Trip report: Sunshine Coast Trail, part 3

March 10, 2019Nicole Comment

The final installment of our trip report, hiking the Sunshine Coast Trail. This section covers the section from the campground at Suicide Creek [...]

Trip report: Sunshine Coast Trail, part 2

March 7, 2019March 10, 2019Nicole Comment

We continue our trip report from hiking the Sunshine Coast Trail. The previous report covered Sarah Point (km 0) to Powell River Bridge [...]

March 3, 2019March 8, 2019Nicole Comment

Last summer, Mathieu and I thru-hiked the Sunshine Coast Trail. Yep, we hiked 180 km, up and down small mountains, carrying everything on [...]

October 13, 2018Nicole Comment

The start of fall and cooler weather brings with it lots of green tomatoes that need to be picked before the first hard [...]

February 19, 2018Nicole Comment

I remember the first time I tried edamame. I was in a Japanese restaurant, and the server placed a bowl of warm little [...]

August 7, 2017Nicole Comment

If you have ever grown zucchini, chances are you have ended up with a few (or if you’re like me, many) that grew [...]

May 27, 2017Nicole Comment

It’s the end of May, and the weather in our region has been most uncooperative. It’s been cold. It’s been rainy. And it’s [...]

February 5, 2017Nicole 1

We recently vacationed on the Big Island of Hawai’i, which was an incredible experience. It is an amazing place if you love being [...]

November 12, 2016Nicole Comment

The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and we have had a few rounds of light frost. That can only [...]

October 9, 2016April 25, 2017Nicole 3

In March 2015, a store named Uncle Tetsu’s Cheesecake opened up near where I work. Having some Japanese heritage in my background, I [...]