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HoCho Fest Day 4: Aphrodite’s Delight
This, the fourth day of my hot chocolate adventures, marked the first day I was unable to finish my treat! However, the gained knowledge of this location will surely benefit my happiness in the future, and I will certainly be returning to try another of their Hot Chocolate Festival items in the weeks to come.…
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HoCho Fest Day 3: My Funny Valentine
With books on my back, I traveled today to Blenz Coffee (one of four participating locations) for a new hot chocolate festival experience. The familiar wooden interior and ambience of “studying” greeted me, and I examined my two options: “Mint To Be” and “My Funny Valentine”. I went with the latter as it described dark…
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HoCho Fest Day 2: Call Me A Cab
Today’s adventure in hot chocolate tasting took me to Terra Breads in Kitsilano. I have only had the baking sort of treat from them, and had no idea there was such a range of specialty beverages and meal items! Along with my hot chocolate, I enjoyed an avocado and veggie sandwich. The hot chocolate is…
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HoCho Fest Day 1: Passionista
Today (actually, yesterday) marked the beginning of the 2014 Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival! I am very excited, and thusly decided to make my first stop Thomas Haas Chocolates. Here, they offered the “Campfire” and the “Passionista” – I tried the latter. “Fresh passion fruit-infused hot chocolate with Grand Marnier Chantilly, served with passion fruit Pate…
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Dining Discovery: Nuba – Authentic Lebanese Cuisine
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of sampling a “mezze” lunch appetizer from a restaurant on Broadway called Nuba. For someone such as myself, the appetizer sufficed for a meal – it was the perfect size, and happened to be gluten-free and vegan in addition to being DELICIOUS. My particular appetizer of choice was the Garden…
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"What is intuitive eating?"
This is an interview with my friend’s mom (who is a registered dietician from Edmonton, AB) – here, she speaks on something that I have been actively trying to incorporate into my life for the last couple of years. I think it is important to listen to your body! Sometimes guidelines need to be set…
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Upcoming Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival: 2014
This is a very exciting time of year for warm, chocolaty beverage consumers (such as myself).Vancouver’s 4th annual Hot Chocolate Festival begins in 6 more days! There are 24 locations and 28 days of the festival, so it sounds like many of my days are going to be painted with warm, brown strokes of deliciousness…
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And so we begin.
I’m not quite sure how this blog will shape itself yet, but even with that it already is a reflection of my thoughts as of late.My mind has been busy in a way that feels quite like trying to rearrange a room that has few possible alternative arrangements: I keep attending to the same items,…
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