April 1, 2025

The Best of March 2025

by Liz Heather in Best of NYC, Food, Movies, Personal, Recipes

Considering how bad January and February were, it’s kind of a miracle that this past month was so full of good things. I had the best birthday (of my life?) and it feels like there’s so much hope. Am I deluding myself? Anything is possible! But I’m going to try and ride this high as long as I can. Here’s what went down last month.

The best tweets of the month can be found over here.
I made these cottage cheese crackers that are ridiculously good. I’ll put the recipe below because I got it from someone’s mom on Facebook (jesus, that’s the most I-just-turned-40 statement I’ve made so far).

I brush the parchment paper with olive oil as well so that nothing sticks

Speaking of turning 40, Nathan took me to Turks and Caicos to celebrate and it was an incredible trip. I should probably do a post about it. Yeah, I’ll do that. Stay tuned.
I finally visited The New York Earth Room art exhibit that’s been going on for decades and it was very neat.

Discovered the secret to amazing chicken parm: get bone-in. Changes the entire game.
I got these brown wedge heels from Target that I am currently living in, I love them so much. Might get them in black, too. I also bought this comically large bed pillow that might fix my life.
Lord, how I missed the Hillstone caesar salad.

Nathan and I have started picking up garbage around our neighborhood twice a week and it’s been great. He got a trash grabber stick months ago, and it might seem insane but it makes us feel pretty good.
Some things I watched:
- The Monkey - hated majority of it. And I realized just how much I loathe this new genre of body-harm horror. It’s gaining traction and I can’t stand it (think Hereditary, Smile 2 etc.)
- I’m all caught up on The White Lotus and this season isn’t the greatest, so that’s been disappointing.
I’ve really been considering whether or not I should go to Dollywood this year. It’s the 40th anniversary (which we share), so that’s why I was thinking about it. Just a thought.
I saw The Jonathan Larsan Project (so good) and Buena Vista Social Club (stellar). I didn’t realize how much I really missed going to shows.

I’ve been using the Trader Joe’s facial sunscreen (the Goop dupe) for a few years now, but I saw actual proof of how good it is recently. When I was on vacation, I guess I forgot to sunscreen the very top part of my forehead and to see the different between that small area and the rest of my sunscreened face after an afternoon in the sun? Wow. This stuff is a holy grail product.
I am in love with these duos that Target keeps releasing each season (below).

I had lunch at La Mercerie and it was good, I don’t know that I’d ever need to go back but it was fine. The older I get, the more I tend to be annoyed at trendy places.
I’m still making these GF bean muffins constantly. Yes they sound disgusting, but they might be the best chocolate chip muffins I’ve ever had. I should stop telling people that they have beans in them.
I did a spring french tip manicure and it turned out pretty good!

Some things I’m looking forward to this month: it’ll be nice to pack away my winter clothing, I have to start looking for wedding guest dresses and I’d really like to make this firecracker chicken again.

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You can read last month’s roundup over here.

March 31, 2025

The Best Tweets of March 2025

by Liz Heather in Links

It’s love https://t.co/1aLT1IdDrj
— Lord of Leisure (@lavitalenta) March 2, 2025

Gotta dim the lights and lock the doors for this https://t.co/F4UslY1KfR
— 40 (@40URTY) March 5, 2025

just found out about Miss Piggy’s dog Foo Foo and every single photo of her is making me laugh so much pic.twitter.com/Gd0PVt7wF8
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) March 15, 2025

this is cracking me up 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/IgdQzGoJ4m
— 𝖎𝖘𝖎𝖘 (@boginya1212) March 16, 2025

I’m lowkey looking too far into this but I think the world would be a better place if everyone was this unapologetically excited about their lives. Having fun with it. Finding their lane and running with it. Just like this guy. https://t.co/uH88ClyQeq
— KOBE (@kobegatsby) March 18, 2025

https://t.co/f4snlYkfrf pic.twitter.com/FKFJ3BByGH
— Soup (@soupinthering) March 22, 2025

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— joshualino fagottino prezioso (@siguntyr) March 22, 2025

iris by goo goo dolls really is insane though. I'd give up forever to touch you? you're the closest to heaven I'll ever be? all I can breathe is your life? and I don't want the world to see me cause I don't think they'd understand? when everything's meant to be broken I just want…
— Synexdoche (@amor_fatti) March 26, 2025

The sauce and cheese trick is insane pic.twitter.com/WWpsp2VTpj
— Ribz of Tik Tok (@ribzoftiktok) March 26, 2025

James Clear on identity: pic.twitter.com/fF2oTqhzyI
— Charles Miller (@charlesmiller_7) March 27, 2025

Trading this in for Big was self hate https://t.co/NOLyYlTIDL
— Taurus Groove (@jiggyjayy2) March 27, 2025

ㅤ pic.twitter.com/b7aGcnxQkw
— The Notorious J.O.V. (@whotfisjovana) March 29, 2025

The best tweets of February can be found over here.

