For the past two Fridays, I've turned to a new form of therapy post-workweek. Located on St-Denis near Ontario St., Arcade MTL is Montreal's first true arcade and bar combo.
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Pulled pork + caramelised apples + cheddar + sunny side-up egg grilled cheese
La Dinette Montréal-est: Forget the Usual Eggs & Bacon
My favourite meal of the day? Hands down, breakfast. Whenever I can, I have breakfast in the morning, at noon and at night. Why? Because I'm a grown up and I can.
While I'm a fan of a good old fashioned dish of eggs, bacon, pancakes, sausages, potatoes, beans, etc., etc., I also enjoy the occasional out-of-the-norm breakfast extravaganza.
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GAME ON: Something for the kids (and especially us big kids)
I've always hated this time of the year: it's super nice outside, summer is still in the air, but you can't help but dread the fact that school is happening in a week or two. While school is no longer a thing for me now, I still can't help but remember how much the countdown to a new school year tormented me... Which is why I'd like to propose a fun activity for the kids (and big kids in us) to end the summer (and begin the new school year) on a good note!
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Bar à Beurre: The Classics Reinvented (and how to keep an 9-year-old entertained)
Oh, hi! I'm back and this is (literally) my first real full day off in forever.
I've been on a little bakery bender lately - not intentionally, I've just been finding myself in and around bakeries all over the city these days (This is me living life on the wild side.)
Last weekend, I spent my Saturday with my 9-year old cousin. He's an awesome kid who happens to think I'm super cool, which makes me like him a whole lot more. We got to the metro where I discovered that my cousin had never ridden the metro before and was pretty concerned about the speeds at which we would be travelling. BF and I put all those fears to rest by ridiculing the situation with exaggerated scenarios of how our "trip" could go horribly wrong. The kid may or may not have found it funny.
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