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LIZ HEATHER

February 8, 2024

January Jewels 2024

by Liz Heather in Beauty, Best of NYC, Family, Food, Links, Movies, Personal, Products, Recipes, Television


The first month is over!

  • I compiled my favourite photos of 2023.

  • I made a list of the very best of 2023.

  • The best tweets of the month can be found over here.

  • I recapped how my 2023 resolutions went.

  • I made my 2024 resolutions.

  • I reviewed the new costume exhibit (Women Dressing Women) at The Met.

  • I started writing a small weekly update entitled Winter Wednesdays.

  • I made a brioche french toast with homemade Nutella whipped cream that was unreasonably good. It was surprisingly hard to find a bakery that had ready-made brioche, but Whole Foods made this possible (unfortunately).

  • For new years day, I made this pork tenderloin with a honey garlic sauce that I’m absolutely going to make again this week.

  • My nephew Rome really got into this book of final last words, so he kept reading them aloud all month and this (below) is one of my favourites.

  • I visited the new (and finally open) Central Library in Mississauga and it’s so disappointing. The layout is terrible, the kids area is practically nonexistent, the shelving is appropriate for toddlers, the parking garage uses pay parking before 6pm and even the entrance is so badly designed that the front librarians have to wear their winter coats because of the breeze coming in from the main doors.

  • I’ve mentioned this already, but I can’t stop myself from trying to remember the old days of Square One (the mall in Mississauga). I’ve found a few photos that triggered some things in my brain and for some reason I need to write them out here so that I don’t accidentally forget them again. Do you remember when there was the movie theatre where Goodlife is now, next to The Bay? And the toy store Toys Toys Toys next to the theatre? Or the swinging ship boat ride infront of The Bay? Or all of the water fountains in the two-level food court! A giant Burger King used to be where Earl’s is now and people would wait inside it because that’s where the buses used to stop. The slushies at Woolco (that closed in1994) are cemented in my brain as the best in the world. The pretzel stand outside of Walter’s Music and down the isolated escalator from that parking lot that was next to Sears. And the Biway, Everything For A Dollar and Grand & Toy in that same Walter’s hallway. The giant HMV that used to be next to Donato. The Marks and Spencers that had a huge clothing area and then a separate grocery area. The greeting card store (my first job!) Your Expression that was around the corner from where the TD is now. The PJ’s Pets (the pet store) that used to be where Bulk Barn is now, with their rows and rows of fish tanks. Oh my god the It Store, Le Chateau, Jacob (where Wilfred is now), Diana Sweets, Black’s Cameras, Music World, Green Earth (that store with all the spiritual items and wooden figures), the coat check at Customer Service, Starstruck Entertainment, that Victorian store that used to be outside Walmart where the Tim Hortons is, the La Vie En Rose that was hidden away, the West 49 store, the restaurant that was in the space where Chipotle is now, Glamour Shots, Pegabo, Spencer Gifts. And if you’re truly insane and you want to see video footage of the mall from the 90s, I found one.

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  • I made this chocolate brownie cake for Maya’s 13th birthday and it was incredible. I made it with chocolate cream cheese icing, which only elevated it.

  • Ate at Torrisi and yes it was fine, but absolutely not worth the money. The ham appetizer and the dessert were the only things that were unique and fantastic. I think I’m vowing to actively not go to trendy places this year, they almost always disappoint.

  • In love with the thin pizza at Emmett’s on Grove and how they abnormally slice it. Fully recommend.

  • Once every few years I’ll add a new makeup product to my routine (or update something that I’ve already been using), and I really love the Selena Gomez Rare Beauty contour stick (in Happy Sol). I’ve retired my NARS contour powder for it. I did try the Fenty contour stick but couldn’t find the right colour for my face.

  • I’m TikTok’s biggest critic, but I love this (below).

  • Discovered the holy grail of at-home waxing strips.

  • Started using Palmer’s Cocoa Butter at my parent’s house because of the dry air and I’m not sure that it’s the best lotion but it absolutely smells the best.

  • I’ll always give a new restaurant a chance, but the lunch special at Thai Villa is truly nothing special.

  • Went to the new Hamburger America and it was good!