March 5, 2025

The Best of January & February 2025

by Liz Heather in Food, Ideas, Links, Movies, Personal, Television

The beginning of this year has been rough to say the least. There’s no way to know when things might get easier, but in the meantime - here’s what went down these past two months.

The best tweets of January can be found here and the best tweets of February can be found here.
Very in love with this Patcha Soap Co. salt scrub I got from Healthy Planet. A salt scrub is forever a good gift, especially the Sabon ones.
I ate at the gluten-free place Gud Daae on Lakeshore and it was so good.

I’ve come to the newish conclusion that Sephora has nothing for me. Every single time I enter that store, I feel an alarming amount of rage. Stop telling women what they need.
Andrew Dismukes has been so good on SNL lately. I’m not sure how I didn’t notice this sooner.
I took my niece Maya to see Come From Away and it was even better than the New York production (maybe because the accents were better?).

I bought (and had tailored) these Gap jeans and I also bought a pair of tan loafers. Really testing out a new aesthetic here.
I finally tried out the Mel Brooks idea of slicing a bagel into three parts instead of two and I feel enlightened.

Mel Brooks is a genius mainly because of this idea

I took the kids to a maple syrup farm (Elliot Tree Farm) because it should be law that every Canadian child must see how sap is made at some point. Of course their gift shop had some gems (below).

I cancelled my Costco membership because I’m trying to support less American companies, so I found Bulk Mart (which is Canadian) and it’s great so far.
Some things I watched:
- The Substance - such a great movie. The sounds/audio was brutal to hear at times, but all in all one of the best movies of last year for sure.
- Babygirl - loved it.
- Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action (documentary) - pretty despicable, hard to watch.
- Child Star (documentary) - it was good, but there was too much of a focus on Demi Lovato (which makes sense because she made it) but I was expecting less of her.
- Enlightened - I hated Laura Dern’s character so much that it made it hard to watch.
- The Apprentice (movie) - meh. But Jeremy Strong was fantastic.
- The Resort - the first half of the series was good, but then it took a turn.
- Mommy Meanest - I love watching a bad Lifetime TV movie maybe once a year.
- Little Women (the 90s one) - how have I never seen this before? Absolutely loved it.
- Big Little Lies - I was expecting more since the cast is so wild, but it kind of sucked. I really don’t think Laura Dern is a good actress and the writing was so bad.
- Succession (rewatch) - Logan is so much funnier upon second viewing, I didn’t notice that before.
- Lost (rewatch) - still great. Still can’t really explain the ending.
- The Last Showgirl - I do like Pamela Anderson but wow is she a bad actress. Also Jamie Lee Curtis overacts in every single thing she does these days and Bautista was so hollow. The script was awful, but since it had a nepo director it’s not surprising that it wasn’t good. I did like that I could tell it was shot at the Rio in Vegas but otherwise, hard pass.
- Heart Eyes - love Devon Sawa, but this was nothing special. I do love a themed horror movie always, though.
- The White Lotus - god, this season sucks so far. It’s just so slow, I can’t stand it.

It would be insane if I didn’t mention it here, but Baby Dog passed away in January and everything collapsed around me. It happened quickly, but I was with her until the end and it’s hard to speak about it at all even now. Every time it snows it makes me think of her so of course there was record snowfall this year. It still doesn’t feel real, so I’m just trying to take it day by day.

