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Today is the day we’re supposed to get our slate backsplash.
Alas, it was only at 6:20 p.m. yesterday that I realize I’ve never had a tile delivery!!  I call Home Depot – the same one that’s been having all the computer glitches since having their system replaced.  It takes them a bit […]

I was pretty stoked and curious to see this at our local LCBO…an Ontario Stout!  I’m talking about Hockley Valley Brewing Company’s Hockley Stout.  I love the tag on the can…”It pours like liquid midnight.”
 Just go buy it.  It’s a really great pour - beautiful coffee aroma is what I got, and a bit of […]

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The Latitude installers return to put in our Silestone backsplash.  Again.  Hopefully, the fabricators got it right, this time….
The window given to me was 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  They arrive right in the middle, at 1:00.  One installer is the same as two weeks ago; the other is new.  I try […]

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The day of my dreams (okay, one of my dreams) is here.  Today, I will have running water… again.  And the reverse osmosis filter that we haven’t been able to use since we moved in….  And a dishwasher!  And a full-size refrigerator!!  Indeed, after 132 days, our bar fridge will become a bar fridge!!
Eric […]

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Today, the electricians arrive.  Alas, it’s not Glen himself, but a couple of underlings:  Rich and Mark.  They’re nice enough, for sure, but sometimes you just have a feeling….
Today’s work includes a few minor things.  First, moving an outlet that is just about two inches too far to the left, which in […]

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Didi didn’t manage to get back to me yesterday.  It’s entirely possible she didn’t get the message….  At 8:02 a.m., I call Home Depot to speak to Joanne.
I explain the situation and that I was told I’d have ½ inch of “play”, but I don’t.
Fortunately, they’ve recently developed and filled the role […]

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So, as I’m talking on the phone, at the opposite end of the room to the spot where my 36” Viking range needs to fit, I start looking and wondering about that space.  Is the counter overhang larger on the left side than on the right??  Call me paranoid (and believe me, […]

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It’s been two weeks since my Silestone measure (Why Silestone?  Check out the FAQs!) and the day has finally come….
Actually, it’s come and gone; the installation was supposed to be yesterday, but I received a call from Latitude (the installation company) last week; they send their installers from Toronto and it seems […]

It might be a bit of an understatement to say that we have a bit of an obsession with knives here in the FAB South kitchen. Of course the FAB North kitchen has a similar obsession, except that ours is based on getting the best for cheap. Either way, we all love the pointy type […]

I stumbled across this article while combing through globeandmail.com this morning.
While most of us will likely never eat at this restaurant or apply the techniques of chef Adria, the article is really compelling.
Check it out here:  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081010.wladria10/EmailBNStory/lifeFoodWine/home