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Location, Location, Location

February 3, 2012February 3, 2012 admin

That’s what they say, right? Well check out the walking distance from our new apartment to our climbing gym:  View Larger Map

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Another New Apartment

February 3, 2012 admin

As much as we love our little home in The Brentwood at Yonge & Davisville, we decided to make another move closer to Mississauga to shorten Richard’s commute. After looking at newly built condos with depressingly small kitchens, little to ZERO closet space, and very little personality, we landed on a great apartment in a

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MobilityWOD

January 27, 2012January 27, 2012 admin

I blame/credit Nem for this new series. The first video is called The First of Many Beat Downs and I had to smirk. Squatting for 10 minutes. That’s it. How is this even remotely a beat down. Then I tried it. I stupidly brought my morning coffee to the ground thinking I’d leisurely sip away

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Homemade Power Bars

January 26, 2012January 27, 2012 admin

Richard and I have been promising to ourselves that we’d make our own energy bars. Since Yudai is joining us tomorrow night and he and Rich will be bravng the cold to climb on Saturday, I thought I’d make them some treats. So, finally, round #1 is underway! Since I was already mucking up the

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Bird Swarms

November 27, 2011 admin

Although our 14th floor apartment suffers from the symphony of the neighbouring subway track and yard, it also enjoys a beautiful open view of the park north of our building. We get to see some wicked lighting storms move through, some fiery autumn colours and…. frequent bird swarming. Apparently, in birds, this swarming is called

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Brashley Estates

November 24, 2011November 24, 2011 admin

I’m packing my bags to head north/east to Ottawa for a girls only weekend with my dear friends Ashley and Sandra. Usually, our weekends also include our friend Kyle and at times our significant others. No matter what lofty plans we have to go out on the town, our itinerary remains the same: arrive in

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Making a House a Home

November 19, 2011 admin

As seen in previous posts, we live in a run-of-the-mill Toronto apartment. There’s no charm, no unique features, no surprises. We were sold on the place because of the bathroom tile, which was a white subway tile — very, very unusual for a cookie-cutter apartment. Once we moved in, we’ve tried to put our own unique

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Small Changes Every Day

November 16, 2011November 16, 2011 admin

I recently decided to make tiny, one-time adjustments in my life in the hopes of seeing incremental improvements in my daily routine that ultimately require very little ongoing effort on my part. One of my habits is to play an unending loop of background movies or TV shows throughout my workday (I work from home

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Mimi’s Birthday

June 30, 2011November 16, 2011 admin

When my good friend said all she wanted for her birthday party was to play football in the park and have a bbq — it was January! — I jumped at the chance to host our first party. Little did I realize that my good friend’s group of close friends was giant! Like eager kids

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Salad Mania: Balsamic Left-Overs

June 24, 2011January 27, 2012 admin

Since we had so much balsamic vinaigrette left-over from yesterday’s salad, I decided to use a simple recipe that would go well with balsamic. Here’s today’s salad: baby spinach, goat’s cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette. DE-LISH!

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Salad Mania: Best-Ever Tuna Salad

June 23, 2011January 26, 2012 admin

This marks day 1 of my attempt at eating a salad each day for a month. This might not seem like a big deal at all, but considering that I can easily go a week without eating any fruits or veggies, I think this is a big damn deal! My first recipe comes from Chatelaine

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Our New Apartment

June 23, 2011January 27, 2012 admin

It’s been 6 months since we moved in to our new apartment at Yonge & Davisville and we’ve already got it sufficiently cluttered and messy! Storage is certainly lacking here, though our bedroom closets are ample. As a result, it’s not uncommon to find a food processor or crock pot among my winter clothing. The

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