After a month away from the news, social media and other distractions, trying to catch up with with the land of the living has been rather time consuming. The past couple days have been like an extended episode of Last Week Tonight with…
It was day 30 of our media fast. Daniel and I were sitting on our living room couch sharing an egg tart. In between every other nibble of egg tart, we’d our sip tea- my usual Harney and Son’s Paris Blend for me,…
Every time I watch an episode involving real estate purchases in the US on HGTV, I marvel at how affordable some of the properties are. Houses with acreage can be purchased for $250,000- granted none of these homes are not located in large metropolitan…
On an evening walk through my neighbourhood last summer, I came across a church with wooden boxes in its yard, each box full of growing vegetables. What can this be? An urban garden?! I turned to Google and discovered the possibility of gardening- despite living in an apartment…
Smart phones and mobile data plans are like peanut butter and jelly; they go together. Anyone who’s anyone with a smart phone has a data plan. Data plans border on necessity and many can’t imagine living without it, even at an expense of…