  • Some things I watched:

    • Air: fine, but easily could've been a Wikipedia read instead of a movie.

    • No One Will Save You: hated it so much.

    • Speed: still amazing. Tianna kept accidentally calling it “Fast” hahahah.

    • The Morning Show: I stopped at the first episodes of season three. Season two really turned me off, especially when season one was pretty great. The writing overall isn’t very good, so it’s a bit of a mystery why I kept watching. I think I was just desperate for something new to watch. Other season one thoughts: the music choices are terrible and corny. Why is the adolescent daughter Lizzy played by an actress who seems 40? And you might not agree with this, but Mindy Kaling is a bad dramatic actress.

    • Destination Wedding: I watched fifteen minutes and it’s the worst written movie I think I’ve seen in years. Had to abandon. (And this is hard to admit since I love Keanu.)

Baby Dog, January 2024

Some things I’m looking forward to this month: my annual boycott of the superbowl, I’m going to try and see Back To The Future on Broadway, my friend Dave is in a movie that’s playing at the Angelika so we’ll go see that and I’d really love to finally finish the Mel Brooks book I’m reading.

If you’ve got any interest in reading last month’s roundup, you can read what went on in December over here.

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January 31, 2024

The Best Tweets of January 2024

by Liz Heather in Links


no thoughts only raging issues https://t.co/EJNnGg2YWd pic.twitter.com/0xAlJ1W1w1

— kyle lover ⚢ (@luofuyuri) December 30, 2023

I’m a lot like Julia Roberts in My Best Friend’s Wedding (unwell, doing so much but not really accomplishing anything, lives in New York)

— JP (@jpbrammer) December 31, 2023

Dave Grohl when a band want a guest drummer pic.twitter.com/HK4V9euFlF

— Garby (@Atlantis252) January 6, 2024

Someone in the replies called this “unnecessary tenderness” and I can’t stop laughing https://t.co/6V93zP2VRX

— Jackie Daytona (@thereisnojayjay) January 7, 2024

“I actually murdered all those people in the building”
pic.twitter.com/mFD6B3xpgs

— Andy Ottaway (blue cheque) (@Andy35o) January 8, 2024

trying to participate in the front seat conversation when you’re in the back seat pic.twitter.com/w0IBZgugQM

— Patatouille (@SwampPat) January 9, 2024

Imagine your vehicle is turned over. You’re disoriented. Wondering if this is the end. You turn to your left and see Hollywood Hogan in his NWO shirt saying “gimme your hand, brother!”

What a mindfuck. https://t.co/YSuR9Ixtk7

— STEVE! (@NotDrDeath) January 15, 2024

One of these men will betray Jim https://t.co/T6jyBOK96o

— The Oshborn (@DaveOshry) January 18, 2024

You have to be a leading lady but you can’t be nominated for best actress. You have to be a strong female director but you can’t be nominated for best director. You have to have a wildly popular dance song but you can’t be nominated for best original song. pic.twitter.com/yhlpS4AdTv

— Adam (@adamgreattweet) January 23, 2024

me and my girls at the end of a night out pic.twitter.com/XtzAcGAg78

— limp brittzkit (@Brittymigs) January 23, 2024

So anyway, put the cheddar bay biscuit mix in the waffle iron pic.twitter.com/RrbUJTqHDb

— wiz fajita (@trillary_banks_) January 26, 2024

me going tell my friend I did exactly what she told me not to do pic.twitter.com/e8yLk5IdhG

— ✟ (@ihyric) January 30, 2024

The best tweets of December can be found over here.

