north york and mulberry trees

me and jenny having been volunteering at the vegan lunch at U of T, Hot Yam, and this week we signed up to lead it. so i headed out to north york early this morning to plan our menu and do a run through.

this is what we're making x 100 more plates

looks good eh? falafel sandwich, split pea soup, cucumber dill salad, and vegan chocolate pudding with fresh raspberries.

Jenny's dad is in love with America so i felt like i was back in the states the whole time, American flags flying and all. i wish i could spend all my days cooking meals with beautiful friends. after that i had to run to my monday night babysitting job. where we ate berries off a mulberry tree and jumped on a trampoline. ever eat mulberries? well you should. they grow wild and stain your mouth purple. i wish i could have taken a picture of lily, her entire face was stained a beautiful color purple

this is what my hands kind of looked likei have the best babysitting job in the world

domesticated bitch

its been awhile, i was hoping to get a camera, but instead lost the besties and had to buy him one. gavin had a party friday and i ended up being the wife, making food and pie and feeding people jello. which caused jenny to call me a domesticated bitch, which i see as quite a compliment..and pretty true. let me list the reason why

1. im obsessed with food blogs. and want to make everything on them/go to every restaurant mentioned. my favorites are green and crunchy
www.veggieoption.blogspot.com , and www.thefoodhussy.com. che che check em out.

2. i consider myself a queen of cooking for crowds. i mean who else could make sushi for 70 high schoolers in a short period of time?

or know how much exactly to buy for a crowd of 30-70 people once a month?

this pictures was taken at 2 am, all night grocery stores are my best friends

3. i love love love clothes and shoes and shopping, but i love nothing more than to grocery shop. walking through grocery store aisles and reading ingrediants and labels distresses me. i know, its weird. i worked at Wholesome Market when i first moved to toronto and it was a dream come true. Jungle Jim's is my heaven. can seriously spend a full day in there. www.junglejims.com.

4. on a my first trip to ikea i realized my obsession with kitchens and kitchen gadgets. i dont care about the rest of my future house, as long as it has a beautiful kitchen and is filled with amazing things.

i want

the general

its finally summer in toronto. lindsay gets here thursday, when she leaves on sunday jaimee and alex get here, when they leave jess and kelly come. then i leave with them to go back for the 4th of july. instead of taking the greyhound home my fam is bringing me back and staying for 3 days. so today is the start of four very crazy/busy weeks. so ready for this

i heard dispatch's song the general coming from a passing car today. it reminded me of spring break in ft.lauderdale a couple years ago. although things have changed and friendships are different now it was still one of the best weeks ive ever had. i so need another trip like that soon

i locked the keys in the car on the way down and these boys couldnt have cared less. we went to the beach and figured it out later. best road trip of my life

some more oldies

Here's a few more pictures I've taken since moving here all the way back in October. It actually feels like these were taken a few weeks ago.

Being away for Thanksgiving was super hard,but thankfully the girls took care of me. Watched the parade, made a feast, saw a movie, and went to a fundraiser concert. Perfect

Our Thanksgiving feast with the Water's family fruit salad recipe front and center
Stevie, Me, Gen, and Victoria- at our christmas party. Made skyline dip for the Canadians, its now their new favorite thing

My first Canadian snow. I thought this was bad, it wasnt, at all. Seriously why in the world would I choose to move here in October just when the winters starting? I was clearly not thinking when I made that decision. I discovered that walking in snow is my least favorite thing in the world. Worse than walking in sand, because duh its wet and cold.The view of the CN tower from my street. amazing amazing amazing

everyones doing it

So I started a blog, partly because I've become obsessed with them lately, partly because I want my friends and family in Cincinnati to get a glimpse of my life in Toronto. So here it goes. I currently dont have a working camera so I thought I'd post a few pictures I took right before I left or since moving here.

My sister-the cutest human being you wish you could meet
We went to Kabuto for my going away dinner....
And convinced them that it was all three of our birthdaysGoodbye Cincinnati

My first night in Toronto was nuit blanche, an all night art festival all over the city. It was a great welcoming to the beautiful city I've fallen in love with.

O Canada you're so stereotypical