Food

Arroz Con Leche

February 2, 2011

Maria-the-intercambio and Scout made this bowl of awesomeness today. It was unbelievably freaking good, way better than regular rice pudding, which can be pretty bland. El arroz con leche es un delicioso postre que puedes preparar a tus hijos. Por su textura suave, fácil de comer, se lo puedes ofrecer al niño cuando ya ha [...]

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Minimalism Required

December 13, 2010

I need your help. Scout’s dad and I are designing a wonderful adventure for our little family. Though I’m not ready to discuss the details of our ever-evolving plan, it boils down to one thing: We need to get rid of our stuff. We can’t bring it with us, and neither one of us wants [...]

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T&T Supermarket

November 27, 2010

Yesterday Scout and I stopped by T&T Supermarket in downtown Vancouver (below the Stadium Sky Train station). It’s Asian and carries everything from bags of chicken feet to lychee juice to dozens of kinds of fresh noodles. Whenever I get antsy and freak out about having lived in one place too long (which is, oh, [...]

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Bahn Mi or Bust

August 20, 2010

Today Scout and I drove off to buy a new homeschool globe, but (and this is typical) within a few minutes of not finding the map-and-globe store, we scraped that idea and decided to hunt down some Vietnamese subs instead. Hmmm, where to go, where to go. At first we drove around aimlessly, but soon [...]

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