Weekend Top 5
Ever since my little run in with the alcohol fairy, I have been fairly complain-y for the past week. So to move out of that rut I am going to list my top five random favourites as I go into this lovely September weekend.
1. Vancouver – Man I really love this city. I live in a suburb called Burnaby which is about twenty minutes away from the downtown core and I work in another suburb called New Westminster. As of the beginning of October, I will begin working for my same company but in their downtown Vancouver office. I will have a lovely view of the mountains and will be steps away from Pho, Tim Hortons, sushi and shopping. I will also be directly across the street from the gym I will be working out at. I literally have only to cross the street in front of my office to reach my gym which is a good thing, because if I have to put any effort in getting to the gym, likelihood is that I won’t go. Bit of a situational oxymoron I know, but I am a girl full of contradictions.
2. Dim Sum – this Sunday the hubby and I will be joining a girlfriend of mine whose birthday is around mine for our annual Dim Sum Sunday Birthday Brunch. We do this every year, and no matter where we go during the rest of the year, this outing is always conducted at the Pink Pearl Restaurant. They have the most mouthwatering dim sum and a bunch of stuff you can’t get at almost any other dim sum restaurant. I will be happily eating spicy steamed chicken feet, deep fried tofu, marinated squid and all the little dumplings I can handle before they have to roll me out of the restaurant.
3. Ginger Ale – until my little run in with the bottle last weekend, I hadn’t touched ginger ale in about a half dozen years. Don’t know why - just didn’t. I forgot how nice and subtle it is, how refreshing it is no matter whether it is cold or room temperature, and how calming it is on my stomach. I have since had a nice cold glass of ginger ale every day this week and will probably make it a bit of a habit until I get sick of it.
4. My sister-in-law – I have known my sister-in-law for about ten years, since she was a teenager, getting into trouble, fighting with boyfriends and frenimies and drinking more that I though humanly possible. She is my husband’s baby sister and we have been bridesmaids at each other’s weddings, partied together, done some illegal stuff together and flashed drivers in Surrey together (bachelorette scavenger hunt – another story for another day). She is the mother of a fabulous 19 month old little girl and recently started talking with her husband about starting to try for a second. She knows that my husband and I started trying a few months ago for our first and mentioned to me on the weekend that they were going to start trying and wouldn’t it be great for us to be pregnant and on mat leave together. Then she phoned me a couple days later. She wanted to make sure that I was okay with the situation, because she didn’t want me to feel like she was stealing my thunder. That has to be the sweetest thing I have ever heard of. I think being the youngest of three, she is very perceptive when in comes to sibling rivalry, whereas I, being an only child I hadn’t even thought of that. I am so proud of the woman she has become and that I have had a chance to be a part of that.
5. Tim Horton’s Breakfast Sandwiches – If I had to invent the best breakfast sandwich ever, this is what I would have come up with. Bacon or sausage, egg (not too big or greasy), melty cheese and a toasted BISCUIT. Not English muffin, not bun, a BISCUIT. I almost wept it was so good. The next time I am asked what I would bring with me to a desert island – other than the husband – I will say a supply of the breakfast sandwiches and extra large coffee – double, double of course.
Do you have any random favourites these days?
1. Vancouver – Man I really love this city. I live in a suburb called Burnaby which is about twenty minutes away from the downtown core and I work in another suburb called New Westminster. As of the beginning of October, I will begin working for my same company but in their downtown Vancouver office. I will have a lovely view of the mountains and will be steps away from Pho, Tim Hortons, sushi and shopping. I will also be directly across the street from the gym I will be working out at. I literally have only to cross the street in front of my office to reach my gym which is a good thing, because if I have to put any effort in getting to the gym, likelihood is that I won’t go. Bit of a situational oxymoron I know, but I am a girl full of contradictions.
2. Dim Sum – this Sunday the hubby and I will be joining a girlfriend of mine whose birthday is around mine for our annual Dim Sum Sunday Birthday Brunch. We do this every year, and no matter where we go during the rest of the year, this outing is always conducted at the Pink Pearl Restaurant. They have the most mouthwatering dim sum and a bunch of stuff you can’t get at almost any other dim sum restaurant. I will be happily eating spicy steamed chicken feet, deep fried tofu, marinated squid and all the little dumplings I can handle before they have to roll me out of the restaurant.
3. Ginger Ale – until my little run in with the bottle last weekend, I hadn’t touched ginger ale in about a half dozen years. Don’t know why - just didn’t. I forgot how nice and subtle it is, how refreshing it is no matter whether it is cold or room temperature, and how calming it is on my stomach. I have since had a nice cold glass of ginger ale every day this week and will probably make it a bit of a habit until I get sick of it.
4. My sister-in-law – I have known my sister-in-law for about ten years, since she was a teenager, getting into trouble, fighting with boyfriends and frenimies and drinking more that I though humanly possible. She is my husband’s baby sister and we have been bridesmaids at each other’s weddings, partied together, done some illegal stuff together and flashed drivers in Surrey together (bachelorette scavenger hunt – another story for another day). She is the mother of a fabulous 19 month old little girl and recently started talking with her husband about starting to try for a second. She knows that my husband and I started trying a few months ago for our first and mentioned to me on the weekend that they were going to start trying and wouldn’t it be great for us to be pregnant and on mat leave together. Then she phoned me a couple days later. She wanted to make sure that I was okay with the situation, because she didn’t want me to feel like she was stealing my thunder. That has to be the sweetest thing I have ever heard of. I think being the youngest of three, she is very perceptive when in comes to sibling rivalry, whereas I, being an only child I hadn’t even thought of that. I am so proud of the woman she has become and that I have had a chance to be a part of that.
5. Tim Horton’s Breakfast Sandwiches – If I had to invent the best breakfast sandwich ever, this is what I would have come up with. Bacon or sausage, egg (not too big or greasy), melty cheese and a toasted BISCUIT. Not English muffin, not bun, a BISCUIT. I almost wept it was so good. The next time I am asked what I would bring with me to a desert island – other than the husband – I will say a supply of the breakfast sandwiches and extra large coffee – double, double of course.
Do you have any random favourites these days?
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