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December 31, 2023

The Best Tweets of December 2023

by Liz Heather in Links


how you should look when you see your GF in a beautiful dress pic.twitter.com/A0uFidGzwy

— 7/11 Truther (@DaveMcNamee3000) November 30, 2023

carrying a tote bag wearing a winter coat https://t.co/ew4QFQdZbP

— 🍯🍉 (@_wonkyteeth) December 3, 2023

How your little cousins be looking at you at family events when they want to go to your room and play Mario Kart pic.twitter.com/FuCkGZtsUV

— Ben Crew (@BenjaminCrew1) December 6, 2023

“Mom… I frew up” pic.twitter.com/uRT3pCghrA

— jon drake (@DrakeGatsby) December 7, 2023

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— Satan (@s8n) December 17, 2023

This horrifying story https://t.co/WGLcW4ExoZ pic.twitter.com/xvBFaxT8hx

— Kathleen (@libraryrat4) December 18, 2023

I've been thinking about this post since dec 14th and it keeps making me sob with laughter pic.twitter.com/NpcytPVm70

— gom jabbar bjar binks (@inkybarracuda) December 19, 2023

sorry for being nostalgia baited but it was kind of nice where the internet was a single, solitary, unmoving place instead of a terror that extends to everywhere. you went to this specific spot to go to the internet. when you left the spot, you left the internet. it was a place https://t.co/CykSmj3qlw

— cal50 (@cal50) December 20, 2023

smoked a bowl and now i can’t stop thinking about mount rushmore… like why did they do that… pic.twitter.com/0BGHn7A1OB

— mar (@itsmariannnna) December 21, 2023

Okay fine I love tiktok pic.twitter.com/GvPf8vbOow

— Asher Perlman (@asherperlman) December 29, 2023

7 year old me every time my mom raises her voice at me pic.twitter.com/I9CYT3wmlj

— Invis🧜‍♀️ (@invis4yo) December 29, 2023

The best tweets of November can be found over here.

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December 24, 2023

The Best Christmas Tweets 2023

by Liz Heather in Links


everything I learned about being a neighbor I learned from her pic.twitter.com/1gD2u50ABi

— maybe: clare (travis’ version) (10 minute version) (@clur19) December 15, 2023

it’s her season pic.twitter.com/HCyZjajiXZ

— Jordan (@itsjordanapps) December 16, 2023

https://t.co/lXOy7OuIKn pic.twitter.com/3IgH4DkZk8

— Ben Crew (@BenjaminCrew1) December 16, 2023

I like that The Muppet Christmas Carol doesn’t burden us with what horrors a Miss Piggy/Kermit the Frog crossbreed would look like and just settled for “the girls are pigs the boys are frogs don’t think about the biology of puppet offspring”

— Carrie Courogen (@carriecourogen) December 16, 2023

A gingerbread Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater house pic.twitter.com/Sj4pVyxjdf

— Marti Lawrence (@Marti_L) December 17, 2023

I’m sorry but this is still the single greatest movie frame in the entire history of cinema pic.twitter.com/P3Tp7YxRJP

— Angelina (@whyangelinawhy) December 17, 2023

I will keep fighting for women’s rights until Mrs. Claus gets a first name.

— Missy Baker (@TheMissyBaker) December 18, 2023

My 38 yo brother is shipping Christmas gifts to me. For the address he put my first name/last name, care of DORK Inc., in case anyone is wondering if they ever grow up.

— Mediocre Mom (@MediocreMamaa) December 19, 2023

I gotta level with you man, I'd be fucking thrilled if a bunch of ghosts came by and told me how to fix my shit in a single night

— helen qu'elle heure (@uberjnet) December 20, 2023

three wise men? three? be serious

— ten second cam (@camilli_amilli) December 22, 2023

The feminine urge to keep adding to someone’s gift cuz ‘it isn’t enough’ 😭

— bria celest (@55mmbae) December 23, 2023

Whomever says Santa isn’t real hasn’t seen a 4 year old help with housecleaning based on said Santa coming to town ONLY if the house is cleaned up.

— Steve Patterson (not a parody)🇺🇦 (@patterballs) December 23, 2023

You can find the best Christmas tweets of last year over here if you crave more.

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November 30, 2023

The Best Tweets of November 2023

by Liz Heather in Links


The best tweets of November 2023.

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November 8, 2023

October Occurrences 2023

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


This backyard is all I need sometimes

This backyard is all I need sometimes

That was one of the longest Octobers I’ve ever experienced and it couldn’t have been better. Here’s everything that went down last month:

  • The best tweets of October can be found over here, and I also did a post about the best Halloween tweets.

  • Our costume!

  • I started doing weekly Fall Fridays recaps because I can’t shut the hell up.

