Where to eat in Tofino
If you’re anything like me, you plan your trips based on where you’re going to eat. My trips often start months in advance, with my google maps. I create a map for the place I’m going to and then I start to save places to …
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Support Canadian Plant-based Businesses!
While I’ve always been a big supporter of Canadian Plant-based businesses, like everyone, I’ve become more so in the past couple of months. So I thought I’d compile a list of some of my favourite, Canadian, plant-based businesses, to help you when you go to …
Roar Tofino
This is the second time I’ve stayed at Hotel Zed, but I didn’t eat at their in-house restaurant, Roar Tofino, the last time. If I’m being honest, it was because once I found out what the theme of the restaurant was, I immediately dismissed it …
7 Reasons to Stay at Hotel Zed Tofino (plus discount code!)
For me, when I stay at a hotel or a resort, I’m always looking for the little details that set that property apart from any others. I recently stayed at the Hotel Zed in Tofino, and there is so much about this place that makes …
Digital Marketing for Writers
The internet dominates so much of both our personal and professional lives these days, but this wasn’t always true. I’m of the last generation that were born into a world without the internet. Yeah. I’m old. I started writing when I was 9, and when …
Blueberry Basil Mojito Mocktail
Following up from last week’s post, as promised, here is a fun lil mocktail for you. This is an alcohol-free take on a mojito, but without the booze. I love a mojito, but normally they’re made with mint. You could totally do that here, but …
Flirting with Sobriety
I have somehow, accidentally, become sober. Sober adjacent? Sober curious? I’m not sure what to call it, but the upshot is, I’ve pretty much stopped drinking alcohol. Nobody is more surprised that I am. To be honest, it’s not something that I ever would have …
Vegan Smash Tacos
Here’s something you maybe didn’t know about me: I lived in Newfoundland for a big chunk of my life. It’s true! While I was born in Vancouver, and I lived here till I was 12, the summer I turned 13, my mom, dad, my brother …
Vegan Crêpes
Sometimes, the universe just wants you to make some damn crêpes. It started back in the fall when I got a new crêpe pan. I’d had one for ages, but it was teflon-coated, and I’m trying to move anything teflon out of my kitchen. I …
Peanut Butter Cookies for my Dad
A couple of weeks ago, I lost my dad. This was neither sudden nor unexpected. My dad had just turned 93, and there had been many times in the last couple of years we thought might lose him. Over the last five years or so, …