The Good Stuff: Cafe Culture

E is on a cooking spree these days and I'm more than happy to be the recipient of his culinary delights. Tonight, we ate delicious, juicy burgers with sharp white cheddar hidden inside alongside grilled asparagus and sweet potato. Of course, I had to contribute somehow besides loading the dishwasher, so I bought a bottle of wine to enjoy with our meal [and Glee afterwards!].

Cafe Culture Pinotage is infused with coffee beans, which you can taste. It sounds weird, but it's quite divine. It's smooth, a bit sweet, and went perfectly with our scrumptious meal! This South African wine is only available twice a year so you can bet I'll be stocking up at my local LCBO! For $13.95, it's too good to pass up!

^bottle neck affirmations.

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Foto Friday: week 16

Another week down and seven more pictures up. For those of you doing Project 365, how're you keeping up? Are you losing steam? Interest? Are you learning any new photography tricks? What keeps you motivated?

[day 106: The end to a birthday perfect meal at Filippo's.]

[day 107: Another birthday dinner, this time Cuban food at Mambo, complete with Mojitos.]

[day 108: Making faces at the MS Walk.]

[day 109: I don't know if it's because I'm currently reading The Gargoyle, but when I saw this little guy I just had to have him. Now if only I could get my garden in order to display him.]

[day 110: Delicious new Portuguese chicken recipe courtesy of our neighbour, Tina and my personal chef, Emil.]

[day 111: My little style guru trying on his new straw fedora.]

[day 112: My other current read...Yes, I'm juggling two books, along with a baby, a family and 2.5 days of work. Sometimes I have to ask myself, "How do I do it?" ;)]

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Happy 40th Earth Day

^my little recycler

Hoping that you spend some time outdoors today enjoying our wonderful planet! Hopefully, in the next 40 years we will be better at preserving our home.

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Best Team Name: Keep On S'meylin!

^even Cassius got in on the action

Sunday was the perfect day to go for a walk, and that we did! As part of team Keep On S'myelin we spent the morning in Pickering at the Multiple Sclerosis walk. For his very first charity walk, Indy slept in his stroller, while we completed the 5km course around the neighbourhood.

It was an honour to walk with Paula in support of MS research. There was something so wonderful to see so many participants in Keep On S'myelin t-shirts. We even won an award for *Best Team Name*! I'm looking forward to this becoming a yearly tradition for our family.

^the team

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Foto Friday: week 15

[day 99: Trying to figure out how to get to that sweet smelling fruit inside. (I played around in iPhoto fading colour and blurring the edges just for a bit of a change.)]

[day 100: Since we *discovered* a Sbux so close to home I've been *needing* it more often! (Can you believe 100 days of 2010 are already gone?)]

[day 101: A little bit of new life on the street.]

[day 102: Future gymnast?]

[day 103: Indy helping out at his check-up.]

[day 104: A little bit of pink amidst the dirt that is my front *garden*.]

[day 105: My newfound fave: avocado shakes! Mmmm!]

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