  • Made Halloween cake pops with Maya with meltable chocolate from Michaels (the funfetti vanilla is the best one) and I think these might be among my favourite desserts now. Nothing says ‘I’m almost 40’ like discovering how good cake pops are 15 years after they became popular?

Maya’s Halloween cake pops

  • Got a drink at Beetle House (the Beetlejuice-esque bar in the East Village) and that place is a party. Cocktails with dry ice should be mandatory at all bars for the prices we’re paying these days (I’d run on this platform alone if I were up for mayor).

Cocktail from Beetle House, NYC

  • I used a few of the single packets of the Dennis Gross triple eye serum and I could really see slight results in only a couple days. So annoying when expensive skincare products actually work well.

  • This chicken marsala remains one of my favourite top three dinners to make.

It’s a tall order, but please serve this chicken marsala at my funeral

  • TIP: if a recipe calls for softened butter but you forgot to soften it in advance, you should just brown the butter instead. This works for me literally every time. Browned butter is incredible.

  • Finally went to the Oscar Wilde bar and it was beautifully decorated for Halloween. It also had one of the best lighted washrooms I’ve ever seen in NYC.

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  • It’s one week into November so have I already had the Thanksgiving dumplings from Mimi Cheng’s as well as the Bobbie (Thanksgiving) sandwich from Capriotti’s? We both know the answer, don’t make me say it.

  • Made pecan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, but they were only okay. I think I’ll steer clear of the baking recipes from Bon Appétit for awhile. Independent bloggers almost always have better dessert recipes.

Underwhelming pecan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

  • Okay, the flagship Nordstrom in Manhattan? New favourite place to shop for dresses. There’s also a great happy hour bar on the fifth floor with this incredible locker that charges your phone while you walk around.

  • I’ve made the Chrissy Teigen jalapeno corn pudding for the past few years as part of our Thanksgiving meal and I might finally be sick of it? Looking for new corn recipes.

Jalapeno corn pudding

  • My favourite freezable meal right now is this short rib bolognese.

  • Walked through a section of Central Park that I’d never seen before (the north woods) and it felt like an entirely different park.

Look at that little face

  • Made apple cider doughnut cookies that turned out great. I thought the cinnamon sugar topping sounded a bit boring, but it was perfect.

Apple cider doughnut cookies

  • It is both a blessing and a curse that I learned of Nuts Factory existence (it’s basically American Bulk Barn).

  • Made this coconut chicken tikka masala in the slow cooker and it was pretty good. I doubt I’ll make it again though because I never cook rice anymore and this is a recipe begging for rice. (Why don’t I like to cook rice? Um, it takes forever? And I threw out my rice cooker because I hate having useless appliances that I’ll use once a year.)

  • The focaccia ready-made sandwiches at Eataly? Holy shit. Unbelievably good.

Focaccia sandwiches at Eataly, NYC

  • Went to Canada for Thanksgiving and it was so lovely, as always.

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  • Some things I watched:

    • Sabrina The Teenage Witch (the movie): I had no idea it was a movie before it was a show. I’ll always love Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina, so this was a great find.

    • Urban Legend: totally forgot about how good this movie was. With the exception of the dog-in-a-microwave scene, obviously.

    • Knock At The Cabin: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, M. Night Shyamalan’s movies are always so hit or miss and this one? STUNK. I really hate that he insists on making cameos in them, too.

    • Prom Night: Great! Jamie Lee Curtis is a phenomenal dancer. Nobody talks about that.

    • Blades: it’s literally just a Jaws parody but with a lawnmower instead of a shark. So what I’m saying is that it was fantastic.

    • Trick R Treat: so terrible.

    • Halloween (the Rob Zombie one): UGH! Awful! Nathan claims that I hated it because apparently I don’t like “dysfunction or reality.” WHO DOES.

    • Coherence: so good! Everyone should see it.

    • The Fog: loved it! So fun when the villain is weather. And I LOVE the fact that when it was first released, they installed fog machines in some movie theatres where the movie was showing. God, that’s great.

Some things I’m looking forward to this month: Nathan’s big Gramercy show this weekend, buying new cookware finally because our pots specifically are pretty toxic, might make these salted chocolate pecan pie bars for (fake) Thanksgiving later this month and I can’t wait to finally eat at the Christmas restaurant in the city Rolf’s.

