vancouver bucket list

i’m a tourist in my own city. My ever-growing, never-ending vancouver bucket list. 1. lavender latte and mini waffles at cafe medina 2. tasting plate at the salt tasting room 3. bike ride on the...

good ole tofino, bc

Okay – this is a little late but hey, better than never right? I had the most wonderous time in Tofino with the Amodeos! They have always been like a second family to me and when you live on the...

VBL #58 Dinner at The Flying Pig

new favourite restaurant alert! infact – i’ve already been back twice!

VBL #60 fireworks on the beach

festival of lights on the beach #boom.

VBL #15 weekend surf trip to tofino

Special thanks to the Amodeos for making this one a reality! Kim just might be my biggest VBL supporter and was very determined to help me knock off a few items while the family was in town! love...

VBL# 57 Sea kayaking

Just a quick ferry ride over to Bowen and me and the fam had ourselves a little island adventure! We spent 3 hours sea kayaking around the coast where we saw a deer and her faun (adorable) and a...

VBL #34 Breakie at Provence

smoked salmon eggs benny? sign me up.

VBL #18 Cafe Nuba

yum yum yum – finally made it out to Cafe Nuba!

VBL #8 Vancouver Aquarium

It’s no secret that I love sea animals – as a kid I tried to convince my parents that a pet dolphin would be the perfect addition to our backyard pond. The Vancouver Aquarium did not disappoint –...

VBL #45 Hike Quarry Rock

Couldn’t be more excited to have my family visiting me this week! Them in town = plenty of VBLs to strike off. First up, Quarry Rock. It was a rainy day (surprise!) here in Vancouver but that...

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a sweet surprise

purple ombre birthday cake – just a little something we whipped up.

pacific northwest roadtrip

Well friends, the good news is I’ve made it back alive. 934 miles, 6 days, 3 (4 if you count the corner we cut in Nevada) states and Vanna (and us) have all made it safely home. World, meet Vanna....

tahoe – truckee

#vannaontherun

I’m heading out on a work road trip tomorrow (tough life, i know) driving up the western US coast from San Fran to Seattle. Follow my adventures via twitter @aimbrogno/@lululemonlive and through...

life as of lately 05.13.12

I’ve started running – a lot. In fact I’ve signed up for a half-marathon (the SeaWheeze – obviously) so i’ll be continuing to run a lot until at least August 11. I’m up to 13K! I got a new summer...

introducing…betha ny (my bike)

folks – please welcome Bethany (yes, i name all my inanimate possessions) to the world. I’m still getting used to being a city biker (the first time out I panicked and made a series of right hand...

VBL #42 Fish ‘N Chips at Go Fish

nom. nom. nom. Vancouver is really starting to shine again – after a long, and yes, rainy winter – it seems to me we are just about in the clear (knock on wood). The weather has been amazing the...

VBL #32 sun run

Doing the Sun Run 10K is basically a right of passage to life on the west coast. Consider this one done and done. Whoop! race bib. the vancouver sun run – sun not included. 1:09:09 I placed 19,632...

VBL #2 salt tasting room

meat. cheese. vino.

the art of making pasta

My nonnas have always made making pasta (from scratch) seem like an art form, something not easily mastered and an activity to approach with caution. So much so that 2 generations (my aunt and I...

cinnamon buns and vanilla chai cupcakes

This past week I put my mix master to good use. On Wednesday I baked these cute little vanilla chai cupcakes with buttercream frosting for Sara and Miro’s baby shower at the office (note: Sara and...

do what i want, not what i should.

food for thought courtesy of tiff: what if you lived everyday just doing what you wanted to do and not what you ‘should’ do? tiff and i are testing out the theory.

i left my heart in az

Don’t get me wrong I love Vancouver but whenever I visit Arizona I can’t help but wonder why I don’t live in a place that’s sunny 99.9% of the time (who knew places like that even existed?). Here’s...

happy birthday to me

thanks for all the birthday wishes!

bad hair days.

oscar nominated

Every year I tell myself I’m going to watch all the Oscar nominated best picture films before the academy awards. Every year i fall short. This year, with the enrollment of Tiff (my bestie, roomie,...

let’s go to cabo.

decision made.

29 day sweaty pursuit

Okay. I realize the last time I tried this I failed. To be fair I had a serious influx of visitors during November and, to avoid sounding like a totally lazy bum, I did continue to workout but my...

VBL #3 seawall bike ride

On a particularly lovely ‘it’s-february-but-it-feels-like-may-and-this-is-why-i-love-vancouver’ morning, Tiff and I rented beach cruisers and finally knocked this bad boy off my list. The 9km...