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HONG KONG: Pop bites and Post-it notes

There are lots of notable things about pop bites, a combination wine bar, bakery, deli and dessert cafe. (It’s owned by the same company that runs Shui Hu Ju, several blocks away.)

I felt my cool quotient rise just by stepping inside. A DJ was spinning tunes (isn’t that what the kids call it?) in [...]

CALGARY: winebar, a sweet underground spot

Before I could get to the little crepe place on my mental list of places to try in Kensington, the basement space had closed and was papered up for months.

I didn’t think anything of it until some tidy lettering went up late this summer. “winebar,” it read in a nice sans-serif font. A good [...]

VANCOUVER: Salt in Blood Alley

Directions are key in getting to Salt for the uninitiated. The first time I tried to find it was on a whim, guided by a vague sense that it was in some alley in Gastown. Cranky and uncaffeinated at the time, we gave up.

But I was prepared this time, having actually checked Salt’s website, [...]

Millarville Farmers’ Market

There’s a definite morning chill in the air these days, a sure sign of the end of summer. But sunny days are still afoot and some of the girls and I took advantage of a crisp day last weekend to do a little road trip south.

Our first stop was the Millarville Farmers’ Market about [...]

CALGARY: Lounging with the frolicking horses

The first thing you notice about JAROblue is how small it is. The second thing is the ginormous photographs of horses humping. No wait, they’re playing.

Despite the name (taken from the first two letters of co-owners’ names Jared and Robin), there’s nothing blue in here. The soft silver seating and dark brown wood give [...]

CALGARY: A wee picnic

Take one friend from Toronto, a sunny afternoon and a few visits to some of our favourite food stores and voilĂ : one indoor picnic.

The best part of this meal is none of us had to do any cooking.

From the cramped Kalamata Grocery for all your Greek needs, we got garlic-stuffed olives, tapenade and fresh [...]

ST. ANDREWS: The best for last, part II

Once we arrived in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, the plan was to wander around town and grab dinner. But we were so tired once we checked into the Rossmount Inn that we decided to stay for dinner, even though we had the next night booked there as part of a package deal.

I’m so glad [...]

My new favourite snack

Pitted honey date snuggled on Rosenborg blue cheese on top of a stoned wheat thin cracker.

I bet you can’t eat just one. My adopted Fredericton family introduced it to me last week. I can’t stop thinking about it.