If you’ve got any interest in reading last month’s roundup, you can see what went on in September over here. And my autumn highlights on Instagram can be found here.

October 2023

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October 31, 2023

The Best Tweets of October 2023

by Liz Heather in Links


Can we talk about how brilliant Laurie Metcalf is for a moment?! Hands down, this is one of the greatest line deliveries in the history of television. pic.twitter.com/YvhbGH89NZ

— H. Alan Scott (@HAlanScott) October 2, 2023

BARBOO https://t.co/NL2cDa6KKn

— The Notorious J.O.V. (@whotfisjovana) October 3, 2023

Should end with an ultrasound of a baby with a George Clooney face https://t.co/UGFUf14QOF

— Mr. Chau (@Srirachachau) October 10, 2023

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— Mark Duplass (@MarkDuplass) October 13, 2023

Americans trying to figure out how to make a global crisis about them pic.twitter.com/L0YneY81Kj

— Steven Castillo (@STEEEZUSCHRIST) October 13, 2023

comic by @SarahCAndersen pic.twitter.com/IyeCd77L4T

— WholesomeMemes (@WholesomeMeme) October 23, 2023

couples costume idea pic.twitter.com/ghwSfYJobs

— multitude container (@bartleby_era) October 23, 2023

She gives more with this look than some actors do in their entire career pic.twitter.com/WAEpEClLWt

— Ben Crew (@BenjaminCrew1) October 26, 2023

since the beginning of time, since the first little girl ever existed, there have always been dolls. but the dolls were always and forever baby dolls, until… pic.twitter.com/Ui2AswCVWr

— keara (@keara_benton) October 29, 2023

The best tweets of September can be found over here.

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October 1, 2023

September Shenanigans 2023

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


Simpsons foliage >

Simpsons foliage >

September has come and gone! Welcome to grade 33, as Martin Short would say. Before we can sing the praises of this perfect time of year, here’s what went down last month:

  • The best tweets of September can be found over here.

  • I compiled my favourite photos from the summer.

  • I finally wrote about my dad’s 100th birthday party from June and Global News Canada did a short segment on my dad!

Mom & dad at his 100th party

  • I started a new series (Fall Fridays) and I’m probably more excited about it than you are? And that’s okay?

  • I found 20 new Halloween decor/kitchen things that I need to buy immediately.

  • I recapped how I did with my summer list, then made a new autumn one for the season.

  • Had my favourite meal of the entire season at Shukette.

  • I made this tomato tart and it was pretty good. It felt cool to make the bread base even though I have zero bread-making abilities (though next time I might just stick with store-bought puff pastry since it’s eons better).

Heirloom tomato tart

  • Made this chocolate zucchini banana cake for Nathan’s birthday because he loves it and it’s always so good.

Zucchini chocolate banana cake with coffee cream cheese frosting

  • This batch of pumpkin spice coffee syrup is my new favourite seasonal recipe (especially if you add milk to it before adding to iced coffee).

  • So I made these pecan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and yes they’re good, but they need some sort of frosting I think. Cookie recipes are so plain these days and someone needs to take a stand against them.

Pecan pumpkin chocolate chip cookies

  • Jimmy Buffett passed away Labour Day weekend, so I finally made my way to Margaritaville in Times Square and it was actually great. The food was rough, but the drinks and the key lime pie were perfection.

Just realized now that I wore funeral clothing to Margaritaville in Times Square, NYC

  • Got drinks at the Chelsea Hotel and saw Matthew Broderick sitting with John Slattery, who were both babes.

  • Caught up with my dear friend Sarah who was visiting from Montreal!

Margaritas with Sarah

  • I went to Shopsin’s in Essex Market and whoa. Any time I’m craving a sandwich, I should always just come here. It’s hard for a chicken sandwich to impress anyone these days, but theirs was memorably fantastic. All sandwich bread should be garlic bread.

Fried chicken sandwich at Shopsin’s

  • Nathan and I went to Shot of Art to paint and it was kind of really fun.

