Phoenix @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre

The crowd stormed the stage during the encore!

Spaghetti Squash with Chard and Bacon

English Bay

My first day at the beach this year!

The Born Ruffians @ Fortune Sound Club

A Bike Ride & A Road Diet

Leonard and I biked to Metrotown, where we had Chinese food at the Crystal Mall and then spent some time in the Burnaby Public Library (where I even opened up a Burnaby library card!). On the way home, we stopped by Le Marche St George, a cute neighborhood cafe on St George Street. I enjoyed a bowl of Paris Fog - the equivalent of a London Fog, but with a Paris tea made by Harney & Sons. It was hot and delicious, just what I needed on such a cold and windy day.

And then Leonard showed me a Road Diet. This is an example of one, where the road is significantly narrowed at the cross walk. It has two uses: to make cars drive slower, and to help certain people like children and the elderly cross the road in a shorter amount of time, both of which increase pedestrian safety. Some of them even have special drainage to help with flooding on rainy days. There were more things about road diets which he showed me but which I have now forgotten. Yes, this is what we talk about on our dates!

Indian Food Night

Over my 3 day weekend I cooked enough food to feed me for a whole week.

Aloo Gobi:

Beef Rogan Josh:

Tuna, Lemon, and Arugula Pasta

A Nigella Lawson recipe I found in the newspaper. It requires no cooking at all except for boiling the pasta!

I rarely have flowers in my home, so I wanted to include this picture!

What's Cooking

Pot roasted cornish hens agro dolce

Red cabbage braised with apple, bacon, and balsamic vinegar

With some mashed sweet potatoes.

Bike Ride to Steveston

Enjoying a hot chocolate at Rocanini after 2.5 hours of biking from my house to cold and windy Steveston.