There are many reasons why we love Toronto, and one of the biggest reasons needs your support right now. The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation is back with their exciting Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Home Lottery! They're holding a Twitter party on February 17th, along with a Periscope chat, to showcase how their advancement in cancer research is changing our worldview in … [Read more...]
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Five Easy Ways to a Beautiful Dinner Table
The presents are bought and wrapped, the tree is sparkling bright, and now your focus is zeroing in on your dinner table. This is usually where I get stuck and perhaps a bit lazy. After slaving away, making sure the turkey is in the oven, and that the potatoes are cooked well enough to be called mash, there isn't much brain-power left to figure out if the forks go on the left … [Read more...]
Trick or Treat: Five Alternative Goodies To Hand Out To The Little Monsters
Thanks to food intolerances and allergies, or simple concern over how much sugar kids receive on Hallowe'en night each and every year, you may be considering alternative fun gifts to give your local trick-or-treaters. Its something I've always been conscious of, growing up with a sibling that couldn't have any of the candy he collected (instead donating his stash to the food … [Read more...]
Fave Bits of Blogger Bash 2015
I can't believe its been more than a week since I left New York, and the Blogger Bash conference. I had an incredibly epic time during the brief stay, which I'm sure some of you noticed through the influx of selfies on my @AerynLynne instagram account! I'm going through my photos tonight, and there are just SO many I want to share with you in this post. Don't worry, I didn't … [Read more...]
Try a Metro Master Class at Taste of Toronto this July
A couple weeks ago, I was invited to try my hand at a half-hour Metro Master Class to simultaneously celebrate the opening of a new boutique Metro at Humber Bay Park in the west end of Toronto, as well as the upcoming Taste of Toronto event happening this July 2nd to 5th! Thanks to Chef Elia Herrera (Executive Chef of Los Colibris and El Caballito,) 12 of us learned how to … [Read more...]
Easy, Healthy, No-Bake Snack Bites with Kraft Peanut Butter
Whew! Thanks to this super warm weather, I’m collecting all the no-bake recipes I can find. The less time I’m around the stove, the better! If I could eat Kraft Peanut Butter Snack Bites for breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner… I’d just might. They’re simple to create, delicious, and did I mention simple? There are so many different ways to make snack bites to fit your needs … [Read more...]
Recipe: Peanut Butter Snack Bites for On The Go
I am entirely addicted to Kraft's Chocolate Peanut Butter. C'mon, chocolate and peanut butter already mixed together?? 'Nuff said, really. Did you read my no-bake snack bite recipe from yesterday? A simple mix that even my four year old nephew could whip up in minutes and have it taste good, 'cause there is no way to mess those ingredients up! I couldn't help but make a second … [Read more...]
Yummy Bite-Sized Deliciousness with Kraft’s Chocolate Peanut Butter
You ever get that moment, where everything just clicks? Like, that time where you want an awesome (chocolatey) snack, and all the ingredients you need for an epic snack are in your pantry? You could practically just throw them all into a bowl with a spoon, and be super happy and not hungry in about fifteen minutes flat. I went all Dr. Frankenstein with both my fave and even … [Read more...]
Get Your Chopsticks Out, Toronto Sushi Festival is Next Week!
I have to thank my friend and fellow sushi junkie, Deanna of Maple Leaf Mommy, for pointing out the super important fact that Toronto has a sushi festival, that promises all kinds of exciting and YUM. A two-day festival at the gorgeous Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, during the evenings of next Thursday and Friday (March 5th & 6th,) and tickets are going quick! Its not … [Read more...]
Geek with Style is Blogathonning, Are You?
Blogathonning is totally a word. It means I should be doing a TON of work on and around Geek with Style, and... well, I've started at least. I love my baby, and want to see some growth this year, which means making a plan. Planning on what I want to share, what I want to improve, what I want to explore, there is so much that I want to see on Geek with Style myself, I'm thinking … [Read more...]
All She Wants Is Her Birth Certificate For The Holidays
Every year, 51 million babies are not registered at birth according to Plan Canada. Even for a global count, that number is incredibly high. It might seem like just a piece of paper, but it's so much more. It's a yes or no kind of deal. Do you have your birth certificate? If yes, then you can go to school, you can get a job, you can vote and be heard. If you're not registered, … [Read more...]
Disney’s Into The Woods – Toronto Screening Giveaway
Have you seen the trailer yet for Walt Disney Studio's Into the Woods movie musical? With an incredible cast, including Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt and Chris Pine, how can it not be full on awesome?? This movie is based on the old adage, "be careful for what you wish for," and weaves four of the Brothers Grimm more popular fairy tales for one exciting trip across … [Read more...]
I #DareYou To Give Canada
There's this idea that we're all a big fan of monkey-see-monkey-do. It’s why group moments of kindness works, like spontaneous bouts of pay-it-forward generosity, as what happened at an American Starbucks a few years ago, or 24 hour gaming marathons that support the Children's Miracle Network. Luckily, there's this drive to help each other out, which is what inspired the … [Read more...]
shomi Beta Launched!
Confession time! I am a TV junkie... though that's becoming quite the misnomer, as I'm more liable to watch "TV" on my computer, tablet or even my smartphone these days, instead of an actual TV screen (though I won't ever give up my baby in our entertainment room!) And is the "junkie" bit such a big surprise? It sometimes feels like I can't get enough of story-based … [Read more...]
Purchase a Town in Conneticut for Less than a House in Toronto
As of April 2014, the average price for a detached house in Toronto, according to the Globe & Mail is a staggering $965,760 - quite the price tag, especially when you're hard pressed to find a nice backyard in newer developments (instead, you now share a local park with your neighbours these days.) A big backyard is something that I've been dreaming about ever since I … [Read more...]