There’s one thing you need to have on Christmas Eve – the best chocolate chip cookies to leave for Santa! Okay, even if you’re not leaving cookies for Santa, you can’t celebrate Christmas without some delicious cookies to enjoy yourself. They’re the best sweet treat to enjoy before everyone heads to bed. As it is with most families, baking and eating cookies is a holiday tradition for me.
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Santa Approved Chocolate Chip Cookies
I first heard of banana bread French toast while on my very first trip to Whistler in February 2011. I was skimming through menus of local restaurants in the village when I came across one restaurant that boasted about its banana bread French toast. My eyes (and tastebuds) immediately perked up at the thought of that, and I knew I had to try to make some for myself. Since most of you know how much I love a good, thick, brioche French toast, I already knew this banana bread French toast would be a hit with me. I made my first batch for my family one year for New Year’s, and they loved it so much that now it’s become a staple to have on Boxing Day.
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Boxing Day Banana Bread French Toast
HK Neighborhood Walk: Yau Ma Tei / Jordan
It's that time of year where we switch out our summer dresses for cozy wool knits, we change our footwear from sandals to boots, and we update our skin care from light oils to heavier moisturizers. As someone with naturally dry skin, this is the time of year where my skin needs a little extra TLC. In Hong Kong, the humidity officially broke this week (thanks to two typhoons in 3 days), which means the air will begin to dry up. My skin mixed with dry air is not a great combo, so I have my winter skin care routine lined up and ready to go.
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Prepping My Skin For Winter
Happy First Birthday Luca
What To Wear at Angkor Wat
An Evening to Remember: Villa Chandara
Postcards from Siem Reap
Battling Anxiety During a Global Pandemic: 18 Months Later
Remember how I said I would never dye my hair red again? Well... I lied. Although to be fair, I really didn't think I was ever going to dye my hair again after having it dyed every 5 weeks for 10 years. But at the end of May, I began to consider going back to being a redhead again. I had stopped dyeing my hair for 5 years, so my hair had returned to it's natural hair color (dirty blonde) and grew really fast. But as I remain in Hong Kong during the pandemic, I thought about doing something exciting, and my beau encouraged me to think about returning to red hair for a little bit.
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Maintenance for Red Hair
Is it just me, or did summer truly fly by this year? It feels like just last week we were welcoming spring, but now we are 3 weeks away from officially entering the autumn season. On these last few days of August, I am finishing up all my floral scented candles before I replace them with woody scents, and I am about to switch out my summer wardrobe for my autumn wardrobe.
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