by gigi on November 30, 2011
One sunny Saturday afternoon, Jenkins and I met up with Tricia and Darren for lunch at Verace Pizzeria and Enoteca. We had just been at a wedding and were looking for a bite to eat before heading off to the afternoon events. Darren suggested that we go to Verace since it was fairly close to [...]
by gigi on September 23, 2011
Although my go-to burger place is usually White Spot, that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate a good burger from other restaurants. While the Triple-O sauce will always hold a special place in my heart, one of my other favourite burger places is Moderne Burger. I pretty much like everything from their cool diner decor to [...]
Another guest post from Cat! It’s been such a long time since I was last in Steveston…would really like to try this out sometime ————————————————————— Last Friday, my friends and I decided to go to Gudrun Tasting Room for some wine and cheese before dinner. Gudrun is a quiet wine and cheese joint, tucked away [...]
by gigi on April 28, 2011
I’m a big sandwich fiend and with the proliferation of fancy sandwich shops opening in the Vancouver area lately, I have to count myself as being quite lucky. One such place that I really wanted to try out was Big Lou’s Butcher Shop, a half butcher shop, half sandwich shop place that opened up right [...]
Gigi was invited to the opening of Prestons Restaurant in Vancouver, but since she was busily working on assignments and studying for exams (as I should have been), I instead took her place for Prestons grand opening along with my arm-candy friend, Su. Although not too many people were aware of it, Prestons has actually [...]
by gigi on December 2, 2008
Finally, I am going to blog about Jenkins and my trip to Paris and Northern Italy. It sure did take me long enough, didn’t it? :p Anyway, Jenkins and I thought we were being really smart by booking our tickets via Zoom Airlines way back in December of 2007. Two days before our trip, we [...]