Category: Vancouver
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5th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival, 2015 (HoChos 1, 2, 3 & 4)
HELLO!It has been a long time, my friends. A long time.The blog has suffered as I have struggled and rejoiced through this fourth year of university. While it is months from being over, the season is currently one of applications, interviews, and planning for the months ahead – it easily feels as though the fourth…
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I May do this and I May do that…
A new month! How exciting (and occasionally rainy).I have completed another year of university (unless something goes horribly wrong with my final two grades that I’ve yet to receive) – and it was a pretty good one! That includes many aspects of it: my residence experience, my social/romance life, my academic standing, and my sense…
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ABCs of: Denim, Easter, Food
The day of near denim overdose. (See how I continued the “ABCs” with the words in my title?)There is little to update anyone on during this frustratingly lengthy exam break (12 days between my first exam and my last two exams on the same day), but I thought it would be a nice time to…
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Weekend of March 14 – 16: Wine, Pie, and Comedy
Appetizer dish with Moscato D’asti – Batasiolo Bosc 11/12 The weekend began with Vine Fest – GD’s wine-tasting event which featured four wines and an array of cheeses, breads, meats, and fruits to snack on and pair with the drinks available. As it was March 14 (03/14), it was also a night to celebrate pi(e)! To…
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2 Year Vegiversary: Chinatown
This weekend was one that would be full of studying for my upcoming midterm. To ensure I had my heart-warming fix of family, I studied up until the weekend and, on Saturday, I was able to finally get a visit in with my dad!In addition to celebrating finally getting to see one another, there was…
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Reading Week 2014
With reading week already three days past, the midterm grind is on and I have become unnaturally fatigued following the men’s gold medal hockey game (the early morning seems to have triggered an insatiable weariness). However, I had a wonderful week off from classes and was able to do lots of adventuring thanks to an…
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HoCho Fest Final Day (27): Popped Cherry
A bittersweet day for the hot chocolate festival and me! The only sweetness of it comes from the end of my sense of obligation to buying expensive hot chocolates and then later consuming them in greater quantities than I ordinarly would. The bitterness is the end of my contributions to the Women’s Job Skills program in the Downtown…
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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 25: …?!
I was disappointed to find that another location in the hot chocolate festival has stopped serving festival specials – but this time, the website was not overlooked by me! They stopped early according to the schedule online. With a tight schedule and a lot of driving ahead of me, I went to Beaucoup Bakery and…
In a Tizzy 