Chocolate Apprentice

It’s a Marshmallow World in the Winter

That song has always made me hungry.  And today is the absolute perfect day to indulge.

The first snow of the season started yesterday afternoon, and being in North Vancouver, we were among the first to get it.

I love the fact that we are a city known for going absolutely verklempt when it snows.  Things shut down, people refuse to drive (no bad thing, for some of ‘em).  We, the same people who adore snow up the mountains, and would rather ski than eat, are paralyzed by the white stuff lying in the driveway.

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A Very Special Birthday Cake

My big boy is going to be seventeen.

I cannot believe how quickly these years have gone by.

Every July, I find myself with a sappy smile on my face, as I remember the heat and heaviness of the final days of pregnancy.

In what I would later come to appreciate as part of his laid back personality, our boy was in no hurry to rush his appearance.

My partner and I walked around for days after our due date, my swollen fingers and toes feeling like a bunch of bananas, seeking shelter in the cool of Capilano Canyon.  [Read more…]