"It's hard to replicate true love" is way too sweet/sad a thing to say in a post-game interview. Love these guys.
Winter Wednesdays Vol. 8
I don’t know when these small stuffed guys became popular, but some of them are fantastic. Is my brain becoming mush?
BAKING/COOKING
I have been in such an anti-cooking mood lately, it’s really out of character. The most effort I could put forth this week? I made a shrimp cocktail. Pathetic.
CRAVING
The taco salad at Vamos Por Tacos is unbelievably good.
DRINKING
In love with President’s Choice maple ground coffee.
EATING
I tried the air fried kettle chips and they were terrible. An air fryer only makes good things when you’re air frying it yourself at home. Companies: please learn this.
You can read the rest of Winter Wednesdays Vol. 8 over here.
Winter Wednesdays Vol. 5
There was such a huge snowstorm here this past week and it’s pretty great that even now, days later, there’s still a crisp blanket of white snow covering everything. Nothing makes a January more depressing than seeing cold, muddied grass.
BAKING/COOKING
I made an open-faced BLT on gluten free toast at home and think I realized that there actually is such a thing as using too much raw garlic in a recipe. Hate learning things the hard way.
CRAVING
Really want to go to a Raptors game. Gotta get on this.
DRINKING
I haven’t had a really good glass of wine in months, so I think I’m gonna take a break for awhile.
EATING
I laughed at these chips (below) and then found myself bewildered by their taste. The end must be near.
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.
The Best Blue Jays Tweets (World Series Edition)
Yes I did a post like this only nine days ago, but the tweets have been on fire so here were the best of the best from the World Series games so far!
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.
Fall Fridays Vol. 1
Fall Fridays have returned! Once a week I’ll post about whatever seasonal stuff I did that week so here we go!
BAKING/COOKING
I accidentally overcooked some jalapeno-popper stuffed mushrooms and they became incredible. I didn’t realize that when you overcook a mushroom, it completely loses its shape and becomes almost flattened. It was ridiculously good and I want to do it again and then use it as a burger topping maybe.
CRAVING
The breakfast sandwich from Gud Daae is an unholy amount of delicious.
Gluten free breakfast sandwich from Gud Daae in Etobicoke, Ontario
DRINKING
President’s Choice French Vanilla iced coffee.
EATING
The Thanksgiving sandwich from Firehouse Subs is phenomenal.
EXPERIENCING
I went to see the salmon run in Etobicoke on Sunday and then went again to show Nathan yesterday because it’s kind of magical to see?
LISTENING
LOVING
The Swiss Chalet Sauce potato chips are back and they remain fantastic.
SHOPPING
The home decorations from Spirit Halloween really do get better each year. Absolutely love the Bates Motel sign. Even their mugs are pretty great.
WATCHING
So many Jays games last week.
WEARING
My first pair of thrifted Guess jeans (thank you Marla) that I had tailored and they. are. wild.
I’m also doing an autumn highlights reel on Instagram if you have any interest and you can see more posts like this on my latest newsletter.
The Best of August
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:
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. My summer highlights on Instagram can be seen here and you can see more posts like this on my latest newsletter.
Romeo & Baby Dog being alarmingly cute