This past week, Mindy celebrated her 30th birthday. As part of her wish, she wanted to do something each evening of the week.Monday started off with some theater, enjoying the show of clowns. Mindy’s brother performed as Sir Porridge and he was terrific! So amazing in fact that Mindy will soon learn the act of […]

Today is Mindy’s 30th birthday and she has already started her 30’s well. She weighed herself this morning and she has lost 20 pounds since the beginning of our weight loss challenge! Mindy sums up her 20’s as productive and an adventure and hopes for the 30’s to be full of experiences and lots of […]

The birthday week continues with a lovely dinner party at Dad and Trixie’s. Here is a picture of all those in attendance, including Lesley, Trixie, Brian, Dad and of course Mindy:There was much laughter and a good time was had by all, but most importantly, the birthday girl. Look at that big smile:The next update […]

The first leg was going to California’s Haight district. The task was to drink a wheatgrass shot at the Carrot Common. Here’s “unscrupulous” Kate drinking the shot that she stole from Jenny and Dawson:The teams headed over to Greece to perform some Olympic Games: they had event choices of ball throw, football throw, frisbee and […]

This past weekend, Mindy and Ligeia went to Baltimore for Thanksgiving. On the Thursday, there was a big feast at Ligeia’s parent’s house with the immediate family. Here’s our nephew, Brayden, with Ligeia’s dad. For Ligeia, it was wonderful (and interesting!) to see her dad being a grandpa. Ligeia’s brother, Harpreet, who recently converted to […]

Mindy went to Woodstock for a few days to visit her friend Jewel, where she tried geocaching for the first time and it was wonderful! Granted, I’m not sure why someone would put in a stinky, bacon-flavored dog treat into the “cache”, but perhaps all those canine geocachers out there appreciate it more than others.Other […]

Mindy and Ligeia decided to try their luck in making sushi this evening for dinner. We bought all the ingredients and went out and got a sushi mat. Here are some pictures to document the evening:We first decided which kinds to make…Then we had to figure out how to roll the sushi. It’s harder than […]

Our friend Man is turning 30 next Saturday. She’s also graduating from OISE with an MEd on Monday. So there was lots to celebrate. Lisa set up a wonderful surprise for her at the Mt. Everest, a restaurant featuring Nepalese and Northern Indian food. The atmosphere and the artwork were both very lovely, the wait […]

Today, we celebrated the Mexican Day of the Dead. It’s now becoming a tradition as we did the same thing last year. The ofrenda is an offering to those in one’s life that have passed away. Our offering was food! We made the dishes that our grandmothers would have enjoyed and discussed our memories of […]

Last night, as you all know, was Halloween. To celebrate, we went out to Church St. to see some of the more daring individuals willing to dress up in costume. We saw Mario and Luigi: a Playboy centerfold: a pair of Victorian-era ladies: a very classy couple: a samurai warrior texting: a lego man! and […]

Yesterday, Ligeia and Mindy went to the Azrieli Foundation’s launch of its 3rd series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs. One of the authors and evening’s readers, Willie Sterner, is related to Mindy (great aunt’s cousin). His life’s story is amazing and we now have it in a published book! He survived the Holocaust with the help […]

Ligeia and Mindy wanted to go apple picking again this year. It was a little later than they usually go so when they got there, they saw this sign:They wanted more than just nice views like this one…So they went to a well-known orchard near their house:And found some very yummy apples for apple sauce […]

Mindy and Ligeia headed to rural Pennsylvania over Canadian Thanksgiving. On our way into the Valley, in the heart of Amish country, we were greeted with warning signs to watch out for horse and buggies. That’s not something we’re used to here in Toronto! And the warning signs didn’t disappoint. We saw quite a few […]

The first weekend in October was definitely a chilly one for us to go up to the cottage, but it was well worth it! The fall colors were breathtaking! We went up to Algonquin Kingscote for a short trip (amazingly, it was only a 30 minute drive from the cottage!) to see the fall leaves […]

Mindy and Ligeia were dog-sitting this weekend for a very cute Taco Bell doggie named Emma.We decided to enjoy the outdoors so we went to Rouge Park.There were so many monarch butterflies there.Hope everyone had a nice weekend,Ligeia and Mindy :):)ps. Ligeia is heading to Tampa this Wednesday after her last class.

Mindy and Ligeia drove to the Botanical Gardens today in Niagara Falls and went to Willow Pond to review and renew our vows. Wonderful memories of our special day came flooding back as well:We sat on this bench to talk: (after looking at the picture, we realized we needed to lose some weight 🙁 – […]

Mindy and Ligeia decided to try something adventurous and so we booked a reservation at O Noir, a restaurant where you dine in total darkness. We walked in and were kindly greeted in the beautiful dimly lit lobby, where we placed our order. We were then escorted by our blind waitress, Tracy, to our table. […]

Mindy played short stop and made some great plays, including catches and dives. She was ready for anything.She definitely deserved her trophy which now sits on our piano.Her brother Shawn and Momazon came out to cheer her on along with many fans:Baseball season is over and hockey season has already begun.Ligeia and Mindy :):)