A lot has gone on since my last Summer Saturdays and I’ll maybe get into that at a later date. For now, I think this is the best time to say farewell to Summer Saturdays (and sometimes Summer Sundays and now Summer Wednesdays). I know that technically there are a few more weeks of the season left, but it’s September now and it really does feel (for me) that it’s time to let this season go off into the night. I’ve had this post in my drafts for some time now, but it’s all still relevant. Thank you for wanting to read these each week. Sometimes it feels like this is really just a journal for me, so whenever I hear that someone actually read some of it - you’ll never know how much that means to me.
COOKING
All I’ve made this month is buttered and salted corn-on-the-cob and open-faced heirloom tomato sandwiches. It’s my favourite produce time of the year and I can’t possibly eat enough of those two things.
CRAVING
Singapore noodles. I tried them at (the now closed) Thyme + Tonic, and I can’t get them off my mind so I’ll have to make them. Also this portobello patty melt sounds too good to be true.
DREAMING ABOUT
This poutine. Does it not look like the greatest one of all time?
EATING
So I’m going to miss the CNE this year, but I need someone to try 1) the butter ice cream 2) the lobster ice cream and 3) the butter tart funnel cake so that they can report back to me.
HATING
So many things this week:
The fact that The Body Shop discontinued my favourite tea tree body wash.
How ginormous the lettuce is cut in a wedge salad. It’s ridiculously hard to eat, but the accessories (blue cheese, tomato, onion, bacon) are so good.
LOVING
There’s something so nice about your mother-in-law caring/remembering your wedding anniversary. I’m in the camp that no one needs to wish anyone else a happy anniversary (other than the two people involved), but a mother-in-law is the exception because of how sweet it is.
NEEDING
These brand new Barbie stamps. (And still on the hunt for the Route 66 stamps.)
WEARING
The new Varland shirt I made for us.
Louis Varland shirt
WATCHING
The documentary Class Action Park. Honestly, the Wikipedia page about it is interesting but this is a rare case where the documentary really does paint a picture of what a horror show this place was. I did hate most of the interviewees who were pretty dismissive of the actual deaths that took place there, but other than that it’s a wild watch.
You can find last week’s Summer Sundays Volume 8 over here.
And again, thank you for being here.
