Montreal Eats: Au Pied de Cochon

Montreal Eats: Au Pied de Cochon, Kiku Corner

We booked dinner on Saturday of the Formula One race weekend in Montreal. Yup, four years in a row. Au Pied de Cochon. In an article I found from 2008, the chef Martin Picard apparently imports 70 kg of foie gras per week! That was six years ago, so it may have increased since then…the chef himself […]

Pretty Window Box Ideas

Window Box Ideas

Travelling around New England, I saw so many houses with lovely shuttered windows…and window boxes! Since we were there in springtime, the boxes were full of beautiful flowers. Here are some photos of what I found around Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Boston: Here are some lovely white boxes with ornate brackets.

Preppy Style: Vineyard Vines

Vineyard Vines

1. Churchill Downs Scene Dress 2. Rose Print Dress 3. Sealife Patchwork Print Dress 4. Eyelet Gathered Dress Vineyard Vines is a clothing company founded on Martha’s Vineyard and sells preppy, seaside clothes and accessories. The colours are bright and happy, and it seems like the clothes have an easy fit. On their website, they […]

Happy Hour: Cape Cod Cocktail

Cape Cod Cocktail, Kiku Corner

  Having just come back from road tripping through Cape Cod, I found out that one of my favourite drinks, the vodka cranberry, is also called a Cape Cod, or Cape Codder! The cape is riddled with cranberry bogs, so it is fitting that its namesake cocktail incorporates the juice of this ruby red fruit. […]

Cape Cod Eats: Hole-in-One Donuts

hole in one donuts on cape cod

After reading about it in one of our guide books, we stopped by Hole-in-One Donuts in Cape Cod. Just entering the cafe, we were greeted by a typical donut shop wall – like the ones in Tim Horton’s or Dunkin’ Donuts. However, the donuts were not your average uniform pastries. These were large, irregular hunks of […]