Vietnamese Supermarkets
In my search for Vietnamese fish sauce, I visited numerous Vietnamese supermarkets and found some favourites to keep my pantry well stocked on Vietnamese perishables like rice paper (banh trang) […]
Category Archives: Shopping
Outlet Shopping
On weekends (particularly long weekends), the Canadian-U.S. border crossing between the province of British Columbia and Washington state are often busy with lines of Vancouverites eager to make the 4 […]
Budget Supermarkets
As there are discount department stores like Walmart, there are discount supermarkets to grocery markets too. Some chain budget grocery markets commonly found in Canada and Silicon Valley: Canada […]
Summer sales. Summer shopping.
Summer spells ice cream, bathing in the outdoor sun and summer sales. Something truly unique about shopping in California are their outdoor malls. Outdoor malls are not like plazas, or […]
Addicted to Amazon Prime
A friend gave us an Amazon gift card to bid us good luck when he heard about our move to Silicon Valley. He also suggested we look into the Amazon […]
Spring Cleaning, Spring Organizing
Canada and United States moved their clocks forward an hour a few weeks ago on March 9th to observe Daylight Saving Time, and Europeans will do the same today (March […]
Flowers are for Everyday
Valentine’s Day is always one of the year’s top grossing days for florists. Flowers shouldn’t be limited to Valentine’s day. Flowers really make beautiful “any day” surprises. Some of my […]
Countdown to Shopping Madness: Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Boxing Day
Mark your calendars! Only 7 days until shopping madness starts – beginning with Black Friday, next Cyber Monday, and finally, Boxing Day. November is probably the most celebrated shopping time […]
Chinese Supermarkets
During the first few months of relocating to Silicon Valley, I missed family and friends back in Vancouver, BC. A close second of what I missed was the Chinese cuisine […]
Korean Supermarkets
Other than browsing the kim chi selection at Korean supermarkets, Korean markets are also my favourite shopping sources for seaweed – from kelp, nori, kombu to wakame seaweed varieties … […]
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