Jazzy jingles and tasty tapas

You’ve probably heard of the Sun Life Financial Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival – it’s the quintessential musical event of the summer in Waterloo and has been for the past 20 years, bringing together the community, food, and the smooth sounds of world-renowned jazz musicians. But what you

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A campfire classic with a twist

Even though it’s still another month until the official start of summer when Victoria Day hits, for Ontarians, the first long weekend since Family Day seems to always be the kick-off to the warm season. We get out the patio furniture, open the trailer or cottage, have

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Keep your resolutions with healthy snacks

February is usually when people start getting the winter blahs and those well-meaning new year’s resolutions can start to become tiresome – especially the healthy eating one because sometimes all we want to do during long winter days is enjoy some comfort food. It can also be

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Hope and the City

On November 15, we trekked to the River Run Centre in Guelph for “Hope and the City” – a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. We provided an array of tasty finger foods from sushi bites to fresh veggies to a raved about cheese spread. Most importantly,

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A student of love

Most people find going back to school and hosting a wedding to be stressful events separately – but imagine doing both of them in the same week! Olivia had no qualms and pulled off starting teacher’s college and marrying her fiancé Adam in the same week this

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Creepy cake pops

You’ve no doubt heard of cake pops since they entered the trendy world of cakes a few years ago. Well now, they’ve morphed from simple cake and icing on a stick, to just as extravagant as custom cakes you see on celebrity cake maker shows (or the

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The Love Boat

In August, I got to take my family with me to Sheila and Mike’s wedding. We loaded up the food and ourselves and headed to Tobermory for one of the most unique weddings I’ve seen in a while – on a boat! The day was perfect, and

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