This past weekend, I had the pleasure of spending Shabbes with my rebbe and mentor, R’ Michael Skobac [1] and his charming wife, Chashi. R’ Skobac is Master Po to my Grasshopper. (R’ Skobac and I SO don’t look like this!) Shabbes dinner featured a spelt/camut challah that was out of this world! He was kind [...]
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R’ Michael Skobac’s Healthy Challah for Dummies!
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Faith, Food, Friends, Health, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, My Life, People, Recipes, Reviews, Style, Thoughts, Toronto, tagged cooking, Culture, Faith, Food, Friends, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Recipes, Style, Thoughts, Toronto on March 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Loonies I Have Lunched With (Part 3): Rendezvous at Sadie’s Diner & Juice Bar
Posted in Blogging, Community, Cooking, Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Food, Friends, Fun, Humour, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, People, Personal Observations, Relationships, Reviews, Silly, Style, Thoughts, Toronto, Writing, tagged blogging, cooking, Culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Food, Friends, Fun, Opinion, People, Personal Observations, Reviews, Thoughts, Toronto, Writing on March 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
If I ever need to set up a quick, informal yet special rendezvous with someone near and dear to me, I choose Sadie’s Diner & Juice Bar in downtown Toronto. Sadie’s is on the northwest corner of Portland and Adelaide streets. One block east of Bathurst and two blocks south of Queen Street West. My [...]
Loonies I Have Lunched With (Part 2): Finger Eleven at Mossimo’s
Posted in Community, Culture, Fashion, Friends, Fun, Humour, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Music, Musings, My Life, Opinion, People, Personal Observations, Relationships, Reviews, Silly, Style, Thoughts, tagged Culture, Friends, Fun, Humor, Life, Lifestyle, music, Musings, Opinion, People, Relationships, Reviews, silly, Thoughts on March 12, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Until last year, I had never heard of the band Finger Eleven. There is a song they did (Paralyzer) that does, however, sound familiar to me. But the name ‘Finger Eleven’ did not become burned into my memory until one lovely Sunday afternoon when my dear friends Ray, JM and JM’s son were enjoying a [...]
Loonies I Have Lunched With (Part 1): Souvlaki Headrest
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Friends, Fun, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, People, Personal Observations, Silly, Style, Thoughts, Toronto, tagged cooking, Culture, Food, Friends, Humor, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, People, silly, Style, Thoughts, Toronto on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Many years ago, when I worked at a law office in downtown Toronto, I had a friend with whom I would love to lunch. I am using the word lunch here as a verb because when it came to my friend, lunch was not just a noun. It was definitely not a thing. With him, [...]
Just in Time for Valentine’s Day: The Science Behind the Kiss!
Posted in Community, Fashion, Friends, Fun, Holidays, Humour, Life, Lifestyle, Love, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Nature, Personal, Personal Observations, Psychology, Relationships, Research, Science, Sex, Silly, Style, Thoughts, tagged Friends, Holidays, Humor, love, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, Personal, Psychology, Relationships, Research, science, Sex, Thoughts on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Sheril Kirshenbaum [1], science writer and author of the recent book, The Science of Kissing: What Our Lips Are Telling Us, sheds light on exactly what goes on biologically when we lock lips. Kissing basically “acts like a drug by stimulating the natural chemicals in our bodies, yet unlike other [...]
Green Beans with Olive Oil and Garlic
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Family, Food, Friends, Fun, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, Recipes, Reviews, Style, Thoughts, tagged cooking, Culture, Food, Friends, Fun, Health, kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, Recipes, Style, Thoughts on February 1, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes, the simple things are the best. (The name says it all!) Try this simple, quick and easy vegetable side dish. Take green beans (a bit less than 2 lbs), snip off the ends and boil. When cooked, remove from water and let cool a bit. Pour a bit of extra virgin olive oil on [...]
I Hadn’t the Vegas Idea! *
Posted in Culture, Family, Friends, Fun, Life, Lifestyle, Love, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Personal, Personal Observations, Relationships, Style, Thoughts, Travel, tagged Culture, Family, Friends, Life, Lifestyle, love, Musings, Opinion, Personal, Personal Observations, Relationships, Thoughts, Travel on January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
My beloved SG and I were having a discussion the other day about the fact that I am always right. Well, almost always, anyway. She asked me to tell her about a time when I was totally, incredibly, unbelievably wrong. I immediately mentioned Las Vegas, 1985. Long ago, when I was very much younger… “Like [...]
Linguine Aiglo e Olio
Posted in Cooking, Culture, Entertainment, Family, Food, Friends, Fun, Italian, Jews/Judaism, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, My Life, Recipes, Style, Thoughts, tagged cooking, Culture, Family, Food, Friends, Italian, Jew, Jewish, Judaism, kosher, Life, Lifestyle, People, Recipes, Style on January 9, 2012 | 3 Comments »
This simple Italian pasta dish is a wonderful change from spaghetti with tomato sauce. (Not that there’s anything wrong with it!) OK… this dish (as the name suggests) contains basically three main ingredients: Linguine (You can also use spaghetti, spaghettini or even fettucine, if you prefer); Aiglo (i.e. Garlic. If you’re a big garlic fan, add more!); and [...]
A Latkarrific Sufganiyotastic Hanukah in Toronto!
Posted in Culture, Education, Family, Food, Friends, Fun, Holidays, Inspiration, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Life, Love, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Parenting, Personal, Personal Observations, Relationships, Religion, Style, Thoughts, Toronto, tagged Culture, Family, Food, Friends, Fun, Holidays, Inspiration, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, love, Musings, Relationships, Religion, Thoughts, Toronto on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As usual, I spent the Jewish Sabbath this past weekend in Toronto. This year, the Xmas holidays spilled over into the following Monday and Tuesday. Also, I was able to leave work very early Friday morning, so I had the good fortune to spend most of Hanukah in The Heart of the Old World! Woohoo! (Latkes [...]
Der Meshigineh Hint Meets His Match!
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Fun, Holidays, Humour, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Life, Love, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Parenting, Personal, Personal Observations, Relationships, Silly, Style, Thoughts, Toronto, tagged Culture, Dogs, Family, Friends, Fun, Hanukah, Holidays, Home, Humor, Jewish, Jews, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Pets, Relationships on December 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
OK… Right off the bat, introductions of sorts are in order. The Cast of Characters Exhibit One: My daughter, 22-year-old university graduate, planning to make aliyah (i.e. emigrate to Israel) in the very near future. T.A.: Exhibit One’s Israeli boyfriend from the seaside city of Ashdod (south of Tel Aviv). Surfer dude. In Canada for [...]
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