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Curry Curry!

Posted on February 10, 2012 Posted in 2012, Food, NL, St. John's, Toronto .

It is rather unfortunate, but we do not have an authentic Thai restaurant in St. John’s.

Matt was pretty devastated when he realized this sad fact; especially when we regularly went for Thai when we previously lived in Toronto.
BTW, if you haven’t been to Salad King, GO. Go now and enjoy its amazing deliciousness!!

My husband is an amazing cook and I’m pretty darn lucky. I’m doubly lucky because he makes a wicked Thai curry and his Indian curry is nothing to scoff at either.

On Sunday, after I had had a rather craptastic morning and the rest of the afternoon was rather low key, Matt suggested we have Thai curry for dinner. My immediate reaction was, “Yippie!”

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Dollar DVDs FTW

Posted on February 7, 2012 Posted in 2012, NL, Nostalgic, Silly, St. John's .

Have you raided the discount DVD bin at your local giant retail store? I’ve often found some interesting finds at Canadian Tire (I know, it’s weird, but true!). Last weekend Matt and I went to Zellers to pick up a few things and what did we find after walking through the doors at the Stavanger Drive location but a mecca of cheap DVDs.

Oh the trouble we found ourselves in…

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Stout beer and short-rib poutine

Posted on February 4, 2012 Posted in 2012, Food, NL, St. John's .

Matt and I decided to stop into Yellowbelly Brewery before heading to tonight’s St. John’s IceCaps game.

St. John's Stout and short-rib poutine from Yellowbelly

We both ordered a pint of the St. John’s stout and split an order of their short-rib poutine.

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Cherry Cheese Cake Callenge

Posted on February 4, 2012 Posted in 2012, Birthday, Family, Food, NL, Ontario, St. John's, Toronto .

Last weekend, I decided to try my hand at making a cheese cake for the first time.

It was Matt’s birthday recently and his mother always makes a cheese cake for special occasions; especially birthdays. But because we’re in Newfoundland and Labrador and his parents are in Ontario, it’s unlikely a cheese cake would have made it in once piece by Canada Post. I emailed my mom-in-law and told her about my plan: I wanted to make Matt a cherry cheese cake and needed her recipe.

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The Right Words

Posted on November 25, 2011 Posted in 2011, Family, Friends, NL, St. John's, Toronto .

On Dec. 3 I will have the joy of seeing Sarah Slean in concert at The Majestic in St. John’s. It’s been almost two years since I last saw Sarah in concert and I can’t wait to see her again.

She is by far my most favourite singer and I absolutely adore her. She has an amazing voice, an enchanting stage presence and leaves you feeling loved after every show.

I’ve had her latest CD Land & Sea for a couple of weeks now and am thoroughly enjoying both albums. But this past weekend, The Right Words from the Sea album was brought to my attention. It’s a song that can touch anyone and since last weekend, the song and its lyrics have been on my mind.

Sarah Slean singing The Right Words

You are on the right path you will realize…

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