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LIZ HEATHER

June 27, 2026

Summer Saturdays Vol. 1

by Liz Heather in Summer Saturdays


Welcome to Summer Saturdays! You had to know this post was coming. I won’t shut up about anything. Here’s what happened this first official week of summer!

ADDICTED TO

Seeing Obsession in theatres. We’ve gone twice now, but honestly if it’s still playing in theatres in a few weeks I can see myself going again. By far the best movie of the year so far.

BAKING

Attempting to make Nanaimo bars for the first time because it’s the only Canadian dessert I could think to make for July 1st. I’m also considering a maple tiramisu because that does sound like it has potential.

COOKING

I made this blue cheese vinaigrette for a steak salad and I’m never ordering this from a restaurant ever again, this is the only recipe I will ever need. Next time I plan to put a smash burger patty on top of this salad instead of steak since it’s cheaper and sounds even better? And I might use the rest of the dressing for these cooked carrots. I always forget how unstoppable blue cheese can be.

CRAVING

Words can’t describe how much I want to make this patty melt from The Commerce Inn.

EATING

If there’s a new way to cook a potato, I will find it. This I vow to you.

EXPERIENCING

I saw the new costume exhibit at The Met, so expect a full post on that this week.

HATING

The musical choices on The Bear. Or maybe just the entire show. It’s definitely become a hate watch for me, so I’m really glad it’s ending. I’ve never seen a show that’s more repetitive and boring at the same time.

INTRIGUED BY

The Iris van Herpen exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum because I really love a clothing exhibit.

LEARNING

Just found out about Delta’s “Bags on Time” guarantee. The policy states that if your checked luggage isn’t at the carousel within 20 minutes of a domestic flight’s gate arrival, you can claim 2,500 bonus SkyMiles. I checked Reddit and found out that most times, you don’t even need to set a timer - just fill out the form anyway and you’ll likely get the miles. The submission form is here if you travel with Delta a lot and want to bookmark it.

LOVING

The fact that we haven’t needed to use our air conditioning much lately. I know the more brutal weather is coming, but there’s something so perfect about sleeping with the windows open and having a fan directly on your bed. It’s the most Caribbean thing about me, probably.

OBSESSED WITH

The outfits of baseball players off the field. It’s always nothing I’d expect. I mean, look at this (below). How do you describe it? And why am I enamoured with it? Love clouds judgement?

Max Scherzer’s offday outfit

READING

So I guess it’s just me and the elderly who still love Wii Bowling. I’m comfortable with that. (If you’ve never played Wii Golf, I actually feel sorry for you a little bit… it’s so much fun.)

SHOPPING

Finally bought the Criterion Anora. Such a great movie. Also got the Naked Gun trilogy because the amount of times we’ve ordered that movie on demand is ridiculous. Makes no sense not to own.

THINGS I WANTED TO BE THIS WEEK

The gentle wind that rustled Brandon Valenzuela’s hair.

“It was about time our bats woke up.”

Brandon Valenzuela speaks with @ArdenZwelling after the Blue Jays swept the Red Sox. pic.twitter.com/8KaJqEkxro

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 18, 2026

WATCHING

I saw the first two seasons of The Four Seasons and it was enjoyable. Some of the couples are excruciating to watch, but I love the idea of a show taking place throughout the seasons so I’d say it was worth it. Also, Will Forte is so great in everything he does. I’m also convinced that Steve Carell has some sort of deal with the devil because with every year that passes, he looks better and better.

I mean, c’mon.

WEARING

No comment.

WRITING

A summer bucket list and incase you missed the biggest news out of New York in decades, the Knicks won and the tweets were great.

See you next Saturday!

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January 3, 2025

The Best of December

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


Love an outdoor bulb

Love an outdoor bulb

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.

Elk Crossing ice cream

  • 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.

The Santa Clause house in Oakville, ON

The Santa Clause house decorations

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

Levain peanut butter chip cookies

  • 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.

Eggnog tres leche

  • 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.

White wine mushroom stuffed shells

  • 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.

Caramel crunch cake

  • Ate at this great Mexican place The Mule in Hamilton.

The Mule in Hamilton, ON

  • 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.

Would die for them

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. And you can see more posts like this on my latest newsletter.

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