if you missed out on the starbucks frappuccino happy hour campaign, then that sucks for you.  $2 frappuccinos = awesome (don’t even pretend that you’re not gutted you missed out).

but this morning while i wait for yoga class to start, i needed to use the internet and so i popped into starbucks which (not surprisingly) was about 25 metres away from me.   i enquired into how many ’shots’ of coffee they put in their americanos.  apparently it depends on the size, so i asked for a ’short’ (the smallest) …

Ever been to a music festival and missed out on seeing the very best sets because:

a)     You didn’t know which bands to look out for; or
b)     Your friend Tessa was spewing in the toilets and you were holding her hair back; or
c)     You were spewing in the toilets and had nobody to hold your hair back (because Pam was busy holding Tessa’s hair back)

Well I can say for certain that I’ve experienced Situation A before, and there’s about a 99% chance I’ll be experiencing B and C in about four weeks …

my mum once told me (after i expressed concern to her) that i’d never be ready to have a baby.

she didn’t mean that i never will have a baby, rather that there will always be more to do and more to prepare and more money to make before i feel as though i am ‘ready’, she told me.

i would never enter a running race if i didn’t feel as though i could be ready. i remember the first half-marathon i ran, i planned it out day by day for …

This is amazing. We had an eggplant in the fridge that we NEEDED to use up, as well as some goat cheese that we bought on special a while back and so this is what i came up with.

I also think it would taste amazing with roasted red peppers.

I used:

- 3 cloves of garlic (chopped)
- half a small brown onion (chopped)
- some olive oil
- a small eggplant (aka aubergine, chopped into 1cm cubes)
- a can of diced/chopped tomatoes (a big can)
- a 3oz package of goat cheese (ours was …

there is nothing more satisfying than watching someone you love become overwhelmed with happiness.

it was tess’s birthday on the 28th of March and with a pretty dismal bank balance, i had to get crafty if i was to show her how much i love her.  with my long-time love of amateur-looking video editing and with her apparent disappointment of not having all of her friends in the same city to celebrate her special day,  i knew exactly what i was gonna do.

the funnest part was when my computer crashed at …

Before reading this post… play this song. It’s too lovely not to listen to, but if you wait any longer the Grey’s Anatomy crew will gobble it up and ruin it for life. Hurry. Go!

So. This is my first ever post on this site and I’ve spent a wee bit too long thinking about what to write. Which is ironic, because I seem to have recently converted to the “life is too short” school of thought. Which brings me to the conclusion that life is certainly too short to spend …

Yesterday we biked 40km to find a fish-mongers. It was a long day.

Upon arriving home with our 1.5lb bag of mussels, we noticed the hordes of people spewing out of the pubs, bars and restaurants along Broadway. It turned out that Canada was playing America in the men’s hockey… Kind of a big deal.

We scurried home to drop off our dinner and rushed back out to catch the last period of the game. It was CAN 2 – USA 4 with 5 minutes left in the game …

Yay! Because we are so excited for the winter olympics, we updated our site with a nice new design. Ohhhhh fancy! We are actually going to be doing a series of ‘Yay! Olympics!’ over the next two weeks, so stay tuned.

Before we get into our Olympic series however, I’d like to invite you to an interesting ‘Olympic Themed’ event by Neworld Theatre.

Neworld Theatre is thrilled to invite Vancouverites to a celebration of LOCAL culture, curated and emceed by Geoff (“The Official Theme Song of the Vancouver/Whistler Olympic Games (The …

with Movember quickly coming to an end, we decided to get in the spirit of things and interview one passionate kiwi contestant about his experiences.  ladies and gentlemen…this is steve guinness:

and this is said interview:

1. We know that you have participated in Movember in previous years. How do you feel this year’s growth has compared to previous years?

I am overly pumped about the growth of my MO this year, I would even say that Im exsatically excited by it. Just touching it amazes me, as in comparrison to previous years, …