Magnolia

It doesn't feel like spring, but it sure looks like spring.

Snow day

I wonder how this snow will impact the Victoria Flower Count, which is scheduled to run from March 1-7?

P.S. This is the view from the same bathroom window last March.

Saturday

Our neighbours:

Our coffee:

Our lunch:

Relish

In August, Jamie Cummins opened a restaurant in Victoria: Relish Food + Coffee. Yes, he's a friend, but you guys. It's amazing. It has homemade everything. Biscuits. Muffins. Cookies. Bread. Bacon. Sausage. Gnocchi. Yesterday I had the homemade pasta with tomato sauce, a generous portion of fresh mozza and a ton of sauteed greens. It was simple and perfect.

Even though it's not located near my office, I often hustle over there on my bike to have lunch with friends (more often than not I'm meeting my buddy Susan from my old place of work). The cauliflower soup pictured here was one of Susan's meal choices shortly after Relish first opened, and it's the only decent photo that I have. If you want to see some additonal photos and read some additional gushing words, check out this review in Eat Magazine.

I wish Relish was open on weekends, so I could go more often, but I also don't want Jamie to burn out. Opening a restaurant looks like a lot of work, yo.

Turning 30

This is what I look like when I'm celebrating my 30th birthday. The photo was taken while we were waiting for some buddies on the dock at Red Fish Blue Fish, and once they arrived I relaxed a little. Watching Elephant Island while eating dessert at The Superior helped too.