In keeping with the last two posts about eating, I figured I'd better round out the trilogy with my last food post: eating my way through Vancouver.It was no secret that during my visit to Canada I was more than prepared, after a year of lackluster Honduran food, to eat all the things. My lifelong love affair with food was kicked into overdrive during my 3.5 weeks in Canada, especially in Vancouver. This city was made for eating!So sit down and grab a snack - this one is ...
Doing my part – a lionfish recipe.
Lionfish are basically the coolest looking fish EVER.sourceAm I right??Okay, but here's the thing guys. Lionfish are in the Caribbean. Actually, they're all over the eastern coast of the Americas, and they're spreading FAST. And they're not supposed to be here. Lionfish are native to the Indo-Pacific, where they have natural predators and their levels are kept in check by mother nature.Lionfish have no natural predators in the Atlantic. They reproduce at astounding ...
“So, like, what do you eat in Honduras?”
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me, "So, like, what do you eat in Honduras?" after finding out where I live... I'd eat much differently than I do now, because I'd be rich.It's no secret that I LOVE FOOD. Not just a little. A LOT. I love to cook, I love to eat, and I love going out to restaurants. So I don't really mind when people ask what I eat here, because I love to talk about food!The bad news is though, it's probably not nearly as exciting as you might ...
Roatan Month 13 Roundup
I always told myself, I'll give this "moving to Roatan and becoming a dive instructor" thing a year, and if it doesn't work out...well hey, at least I lived on a Caribbean island for a year, went diving all the time, drank ALL the rum punches, danced on the beach, ate 345064535488 baleadas, and had the time of my life, even if it was only for a year. Well. I did it. I'm still doing it. And I have no plans to stop. I am having a hard time believing that this post is titled Month 13. ...
And Now, Back to Diving.
So that was an interesting 3.5 weeks I spent in Canada. It was too many days and then not enough, as always. I stuffed my face, I laughed myself silly and I missed Roatan. I came back a few days ago and am slowly getting settled back in to the heat, the bugs, my favorite people, and being underwater.Since I had decided to buy a new camera for my new contract position with a marketing company doing photography for a resort here in Roatan, my old Canon point and shoot looked like a pretty good ...
A Small Disclaimer.
I never, ever thought people were going to read my blog.I was never planning for it to get as big as it has, and comparatively it isn't even that big. I was shocked the first time an advertiser approached me, and had to put my big-girl panties on and ask other experienced bloggers what to do, because I didn't have a clue. Thankfully I'm part of an amazing online community of fellow bloggers, and all the ladies I wrote to went out of their way to show me the ropes.Now I have ...
Capture the Color Contest!
The lovely Alex at Ifs Ands & Butts tagged me in the super-popular Capture the Color Competition!The short version is bloggers post a photo in each of the five categories (Blue, Green, White, Yellow, Red), tag 5 more bloggers, and tweet Capture the Color to let them know you've entered.I am by no means a pro photographer like some bloggers I know - most of these were taken years ago with my old Canon point and shoot. All photos are completely 100% ...
Vancouver Review: Hiking Lynn Canyon
I went hiking the other day. By accident.Who goes hiking by accident??Well, I was out with my lovely friend Michelle and we were on the hunt for a birthday present. This present hunt took us out of her cozy loft and into a drizzly grey Vancouver morning. I. Was. In. Heaven. I have been waiting for a year to be chilly - Roatan does not afford one such luxuries such as not sweating 24/7 and not thinking you are going to die of heatstroke. We somehow ended up near Lynn Canyon Park in ...
Vancouver Review: Food Cart Fest
I'm back in Vancouver, BC and making the most of my last week and a bit in Canada. Today I hit up the 2nd Annual Vancouver Food Cart Fest (are you surprised I went to something all about food?) which was a great way to spend a Sunday. For anyone looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon in the summer, go check this out.It's located between the Cambie Street Bridge and Olympic Village, over at 215 West 1st Avenue. My friend and I walked over from Commercial Drive, but ...
Hi from Canada, eh?
Bad news = my Canadian accent is back with a vengeance.I'm on day 14 of 25 of my great Canadian summer holiday. I'm still hanging out with my family in the vast prairie of Saskatchewan, where the sky is never-ending, the nights are chilly and the mosquitoes are giving Roatan's a run for their money.I only had 10 days here in Saskatchewan and I spent 3 of them in the neighboring province of Alberta at my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary, and another 2 to the 'big ...