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Hi Folks:
Well, last Saturday was Marcia’s birthday and since she was off on both Friday and Saturday we (I) expanded her birthday celebration into a two-day event. Fortunately Marcia was willing to go along with my schemes! Before I continue, I should add a little backstory…
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Hi Folks!
Well, on this one night of the year where perhaps more candy is consumed by more people than any other night, we have two restaurants to share with you from this past month. Both are places we’ve been meaning to go to for some time…
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Hi Folks:
I remember reading somewhere that Victoria has the second highest number of restaurants per capita in North America… so much good food, so little time… With all of those choices Marcia and I have become a little sedate in our selections – frequenting mostly places that we’ve [...]
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Hi Folks:
This will serve as two months’ worth of ‘Food’ posts for us! We’ve had some interesting culinary adventures over the past couple of months… actually we were waiting for a writeup from a ‘guest blogger’, but that didn’t pan out so you get me instead. Let’s see [...]
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Hi Folks:
In a couple of previous ‘Food‘ posts we’ve discussed some of our favourite coffee shops in and around Victoria. We thought we’d switch that up a bit and talk about tea instead.
1) Murchie’s Tea and Coffee: Murchie’s has been an icon in Victoria for [...]
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Hello Dear Reader!
Well, we’ve had a few culinary adventures to share with you this month.
Before we get to that, however, earlier this month Marcia went out to dinner with the folks she works with at a restaurant downtown. She ordered the equivalent salad to the [...]
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Hello, Dear Reader:
If you’ve read our other ‘Food‘ blogs you’ll know that we both have some background in the hospitality industry. We’ve also travelled extensively (both individually and together) over the years, and when one has gotten used to eating in restaurants day in and day out for [...]
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Hello, Dear Reader!
August seems to be harvest time here on the island. Last month we wrote about some of the farmer’s markets in the area, and we’ve been adding to our food cache by eating the many fruits that are ripe and ready as we wander the roads [...]
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Hi Folks:
In our last several ‘Food‘ posts we’ve discussed our adventures at several of Victoria’s restaurants, from the humble coffee shop to the Bengal Lounge at the Fairmont Empress Hotel. There are still many more fine dining establishments to visit, but it’s summertime and in summer one’s thoughts [...]
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Hi Folks:
I was going to talk about intentional communities last week but life got in the way. Actually, last Friday night Marcia and I were at an open meeting to discuss Victoria’s Official Community Plan. In a way this fits in as sustainability, green building, water and energy [...]
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