Spring Sundays Vol. 11
Last day of May! It’s kind of amazing how fast this year is moving.
ADDICTED TO
Using Spot Hero for advance/cheaper parking in Toronto. Unreal, it’s so handy.
BAKING
Attempting this carrot cake that has so many great reviews for my dad’s birthday this week. Kinda want to omit the pineapple, but I hate being one of those people who thinks she knows better than the tried-and-true recipe.
COOKING
I know it’s not summer yet, but I’m itching to make these recipes: corn and farro salad, grilled tomatoes with scallions, chives and ricotta, grilled romaine salad, grilled summer salmon with chimichurri, and veggie burgers with garlic herb mayo.
CRAVING
I’d love to try the Graza potato chips because there’s such a fuss being made about them.
EATING
This phenomenal curried chickpea salad that Marla made. Still thinking about it.
EXPERIENCING
Centre Island in Toronto and I loved it. Next time I want to see more of it, but it’s the best. It feels so similar to how Ontario Place did in the 90s and I can’t believe it can still exist.
The most Toronto photo I’ve ever taken
LISTENING
This song on a loop:
LOVING
Alison Roman’s 2025 cookbook Something From Nothing. I photocopied at least fifteen recipes, I can’t wait to try them. Snail butter pasta? Genius.
Incredible cookbook from Alison Roman
SHOPPING
Secured the baby Vladdy bobblehead and it was completely worth the three hour wait in line.
Baby Vladdy!
WATCHING
We saw Passenger and it sucked, but that’s okay because I’m still on a high from Obsession.
WEARING (I WISH)
I have dreams about this jacket
There’s not a world in which this is worth $250, IS THERE?
WRITING
Fall Fridays Vol. 5
Happy Halloween!
BAKING/COOKING
I made this apple cider braised pork tenderloin and it was really good.
CRAVING
Homemade Halloween decorations! So I watched a YouTube tutorial on how to make a lifesized Georgie from It and it turned out pretty great!
DRINKING
I have all this extra apple cider and I don’t know what to do with it, but I really don’t want to drink it. Maybe apple cider coffee cake? Air fried apple fritters? Or maybe I’ll just boil it on the stove so the house smells amazing.
EATING
I made quesadillas with the leftover apple cider pork and yikes was it good. Added sauteed jalapenos and onions to it to oomph it up and it was an incredible lunch.
EXPERIENCING
Took a fall drive with Nathan because Ontario is exploding with colour right now.
LISTENING
To all of the hype around Scream 7. I am IN.
LOVING
We went to the Skydome to see the Blue Jays in a WORLD SERIES GAME and Joe Carter threw the first pitch. How is this real life.
SHOPPING
If you give out candy on Halloween, it should be law to also have a fog machine. Also, the Band-Aids that come with Polysporin on them? Life changing.
WATCHING
I saw the latest Halloween episode of Bob’s Burgers, which was just all right. Have to start the newest season of English Teacher soon.
WEARING
You can read Fall Fridays Volume 4 over here, I’m doing an autumn highlights reel on Instagram and you can see more posts like this on my latest newsletter.
Fall Fridays Vol. 4
BAKING/COOKING
I made this sweet potato kale salad with hot ginger dressing and it was great. I added feta and I’d definitely make it again. Perfect autumn meal.
CRAVING
If I don’t buy these new STAMPS OF DELIVERING STAMPS soon I might explode.
DRINKING
I had a chai latte for the first time and it was so good. I never, ever drink chai tea so I thought for sure that I’d hate it but here we are. I don’t know when I adopted this ideology that I think I know everything, but I absolutely do not. What a miserable trait, I really hope it leaves me entirely someday.
EATING
Forever love a Hillstone salad. That almost-shaved grilled chicken they add to their caesars? Ungodly.
Hillsone caesar salad
EXPERIENCING
I made a batch of pumpkin coffee syrup and I think one of the best feelings in the world is sitting on my couch on a Sunday morning, drinking an iced pumpkin coffee in front of my Halloween village. I DON’T ASK FOR MUCH.
This Halloween village + me against the world
LISTENING
Officially a week until the 31st, so my Halloween playlist has started playing.
LOVING
All things baseball. The great tweets. The Tim Hortons Blue Jays cups!!
Tim Hortons Blue Jays cup, 2025
SHOPPING
I just bought these brass spiderweb coasters because 1) they look like they’ll last years, 2) I deserve to have nice things and 3) the world is burning but I still don’t want cup rings on my coffee table.
WATCHING
Old CSI episodes. It’s been so long since I’ve seen this show that I don’t remember any of the plot lines, so it’s like watching it for the first time again. Love Grissom.
WEARING
My new ivory Blue Jays crew sweater from Peace Collective. Deeply considering these shorts, too (below).
Peace Collective Blue Jays shorts
You can read Fall Fridays Volume 3 over here, I’m doing an autumn highlights reel on Instagram and you can see more posts like this on my latest newsletter.
The Best Blue Jays Tweets
Too many great tweets, here are my favourites!
You can see more posts like this on my latest newsletter.