Pizza during the COVID-19 pandemic: 

We were close to Papa John's, and picked this up for lunch at home. There's an online ordering system to create your own pizza, which seems pretty standard these days for most pizza joints. Choose your toppings, and here's a large pizza for $15! 

There's a fair selection of toppings, crusts, and sauces to go through, and all of them are pretty standard, like the ham and sausage that we added to our pizza. It's not deep dish pizza from Chicago, but add on the extra sauce, and it'll do for now. Also, I didn't expect too much, and it was easy for them to go above and beyond. 

For future reference, they carry Pepsi products, so if you've got a hankering for a diet Coke, it's not happening.

I was going to call it a "quick" lunch, but there's more time now to slow down since there aren't as many places to go to, appointments to keep, people to see. Just removing commute time (e.g. 45 minutes to get to work, and another same chunk of time to get back) has saved so many hours for all the things I've wanted to do for so long. Also, social distancing has released my inner introvert that I've tried to bury for so long. Really having the time of my life right now.

Also also, I'M HAVING A BABY SOON. Construction in progress...

After our late lunch of tacos at Lilly’s Tacos, we went to Hollister Brewing:



We had a cheese pizza, and some nachos. Of course, we had beer too, since we’re at a brewery! Food was good, maybe better than they would’ve been, if I had not finished my flight of beers already. The beer in the flight was warm… We asked the server, and she said that nothing could be done, because their taps are at that temperature. Gross, warm beer. I had a pint after, and it was in a chilled glass, which really helped. Beers are just OK... I would like to try other micro breweries in the area first.



Another case of food tasting better because of good company. It’s interesting that even though we had never had a full converesation before this trip, it felt so easy to connect with this group of women. Perhaps, it’s the mutual understanding that we’re all going through lots of change?

The last weekend of 2017!

We visited Backcountry Brewing post snowshoeing in the Callaghan Valley, in search of fries, but found something even better. PIZZA!!!!

There were a few brews on tap, including a really milky looking IPA (2nd from right in the paddle, perhaps called the Secret Handshake).

I didn’t like one of their stouts (I think it was the She’s a Lady that I liked), because it was too watery for my taste. Other than that, I really can’t wait to come back to try all their other beers, and have another bite of their latest pizza flavour, the Wake n Bacon (truffle, brussel sprouts, pork belly, and an egg). The Prosciutto was also fabulous, with a great tomato sauce base. This is really next level pizza. A must-go for a pit stop on the way back from Whistler.

Alexander Falls 2017:

Goodbye 2017! I suppose this would be a good time to look back, and think about the things that have happened this year. Travel and explore, eat, take photos… What will I do in 2018? 

My guess is I'll look for new highs and dig myself out of deeper lows. 

Sometimes, a fancy pizza is what the day calls for:

H and I ordered the Princess pizza, which was the best price out of the seafood options at $35 each. Shrimp and prawns were so crisp and fresh, perfectly cooked. Topped with some pretty fresh arugula and smoked salmon:

There’s a room next to the restaurant with counters and some bar stools. Not sure if it’s a public place, but we brought the pizza there to eat it while it’s fresh.

Cannot wait for next week, SO TIRED. I’m sure I’ve made lots of mistakes, some waiting to be discovered while my brain is on vacation somewhere. Hopefully I’ve solved my fair share, and prevented enough to balance out the ones I’ve created. 

It's Thursday, and nothing will get done tomorrow because all we'll do is talk about our plans for the weekend. Sometimes, I get upset when things aren’t done properly and I really need to learn to just relax. TBH, I think I’m better at not being so anal these days because I’ve learned to do things that help me relax. Eating and drinking, to be more exact.

H & I came to Boston Pizza on a Wednesday night. It wasn’t Pasta Tuesday. We didn’t come here to watch sports on TV. Why did we decide to eat at such a boring chain restaurant? Convenience, I suppose. Double Long Islands were on special, and they have a $9.99 deal for 3 mini pizzas that could be chosen from a list of different flavors/toppings. Not bad. I got a great buzz from the Long Island, so I’m giving this place a 4/5, and I’d go again for the mini pizzas!

From closest to farthest: Deluxe, Perogi, Mediterranean.

Sometimes, it’s more about who you go with though.

I’ve had a pizza craving for a few days:

Still got the craving because frozen pizzas just don’t do the job. The lettuce was fresh picked from my dad’s garden and we mixed it up with the potato salad (from… Costco?).

Good thing I’ve been biking a ton. Today was super productive – work, bike, yoga, washed my Veloster and a boat (my mom has a Camry). Where’s a good place to take my car to get it detailed?

STARRRRVING when I got home. It’s time to start planning Iceland… but maybe after Rachel Nguyen’s vlogs from last Christmas:

She’s a pretty cool girl from LA who worked very hard to get where she is now. Some people don't actually work - they just depend on the system to take them where they want to go. And parents of course.

Did I mention what happened on Sunday at Lansdown?

We locked our bikes against a fence that we shouldn't have (I do admit we were wrong there), and the security guards locked them up with their own lock. We called them using the phone number that was on the notice they left behind. One shorter fellow in a regular grey shirt and a taller fellow in a Garda security uniform came storming out, and the shorter fellow started accusing us of breaking the fence! He was like a chihuahua, barking loudly, but really no bite (his arguments were quite illogical). Fence was already broken before we got there, they wouldn't have any proof to show that we did, so they can't hold us responsible for the charges. Anyways, long story short, the short one admitted he knew that we didn't break the fence, but wanted to just scare us and teach us a lesson, so that we wouldn't park our bikes illegally any more. His name is Nahid Islam, and he was extremely rude - he even said that if we were older, he would've just let us off, but because we're younger and we could afford "nice" bikes, we should've known better and he wanted to send us a strong message.

They should put up a sign to make it official.

I always wonder how people get hired for what they're doing... Garda World, why you hire people like this to perpetuate stereotypes about security guards?

I don’t feel motivated to do anything this week. Performance review is coming up, and I have goals and dreams, but really, nothing will inspire me more than Claire Marshall uploading a new video and going to yoga. Let’s just eat, OK?

PIZZERIA BARBARELLA was so amazing. H and I went during happy hour (3PM to 5PM everyday) for a quick snack before dinner. 20% off small pizzas, $4 beers, the total came to about $17. YAY. We had the salsiccia, chosen for the sausage:

Couple beers to go with it:

The server was pretty good, gave us samples of the beers before pouring full glasses, just because she KNEW we wouldn’t like the Elderflower beer that they had on special. The stout was more to my taste.

Then I got a parking ticket while parked for dinner outside Ebisu.
Then I realized how chubs I'm getting.
Then I realized it all doesn't matter anyways because I'll just hike it off!Can't wait.

OK, back to changing the world, one camera at a time.