food, photography and my creative life
A few Saturdays ago, the power went out. I had just made a big cup of very hot tea and had planned on sitting down to work for most of the day. Our power rarely goes out and when it does, it’s usually for just a minute or two. I cursed under my breath for having left unsaved Photoshop and Illustrator files on my computer
I’m not a big one for food media events. I find them loud and crowded, everyone angling for a handful of samples from the latest menu or shoving a camera in your way so they can get a badly lit blurry photo. I’m shy and not very pushy and I get frustrated with crowds or people who are just being rude by not being considerate
I’m a tea junkie. I grew up with a British mum but I never really “got” the whole tea thing. Not until I lived in London in my very early 20’s. And then it was pretty much drink tea or be weird. Normally, I have no problem being weird. I’ve kind of resigned myself to the fact that I am weird. But when your sweet
Last Monday I took a quick trip to Calgary, flying out first thing in the morning and flying back in time for dinner. Not my favourite type of travel but, it meant flying over the Rocky Mountains at sunrise and sunset. And that made up for a 4:30AM start to my day. I never get a window seat when I fly because most of my
Last week Sean and I had the opportunity to visit Cocoa Nymph Chocolates and Confections, here in Vancouver, and have a behind the scenes look with owner and head chocolatiere, Rachel Sawatsky. It was, in a word, awesome. Like getting a golden ticket. Except, it was just the two of us, and we got to try stuff and nobody got carried away by oompah loompahs
It’s no secret that I like love chocolate. There are some I love more than others but really, left to my own devices, I rarely never meet a chocolate I won’t eat. I like to think of it in a George Orwell kind of way: I love all chocolates. I just love some more than others. Every year, when I work on the event that
Today’s post is sort of a “part one of two” gig. Part one, today, is all about the chocolate. Part two, which will be on Monday, will be all about the photography. If you are struggling at home with your blog photography, I’m (hopefully) going to make you feel better about it with a few insights into post processing! But on to the chocolate. These
A friend of mine keeps a lovely blog that you should all go look at from time to time for two reasons: She is an excellent photographer She writes about and takes a lot of pictures of… chocolate!! The blog is called Truffes Du Jour, and is written by my friend Sunneschii (her on-line name). She is a big fan of Green & Black’s chocolate
I'm a designer, small business owner, photographer, creative, food lover, traveler, dog human, self confessed geek, music junkie, book devourer, and art enthusiast among a million other things. The full bio...
