After starbuck86 treated us to brunch today at the Four Seasons in Vancouver, I just had to drop by Holt Renfrew to browse a little bit.  As usual, I ate too much, so I needed to walk a bit to feel better, and what better way to feel better than walking through Holt's?  Heh-heh.  I wasn't intending to buy anything except perhaps for some shampoo, but as I looked through the "reduced" table, I saw this Gryson bag!

I've been looking a for a black work bag for a while now and this one is actually the perfect size for me.  It's not too big and not too small.  It can fit all my work stuff without being as heavy as the Kooba one I bought previously.   It's almost perfect except for the strap things on the side...I'm not sure  I like that part, but!!  The bag is 60% off!  I wandered around the store thinking about it, and the salesperson said I had two weeks to return it, so I took the plunge and jut bought it.  Part of the reason I was hesitating is I'm going to Las Vegas in another week and I was hoping to find something there.  No sales tax!  But as H so cleverly reminded me, by the time we get back from Vegas, I'll still have a few days to return the bag if I decide I don't want it.

What do you think, should I keep it??   Help!

Indexing: fashion
Mood : confused
iTunes : Taylor Swift - Teardrops on my Guitar

One Christmas tradition my family has is to have Christmas brunch at a fancy hotel. I remember going to all these different hotels in Manila after brunch was over, just to see all the decor. We called this "hotel-hopping", and it's something I always look forward to even when I'm not in Manila. I haven't been able to do it every Christmas here in Vancouver, but I had a plan to have brunch at The Sutton Place Hotel with H and mistr_sparkle . Unfortunately, I left it too late and when I tried to book brunch, they sadly told me they were fully booked. Then started the frantic phoning of all hotels that had a Christmas brunch, but alas, they were all sold out as well. Sniff. I ended up making a booking at Diva at the Met because I'd had a good experience there with Twinkletoes. They weren't doing a Christmas brunch so it was easy to get a booking.

It was a bit disappointing that there wasn't a special Christmas menu, but that's my fault for leaving everything till the last minute. We ordered the Fresh Seasonal Fruit Plate with Tarragon Pear Scone and Lemon Brown Sugar Creme Fraiche. Everything on that plate was soo good, especially the creme fraiche. The fruits were deliciously flavourful and there wasn't enough for the three of us.



Indexing: brunch , christmas , hotel , vancouver
Mood : good
iTunes : Michael Buble - Lost

The last few days of December 2007 were filled with lots of eating and celebrating and I shall soon be posting all about them. In the meantime, I wanted to share a holiday song with all of you. It's not as traditional as the title makes it seem. Enjoy!







Here's a quote from one of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman.  Thanks to Esmee for sharing it with me.

May your year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art-- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope somewhere this year, you surprise yourself.

Indexing: life