February 28, 2025

The Best Tweets of February 2025

by Liz Heather in Links

Well... life is actually worth living pic.twitter.com/lGO4V3WgzA
— juri (@betterrgee) February 4, 2025

Was trying to take a cute picture at the lunar new year parade but this is kinda giving 9/11 pic.twitter.com/sD3FBNEIz2
— annabella (@toebruises) February 5, 2025

Ok this one’s funny https://t.co/TLeiA1rahX
— Katie Herzog (@kittypurrzog) February 8, 2025

https://t.co/HS8ypQfQJR pic.twitter.com/uCUfvIw4kL
— Credible News (@jaylannc) February 8, 2025

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— chris alsikkan™ (@AlsikkanTV) February 10, 2025

Drake rn: pic.twitter.com/CKHSn0atG3
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) February 10, 2025

i just know he went back to his locker and saw that outfit hanging there and was like fuuuuuck now i have to walk out of here all groovy 😔 https://t.co/QGs2y6X3d5
— riley 🤍 (@RiledUpForSwift) February 11, 2025

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— Images AI Could Never Recreate (@imagesaicouldnt) February 12, 2025

do NOT include “we’ve had our ups and downs” in your valentine’s day caption if you’re not going to tell us what the ups and downs were!!!!!! who has the gambling addiction??? what happened on the girls trip to miami???
— brooke (@b_pruck) February 13, 2025

just remembered when my dad texted me this after he watched the succession s3 finale pic.twitter.com/zdLQaOXs31
— cary (@brokebackstan) February 13, 2025

I’m glad we didn’t lose someone this funny https://t.co/uzgJbN3mbu
— Skyler Higley (@skyler_higley) February 14, 2025

The best-aged thing the onion has ever written. Every day it rings truer and truer. pic.twitter.com/itd9ffRRcw
— Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈 (@JosephPolitano) February 14, 2025

This is easily top 10 tweets of all time for me personally. https://t.co/BU5dyFvTD2
— Liz Harvey (@_lizharvey) February 15, 2025

Bro reconnecting with nature after fumbling a baddie pic.twitter.com/teCSVwsjwX
— Insane Reality Leaks (@InsaneRealitys) February 15, 2025

Kendall Roy would do this https://t.co/XJLllWxlsd
— Dani|| ᖭི༏ᖫྀ (@Dan0nat0r) February 16, 2025

this movie is so bad but it did produce one of my favorite letterboxd reviews https://t.co/9GTfbUxytW pic.twitter.com/sXCviFpGqZ
— twink kj apa (@AustinJChilds) February 16, 2025

He was the only one keeping delta planes from landing upside down. Now look. God help us all https://t.co/GyFiwdHZ69
— mikey reid (@mrmikeyreid) February 17, 2025

If you wanna know why ex-Viking, Chris Kluwe was Kapernicked by NFL a few years b4 Colin & Eric Reid, this is why. He fought for marriage equality & showed solidarity w/Trayvon, but as a punter, he was expendable w/plausible deniability. Good 2 see him back. https://t.co/bOOugswdH5
— #StopCopCity (@ChuckModi1) February 20, 2025

NEVER KILL YOURSELF pic.twitter.com/VItz1XGe8c
— h@iley (@fantomregret) February 23, 2025

I found it interesting Monoray Books chose (in this age of TikTok etc) to ask me to do some of my 'painted envelopes' to tell bookshops about my forthcoming book, The Postal Paths - but they seem to have caught people's attention. Long live real letters!https://t.co/mJmUakohOS pic.twitter.com/jCh5dObDPA
— Alan Cleaver (@thelonningsguy) February 24, 2025

human beings saw this and still made salesforce pic.twitter.com/rkzTe5NWj7
— maha (@mahaaaay) February 25, 2025

The best tweets of January can be found over here.

February 1, 2025

The Best of January 2025

by Liz Heather in Personal

In all honesty, this was the hardest month I’ve had in a very long time so I don’t think I can really talk about any of it yet. I’m taking some time, so give me a few weeks and I’ll do my best to continue the monthly posts as soon as I feel that I can.

Thank you for even coming here, and even more for understanding.

