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Vancouver's Breyers Smooth & Dreamy event on Wednesday was so much fun! Everything went off without a hitch with a couple of minor exceptions:

1. The weather was a bit cool and rainy so I had to go shopping (I know. poor me.) for some warmer clothes and an umbrella;

2. My seatmate on the return flight farted all the way from YVR to YYZ.

That aside, Vancouver was amazing.


Prior to the event I...

I've been cooking my way through The French Women Don't Get Fat Cookbook and accidentally made this recipe even healthier than intended. Don't you love it when that happens?

I was making chocolate creme brulee, which uses only egg yolks and had 4 egg whites left over so I substituted full eggs for egg whites here but it didn't alter the flavour at all. Here is the recipe with my...

Abusive relationships are more common than you might think. According to The White Ribbon Campaign, 51% of Canadian women over the age of 16 have experienced at least one form of gender-based violence. Are you surprised that it's more than half of us?

There's evidence of that in a number of forum threads on ChickAdvisor where members have repeatedly asked each other if they should stay with...