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Heluva Good dip weekend

March 29, 2015by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Last week our friends Kaylea & Matt offered to have us up to the cottage. We accepted; I needed a weekend off, and Nellie really needed a weekend off. We dashed […]

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Food / drink, Friends, TV
Cover photo by Swire, used under Creative Commons license

But…but we want two pizzas

March 22, 2015by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

In between working, watching March Madness, and picking up some art this weekend, we’ve tried some decent new(ish) food joints. First, after a stop at Bellwoods and before visiting Telegramme yesterday, we had lunch […]

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Food / drink

“But he’s not even a very good Prime Minister.” “***WHO CARES HE’S FAMOUS OUTTA THE WAY LITTLE GIRL!!!!!!!!***”

March 19, 2015by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

I stared at this a lot last night. I mean, not this particular guy’s sweatpants-covered junk, but rather crowds of people all but standing on top of me. See, Nellie and […]

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Food / drink, Friends, Politics, Sports, Toronto
Cover photo by Kat N.L.M., used under Creative Commons license

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March 14, 2015by Dan Dickinson 1 Comment

It’s a significant day. I mean yeah, it’s once-in-a-century pi day, but it’s also the day Nellie and I are celebrating a big milestone: this past Wednesday was the 20th anniversary […]

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Food / drink, Me
Cover photo from the Beerworking website

#beerworking

March 13, 2015by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Last week I read a post on Ben Johnson’s Beer Blog about an event he would be hosting involving beer, bourbon, and smoked meat. Right, that’s what I said. So […]

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Food / drink, Toronto
Cover photo from Taste of Maclean's Dining Series website

You can really taste the Maclean

March 10, 2015by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

So there’s some new thing called Taste Of Maclean’s Dining Series. Yes, that Maclean’s. Anyway, it’s a series of dinners at great restaurants in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, hosted by […]

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Food / drink, Toronto
Cover photo by Early Novels Database, used under Creative Commons license

A sequel to the best of everything from 2014

March 7, 2015by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Back in December I engaged my entirely healthy tendency to quantify, list, and rank everything, though I did admit that I was in no way caught up on 2014’s best music or […]

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Annual report, Movies, Music

27-39

March 2, 2015by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Season 3 of House of Cards (imdb) went in the books this weekend. Five episodes Friday night, Eight episodes Saturday. Binge-watching FTW!

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