January 31, 2025

The Best Tweets of January 2025

by Liz Heather in Links

Lol, this review of The Substance https://t.co/sCwqK4bMJV pic.twitter.com/iYFEzDze5L
— kashaf murtaza-ish🍉 (@AryaSpeak_s) December 26, 2024

I’m convinced that Mark Wahlberg is doing this movie so that it will be the new top Google search result for “Mark Wahlberg plane” instead of his 9/11 quote. https://t.co/QXJu1MsM9Q
— Scrümbled Eggs 🇵🇸 (@scrumble_eggs) January 2, 2025

Got a Pittsburgh puzzle for Christmas and my favorite part is that the Pirates are losing 12-0 pic.twitter.com/s2Ex9w2kW7
— karlykauf (@karlykauf) January 2, 2025

whys the baby jesus in my rosca de reyes lowkey serving saddam hussein hiding spot pic.twitter.com/ZY5CDnv1g3
— ghost ⚢ (@ghostamanita) January 5, 2025

Demi Moore’s #GoldenGlobes acceptance speech for THE SUBSTANCE has me sobbing. “You’ll never be enough. But you can know the value of your worth if you just put down the measuring stick.” pic.twitter.com/Dc5dZoyWJy
— Courtney Howard (@Lulamaybelle) January 6, 2025

i love the "never kill yourself" genre bc it captures the slippery truth that the distance between a life worth living and wanting to die really is, like, one minor amusement a day

that's why it's imperative to go outside and look at things and try to like them https://t.co/5SssQesysq
— brit (@booritney) January 7, 2025

Bullseye pic.twitter.com/1NNVhBS9ix
— Dylan O'Sullivan (@DylanoA4) January 8, 2025

Kendrick, for the last 6 months, watching Drake make the loss exponentially worse for himself. pic.twitter.com/Mb0cPqTiCk
— TONY SNARK (@Yamscasino) January 15, 2025

I can't exit the video hahaha pic.twitter.com/8QxEhUA0tJ
— Enezator (@Enezator) January 20, 2025

About a year ago I was walking home carrying toilet paper and a teenager yelled “that guy be shittin!!!” and his friends laughed and laughed. I never thought I’d be able to walk with tp and no tote bag. But today, I stopped living in fear!!! pic.twitter.com/wN6h9zJLb7
— Zombie Naseem 🇵🇸🇾🇪🇱🇧 (@Sammiyungzola) January 25, 2025

if bears are so dangerous then explain this pic.twitter.com/lt6nQ6Vbb6
— why you should have an animal (@ShouldHaveAnima) January 26, 2025

Dressed like the special guest “boyfriend” on a 90s black sitcom. https://t.co/1wGAYYDw2C
— Chris Alan (@ChrisAlanComedy) January 26, 2025

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— Mad Men Quotes (@MadMenQts) January 30, 2025

The best tweets of December can be found over here.

January 30, 2025

The Best Photos of 2024

by Liz Heather in Personal

January 3, 2025

December Dalliances 2024

by Liz Heather in Food, Ideas, Links, Movies, Personal, Reviews

The last monthly post of a year that was intense and full of change! Here’s what went down last month.

The best tweets of December can be found over here.
I recapped how my autumn list of things to do went.
The President’s Choice Elk Crossing ice cream is unbelievably good.

The restaurant Earl’s put out a cookbook and I can’t stop making their chicken hunan kung pao.
I found out that the house from the movie The Santa Clause is in Oakville, so I had to drive past it. And look at their perfect decorations.

I found a dupe recipe for the Levain dark chocolate peanut butter chip cookies and I truly can’t tell the difference.

Got a Philly cheesesteak from Gladiator Burger and wow. Will definitely return.
I will fully admit that crumbl cookies are overrated, but their monthly dessert specials are wondrous. Look at this eggnog tres leche (below). She’s beautiful.

I perused the new Half Baked Harvest cookbook and it’s absolutely nothing revolutionary, there’s a cheeseburger pasta in it for christsake. I still think we should force a limit on how many books a food blogger can release.
I did make these white wine mushroom stuffed shells and they were (as most HBH recipes are) probably too cheesy, but the vegetarians liked them so I guess it was a win.

I also made this slow cooker roast and it was so easy and perfect for lunch sandwiches on Christmas day. And secured the greatest (Canadian)grocery store cake: the caramel crunch cake.

Ate at this great Mexican place The Mule in Hamilton.

Some things I watched:
- Die Hard - yes, it’s insane that I’ve never seen it before now. So good.
- Challengers - LOVED Zendaya’s character. Second favourite movie of the year (first was Anora). Only question was HOW was that hotel bed that big??
- Jagged Edge - pretty good. I love this genre of movies (80s/early 90s thriller/mystery).
- Carry On - anticlimactic ending, but overall not terrible.
- Nosferatu - liked it! Honestly it could’ve just been the fun of who I saw it with, but truly hard to tell.
These little guys (below) continue to make me smile each day.