I mean… we’re really cute here

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  • I have been using the scar cream Mederma on this brutal wound that I’ve had since July and it’s almost magical. The scar isn’t completely gone yet, but as soon as it is I’ll do a side-by-side comparison.

  • I met R.L. Stine!

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  • Some things I’ve watched:

    • Night Beast: great. Tubi has such good old horror movies.

    • Tourist Trap: okay, not a great example of a good Tubi horror movie, but definitely unique. Loved the ending.

    • The Black Phone: YIKES. Not good. To everyone who enjoyed this movie: it’s sad that your love for Ethan Hawke has clouded your vision because this was utter trash.

Some things I’m looking forward to this month: I have to get my hands on these snow globes stamps as soon as heavenly possible, I have to put the final touches on my Halloween costume, seeing The Shark is Broken on Broadway with Nathan and spending Thanksgiving in Canada with the family.

If you’ve got any interest in reading last month’s roundup, you can see what went on in August over here. And my autumn highlights on Instagram can be seen here.

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September 30, 2023

The Best Tweets of September 2023

by Liz Heather in Links


Good morning. Here’s the great Martin Short as Jiminy Glick, making Kurt Russell laugh uncontrollably by repeatedly calling him “Vogel” for no reason whatsoever. pic.twitter.com/EixV9IwV7g

— Ted Geoghegan (@tedgeoghegan) September 9, 2023

When I awake from a deep slumber angry about something my bf did to me in my dream pic.twitter.com/bV1g6d3eGY

— Jessica Smetana (@jessica_smetana) September 10, 2023

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— non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) September 18, 2023

bro thought he outplayed shaq 😭 pic.twitter.com/oJBlvirKzs

— internet hall of fame (@InternetH0F) September 21, 2023

The best tweets of August can be found over here.

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September 5, 2023

August Actions 2023

by Liz Heather in Beauty, Family, Food, Links, Movies, Personal, Products, Recipes, Television, Travel


I may frame this

I may frame this

Summer is almost over and I think this is the first time in years that I’ve been a little sad to see it go. I was able to visit Scotland with my family, Marla came to see me in New York, I spent the majority of August in Ontario with friends and the kids, we played so much of Wii’s Warioware: Smooth Moves, I’m maintaining the tan of my dreams and I’ve never eaten so much fresh corn in my life. What kind of summer-loving fiend have I become?? In any case, here’s what went down in August.

Friend hang!

More friend hangs!

  • I finished my Summer Saturdays series that I loved doing. I’ll definitely do this again (maybe sooner than you think).

  • The best tweets of August can be found over here.

  • Loving the new Urban Outfitters Cherry ICEEEE nail polish.

The coolest job of life would be to come up with nail polish names

  • Obsessed with making this heirloom tomato toast as long as it’s in season.

  • Made these stuffed summer shells that I’d definitely make again. Summer pasta is underrated.

Summer stuffed shells

  • Went to a Blue Jays game with my brother Robbie and some of his kids and it was so great.

Skydome, August 2023

CN Tower, August 2023

  • I need to bite the bullet and just buy the Lemax pumpkin patch train, right?

  • Maple syrup greek yogurt? I never knew how much I needed you.

  • Also made cake pops for the first time with my niece Maya and they turned out perfect. Halloween cake pops up next.

  • At my parent’s house, I found myself constantly making pizza (with store-bought dough) and it’s so much better than I remember homemade pizza being. Maybe it’s because you need to heat the spread-out dough (on parchment, with olive oil rubbed on top) for ten minutes at 450 degrees and THEN put all the sauce/toppings/cheese on it and put it back in for another ten minutes at 500 degrees.

Sausage pizza >

  • If you’re anywhere near Woodstock, Ontario then you need to get these incredibly squeaky cheese curds.

  • Went to the Humber Bay Shores Farmers Market and got this great honey soda.

Incredible honey soda

Beach sit!

  • My greatest discovery this summer? Sponge toffee is ungodly perfect. NO ONE TOLD ME.

  • In my shopping cart:

    • These gorgeous creamy nude polish collection.

    • Snow globe Christmas stamps from the USPS.

