erin’s Blog Posts
lights, camera, christmas!
Filed Under events, faces & places | December 15, 2011
My son, the giant toddler M, is two and is just slowly embracing the concept of Christmas, Santa and all the pomp and circumstance. I couldn’t be more excited. So it was with great fervor that my family (giant toddler M, unnaturally tall husband M and myself…taller than average Erin) headed out to the Van [...]
winter wine part: wine-ding down
Filed Under contests, events | December 9, 2011
Please note: the party is now over! We are picking the winners and will announce them when they are all confirmed. Thanks to everyone who came out to do some winter sipping with us! Well…that horrible day has come. The final day of the wine party. This is the last day you can enter to [...]
winter wine party-cue the sparkles!
Filed Under contests, events | December 8, 2011
I have another confession to make. Historically, I have never been a big fan of sparkling wine. To much fizz for not enough flavour. I’ve since realized it was because I really don’t like champagne and I have painted all sparkling wines with the champagne brush…but there are so many beautiful sparkling wines out there! Recently I [...]
winter wine party: blending the best of both worlds
Filed Under contests, events | December 7, 2011
Its wine party hump day! Today we’re delving in to the wonderful world of blended wines. We’re talking about two gooders…Mannina “RoseAnnes Red” , 2008 Walla Walla Valley U.S.A 55% Merlot, 28% Cabernet Franc, 17% Cabernet Sauvignon which has a complex profile showing licorice, earth, espresso and blackberries. And our Okanagen wine is See ya Later [...]
winter wine party: rousanne…you don’t have to put on the red light
Filed Under contests, eco friendly | December 6, 2011
Hey there yoyo-winos! Its day two of the wine party…are you enjoying your sipping? Yesterday we started off with Syrah and today we move on onto Rousanne. I don’t know about you, but Rousanne is a relatively new varietal to me. I am sure I have tasted it in a blend or two, but not as the [...]
winter wine party time-que syrah syrah
Filed Under contests, events | December 5, 2011
Hey there yoyo winos! It’s day one of the winter wine party! Once again, we’re co-hosting an online wine tasting with our favourite wine-ers, the clever folks at Hemisphere’s Wine Guild. We’ve posted the list of the wines we’ll be discussing this week and are on the look out for your questions which we will [...]
lets all go to the lobby
Filed Under contests, events, faces & places | November 24, 2011
Does someone in your life have Bieber Fever? Are your kids driving you a wee bit crazy because they are trapped inside with the cold weather? Well Netflix Canada can help you with both of these problems! Netflix Canada is currently streaming Justin Bieber’s hit film Never Say Never exclusively and they are celebrating with [...]
its winter wine party time!
Filed Under events | November 16, 2011
Its that time again…wine party time! We’re partnering up once again with our favourite wine-os, the clever oenophiles at Hemisphere’s Wine Guild. From December 5th – December 9th, we’ll be hanging out here on the diaries talking wine, food and holiday fun! So what do you do to get in on the fun? Simply sip along [...]
tech tuesday: all ‘nana’ all the time
Filed Under tech tuesday | November 15, 2011
We are a train household. We converse with our son in terms of tracks, choo choo and, of course, Nana. Who is Nana you say? Why Thomas the Tank Engine of course. My two year old son can say Percy and Wilson (from Chuggington of course) until the cows come home, but Thomas is [...]
keeping it clean and green
Filed Under contests, eco friendly | October 26, 2011
This fall, the clever folks over at Green Works® are hosting a green clean challenge. Their goal is to give several homes across Canada a deep sparkling clean using Green Works® line of eco friendly products. Green Works® products started out as an idea among a handful of cleaning enthusiasts at The Clorox Company. This [...]