Some things that I’m looking forward to this month: I’m going to start using this first-of-the-month checklist again and I’ll recap my resolutions from last year as well as make new 2025 ones.

If you have any interest in the other monthly roundups of 2024, they can be found here: November, October, September, August, July, June, May, April, March, February and January.

January 1, 2025

The Best Tweets of December 2024

by Liz Heather in Links

my mom is trying to bond her bunnies and they’re just pretending they don’t see each other pic.twitter.com/dhyVGTUREK
— chlobuchar (@me_im_chloe) December 5, 2024

A Dark-eyed Junco wearing a snowflake on his cheek ❄️ pic.twitter.com/SnNhlpt5PP
— Jocelyn Anderson Photography (@JocAPhotography) December 5, 2024

sometimes nepotism is okay if everyone in the family is beautiful and talented https://t.co/vnz383kGLY
— abi balingit 🌸 MAYUMU OUT NOW! 🌸 (@theduskykitchen) December 7, 2024

Aldous Huxley, a reminder of how miraculous this all is pic.twitter.com/AiKSKTl9x0
— Dylan O'Sullivan (@DylanoA4) December 11, 2024

i’m snitching on everybody if they hand me this sandwich during an interrogation https://t.co/MkVWO12C5r
— ඞ (@lifeinchaos_) December 11, 2024

Weirdly empowering pic.twitter.com/8Qql00W9R8
— straight edge coach mcguirk (@nickhexum311) December 12, 2024

retaliating against men who base a woman’s worth in her beauty by proving that she is indeed beautiful enough to be respected is so bleak https://t.co/y0rKqLxFxO
— chloe iris (@chloeikennedy) December 15, 2024

My mum had my dad saved as his full govt name and I told her that’s ur husband of 30 years pls be a bit more relaxed and put an emoji or something. I was expecting something like a love heart- she just put the Somali flag emoji https://t.co/uMtEPddd5w pic.twitter.com/5DvyTqFD9p
— 🌙 (@s4f1ja) December 16, 2024

Awkward! Woman Runs Out of Things to Talk to Herself About: https://t.co/WDK8o7SIYm pic.twitter.com/r525Inu1Fg
— Reductress (@Reductress) December 17, 2024

The thing I always hate about going to any family’s house is that women don’t get to be guests. Men do. We have to immediately offer to help cook, serve, clean, etc. If not, it’s not “polite.” You’re looked down upon for resting as a guest. I’ve never had guests in my home do…
— Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH (@GeauxGabrielle) December 26, 2024

treated my parents to a scalp spa for christmas and this is how i picked them up after their appt lmao pic.twitter.com/dsJabc8Ige
— annelisa (@notannelisa) December 26, 2024

How to Stay Humble Even Though You Experience the World More Deeply and Correctly Than Everyone Else: https://t.co/Wxfbr3yi0z pic.twitter.com/8Sybis7gKA
— Reductress (@Reductress) December 29, 2024

I love this card 😭 pic.twitter.com/JLuZMRFor1
— Your Grace ✨ (@Sancityx) December 30, 2024

2024 was great simply because i married her https://t.co/1BydT6A7NX pic.twitter.com/2QgCk1pBkh
— sean yoo (@SeanYoo) December 31, 2024

The best tweets of November can be found over here.

December 20, 2024

Autumn List Recap 2024

by Liz Heather in Personal

Today is the last day of autumn and was it just me or did it feel a year long? It’s one of the greatest seasons so it felt good to drag on, but man - summer feels like a decade ago. Here’s how my autumn list of things went!

1. Make pasta from scratch.

Didn’t even KINDA do this one. I think you need to be in a very secure place mentally to want to make pasta from scratch?

2. Go to Downey’s Farm or a harvest festival.

Did it. And I feel awful saying this, but I think I’m over it? Maybe it’s a temporary feeling.

3. Make a turkey poutine.

I’m mad that I forgot this one.

4. Make an apple or pumpkin savory dish.

Okay, this is getting embarrassing.

5. See the salmon run.

Didn’t even see them swim.

1/5! My take on this low score is that I was busier getting my life together this season so I didn’t have much time for small luxuries, so I’m counting this as a win. But I hope to get at least 2/5 next season, so we shall see. Winter list coming tomorrow…