Lessons Learned as a New Mom. Occasionally Quirky, and Maple is my Real Name.
It has been a year since I started my weekend morning barista shifts at Matter of Taste Coffee Bar in Downtown Kitchener. When I first applied for the job, I was confident of rejection - Strange, I know. My availability was limited to weekends, I've had no prior experience at any cafe/restaurant type position, and …
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After completing my Masters degree at the University of Waterloo this past August, I visited Southeast Asia for a month. This month was spent half in Singapore, and a quarter in Indonesia (Bali) and Malaysia respectively. Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions: Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as Indochina, comprising Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), …
Nowadays, young people outside of Canada may only know of Stratford as Justin Bieber's hometown. However, Stratford is attractive to me for an entirely different reason - Stratford is home to the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, North America’s largest classical repertory theatre. The Stratford Festival, formerly known as the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, is an internationally recognized …
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Merry Christmas KW! It is the most wonderful time of the year. :)Before heading off to my Christmas dinner, I wanted to share with you all two recently opened cafes. These are cozy places that you can visit if you need a coffee/cookie break over the holidays.A recommendation by Taste of PhD.Cafe owners Graham & …
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We got a deal at Pow Wow Point Lodge a couple of weeks ago. It was a 3 night getaway in Huntsville, Muskoka. They will be 100th years old in 2017! The 3-nights deal included 3 breakfast & 3 dinners, plus 2 lunches. You can request the kitchen to pack your lunch (a simple ham …
Y & I always take each other out for a surprise birthday dinner each year. He typically picks my birthday treat based off my "To-eat list", since writing about my dining experience makes me happy. I usually pick his birthday dinner... based off my "To-eat list" too, ahaa! Every year after his birthday, I will …
We live in a fat phobic society, for me at least. My only source of dietary fat used to be just peanut butter. I do not mind animal fat (not a chicken breast fan), but I certainly make a conscious effort to stay away from fat sources like butter, oil or avocado (nature's butter!). Who …
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Y & I attended Detour's Coffee's Latte Art 101 class two days ago. Their website information is slightly outdated. The new class format is 1.5 hours instead of 2.5 hours, and cost is $50/person instead of the original $100/person. That is much more affordable than the Canadian Barista Academy's consumer home barista class, which is …
