The lines to this restaurant on Robson Street were often long whenever we passed here on the way back to our hotel so one day when there was no line, we got curious to try it. It’s quite nice inside and the open production area for the crepes whets your appetite to have some! It…
Category: Business/ Entrepreneurship/Work
Medina Breakfast, Library District Vancouver
“Sustenance.” I love the sign that leads to Medina. Appearing on “Vancouver’s Best Breakfast” and Top Restaurants lists, Medina Cafe serves “Mediterranean-inspired cuisine, connoisseur-savvy coffee and sweet sustenance via the city’s best Belgian waffles.” [Shhh!🤫 You have to try Le Petit Belge’s waffles before you come here which is exactly what we did because the queuing…
Cod Roe Ice Cream at the Kanefuku Cod Roe Factory
Cod Roe Ice Cream! It’s surprisingly refreshing and yummy. It also comes with a savory cod roe cracker on top. Kanefuku Mentaiko (Japanese for “cod roe”) Factory in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture has a little museum in their factory that explains the kinds of cod that are used to extract the roe which is a popular ingredient…
The Lost Coat
I was looking for a coat to pack when Manang casually told me that I left my Yeti coat abroad. It came in handy for the negative 2 degree Celsius winter weather in Canada when I visited the young’uns but I am sure I didn’t leave it abroad. Except how come it’s not here? I…
Zach Ertz on The Secret to An Incredible Marriage
Stanford University football athlete and now NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles’s tight end, Zach Ertz caught 7 passes for 67 yards and a go-ahead touchdown late in the fourth quarter in the Superbowl game against the New England Patriots, which contributed to the Eagles’s their first championship in franchise history. [Source] In an interview with Sports Spectrum, Zach Ertz had…
Carson Wentz: Practical Advice on Audience of One
You might have seen the Prince Harry dead ringer photos of Carson Wentz circulating online. The Superbowl Champ NFL Philadelphia Eagles’s quarterback is not just about sports, bucks, and glamour. He is founder of Audience of One Foundation, established 2017 with its mission to “demonstrate the love of God by providing opportunities and support for the less…
Porto’s Bakery, Southern California
1960. Cuba. Political turmoil in your country and you attempt to leave. Straightaway, your husband gets terminated and consigned away to manual labor. You, too, get terminated with three children to feed. Can you imagine? That was the crisis Rosa Porto found herself in. In Chinese, the word “crisis’ is represented by the characters for…
Black Bear Diner
Twelve-foot wooden bear sculptures mark the entrance of each of the over eighty Black Bear Diner locations in the western United States. (Each sculpture, carved with a chainsaw by Ray Schulz, depicts the bears in a way that is telling of its location… stomping on grapes, skiing, playing baseball, climbing trees, etc.) This is heaven…
Kitson/ Kitross, Los Angeles
In the stylish neighborhood around Robertson Blvd in Los Angeles just in the same block as the Robertson Blvd. Parking Lot (for The Ivy) is the famous Kitross (better known by its former name before its management’s legal turmoil, Kitson). It has been featured in many a Hollywood magazine for its celebrity clientele (such as…
Love Letter for the Kitchen By Racquel Guevara
Her hand-drawn beautiful rose served as the backdrop on which my customer, Racquel Guevara, wrote her even more beautiful note. She expressed that during her visit to the shop, she felt that “the place was made of and with: Love, Faith, Prayers, …and giving back to God.” Praise Him for His love and grace that…
BUTTERFLY IN THE SPRING 