Category: adventures
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HoCho Fest Day 26: Bacchu’s Dream
The penultimate day of the hot chocolate festival is upon us! I took this opportunity to make a quick trip down to Cocoa Nymph before other evening obligations came upon me. Bacchu’s Dream: Made from 72% dark chocolate with red winereduction and apple ginger compote.Served with walnut shortbread (vegan).($6.65) This particular beverage was made with coconut…
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HoCho Fest Day 24: Brunette Bangle
Today was a hot chocolate festival day marked with both high and low moments. First, the low (because then we can move on from them): Really there is only one, and it is having made the discovery that Thierry Chocolaterie stopped participating in the festival as of yesterday – I do not know why, but…
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HoCho Fest Day 23: Monkey’s Uncle
Happy B.C. Family Day!To celebrate the day, some of the folks I love came out to my end and we all went for “Italian soul food” at the restaurant Incendio. My pasta was delectable, and the crusts of my family members’ pizzas were as well. S and N’s pizza. My rotini pomodoro pasta. Mom and…
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HoCho Fest Day 21: Winter Citrus
Today(yesterday)’s festival item was truly a blessing in how it soothed my very fragile mind from today (yesterday)! The day had felt overwhelming for no identifiable reason, so a kind offer to accompany me to my location for the day was very welcomed. Location of choice: The Last Crumb Cafe. According to their website, The…
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HoCho Fest Day 17: Chartreuse Milkshake
This evening’s hot chocolate festival stop called for an upscale, classy establishment with an unassuming exterior offering a hot chocolate “inspired” cocktail. CC and I headed down to Uva Wine Bar and Bittered Sling to meet my fellow later and to get a head-start on checking out the location for ourselves. The interior was very warm,…
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HoCho Fest Day 15: Aloha Sweetie
Another lovely day in the homeland – very chilly, but bright and sunny. It was a nice day to go have brunch with the first year family, and then go home for a few hours to celebrate the birthdays of more family! JA’s brunch. My brunch! Oatmeal cooked in apple juice. As I was very…
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HoCho Fest Day 13: Twisted Romance
What a sunny day we had here!With good company at my side, today’s hot chocolate festival visit took me to a spot I visited during last year’s festival: Gem Chocolates. To the unprimed eye, one may mistake the location for a small Bell outlet, based on its simplistic white and blue exterior – but when…
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Third Time’s the Charm? Interviewed Again
Tuesday night marked my third round of the carousel interview process of becoming a residence advisor. It is not part of the process that occurs once you KNOW you are an advisor, but rather part of the process leading up to one of the following three points of contact: The phone call: You’ve got it!…
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HoCho Fest Day 8: The Evita
Ah, the beautiful day arrived when it came time to go to Bella Gelatería! This was probably my favourite stop from last year’s hot chocolate festival, and this year it seems they somehow stepped up their game.. In a couple of ways. gBAR flavoured with salted caramel – Argentina style. Served with Erin Ireland’s “To Die…
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