュー・オーリーアンズのドーナツを美味しくいただいた！Then we headed to an oyster bar and started with New Orleans-style French beignets! They were delicious!

それで36個のオイスターをたっぷり食べた（これは24個だけなんですが。。。ほかにも頼んだ）。ＹさんとＹさんのお母さん：ご馳走様でした！We ate about 36 raw oysters between us--and they were delightful!

楽しい土曜日 Fun Saturday

土曜日は楽しかったけど投稿忘れてしまいました。After wandering around the disappointing Burnaby market, we went for sushi.　バーナビー市場を一応歩きまわってからおすしを食べに行った。

We played about a bit in before the movie...英が見に行こうと思っていたけど時間がちょっとあったので遊んじゃいました！

Some old games are even new again...昔のゲームも見かけた。

And then we watched the latest Tom Cruise movie...映画は楽しかった！

C Restaurant...blast from the past

Blast from the past--pictures I never uploaded from a fabulous dinner. Ltreated me to a spectacular tasting menu at one of the nicest restaurants in Vancouver...it was a delightful evening...

 We opened with bread and an amuse bouche...

 A beet and goat cheese salad...

 A gazpacho...

 A delightful sashimi dish...

 Seared scallops...

Gnocchi with shrimp and mushrooms...

 A lovely pot of tea...

 And a calorie-free dessert...