    • Warm Apple Pie candle at Bath & Body Works

    • Witches dancing in the moonlight from Lemax (okay, I legit might have a problem)

  • I’m in love with the Silk Creamy Maple Almond milk flavour for iced coffee.

  • My dad got a letter from King Charles for his 100th birthday, which is a big deal whether you care about the royals or not. And since his coronation was in the middle of May and my dad’s birthday was the first week of June, there’s a very good chance that this was the very first 100th birthday letter signed by THE KING OF ENGLAND, which is absolutely the neatest thing on the planet.

Dad’s 100th Birthday letter from King Charles

  • I went to the CNE with my mom and it was lovely. Tried the footlong freak fries that were texturally amazing. I was intrigued by the street corn soft serve but was unwilling to spend over $5 for it. And nobody should pay over $20 for a pina colada in a pineapple so we made them at home instead.

Freak fries at the CNE

Parents with pineapple pina colada

  • I tried the Benefit brow pencil (because I was temporarily out of the Colourpop one I love) and it was absolute trash. Returned it immediately.

  • Also flew in a Harvard airplane!

The coolest photo I’ll ever be in?

  • Some things I watched:

    • Barbie (for the second time): would honestly go a third time if anyone’s into it.

    • The Summer I Turned Pretty (season two): I think I loved this season even more than the first. I loved that almost every episode had some fun event that took over the entire episode (the carnival one, the house party one, the motel one, etc.).

    • Outer Banks (first two seasons): I can’t explain the grip this show has on me. The disgust-turned-to-love I have for JOHN B confuses even me.

    • Simply Irresistible: so laughably awful, I’m surprised Sarah Michelle Gellar got any work after this. The magical crab was the best character.

    • M3GAN: first of all, it’s not a horror movie so it’s weird it was sold that way. It’s really not good, but also very fun to watch with kids.

    • Who Framed Roger Rabbit: I forced the kids to watch this one because my brothers and I saw it about ten thousand times when we grew up. Heathers love this movie.

    • Junior: how did I never see this 90s classic? It should be law to watch one 90s movie each month. They’re so uncomplicated and good.

    • The last ten minutes of Beverly Hills Chihuahua: I came home to my niece Tianna watching this with my mom and Baby Dog and I saw literal minutes of it and cried. I can’t see pretend-dead-dogs even when they turn out to not be dead. I’M ONLY HUMAN. (The movie itself seemed actually adorable, maybe.)

    • And So It Goes (the Michael Douglas/Diane Keaton movie): ugh! So bad. When you get Rob Reiner to do a job meant for Nora Ephron - you get this piece of shit.

    • And Just Like That (season two): are there people out there who don’t see what a train wreck this show is? I want to talk to them. Also, Carrie is not a cat person. Whoever made that choice truly does not understand this character. Since when does Steve speak Italian? Charlotte was the real winner of the season.

    • Only Murders In The Building (season three): love how it’s starting out so far, but it’s not really as exciting as the previous seasons.

    • Summer Rental: truly the worst John Candy movie of all time.

    • Talk To Me: good/original, but too much gross-out horror for me.

  • Since it’s the first day of school today, I always think of what we should’ve been learning in school instead this time of year.

  • I got Baby Dog’s teeth cleaned for the first time in her life and it was a phenomenal experience. I was at Pet Valu and saw that they worked with an organization that cleans your dog’s teeth without putting them under anesthesia. The team at KissableK9 Care was beyond impressive and kind and the whole thing took thirty minutes. I have before and after photos that are pure insanity. I would post them here, but like… even a chihuahua likes her privacy sometimes. Cannot recommend KissableK9 enough!

  • Visited the Applewood outdoor pool in Mississauga a few times and I can’t wait to try their lane swimming next summer.

My babies! (Yes their boyfriends are my babies too I guess…?)

Some things I’m looking forward to this month: putting the final touches on my Halloween costume, creating an autumn list of things to do, taking Nathan to see The Shark Is Broken on Broadway and I really want to eat the tomato salad at Shukette.

The Harvard flight day

If you’ve got any interest in reading last month’s roundup, you can see what went down in July over here. And my summer highlights on Instagram can be seen here.

Romeo & Baby Dog being alarmingly cute

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