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Every year for Christmas, my Nana Helen (mother of my mother) makes pierogies. My mom's side of the family is Polish/Ukrainian, and while we dabble only very lightly in Eastern European holiday tradition, pierogies and sour cream are staples at all family events (along with cabbage rolls and borscht, but pierogies are the undeniable fan…
Continue reading ➞ We learned how to make pierogi this Christmas!
For the majority of my life, I grew up in Grimsby, a town in the municipality of "Niagara". This particular municipality is home to the rather famous Niagara Falls, and it's now also home to a flourishing wine industry. The Niagara Wine Industry has grown significantly in the past 30 years. I don't remember much…
Continue reading ➞ Exploring your backyard when you live in Wine Country
It's American Thanksgiving, so it's as good a time as any to write about our adventures during the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. A couple of years ago, I went to Ottawa and spent Thanksgiving weekend with Kevin. While there, I ate the most delicious Thanksgiving dinner that I'd ever had. Since we're back in Grimsby, room-mating…
Continue reading ➞ Canadian Thanksgiving traditions in Grimsby
Despite the fact that I’d been planning to go home for Christmas for months, my actual journey to Canada was fairly last minute. When I finally made a plan, I’d decided to spend the first week of December alone in Phnom Penh while Kevin went to Dubai for work. The night before he left for…
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