One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 56 – Asparagus Goodness

Today we had a yummy dinner of cheese-filled spinach ravioli mixed with sauteed asparagus.  It was yum.

I didn’t make the ravioli but the asparagus is very simple to do:

 

Wash asparagus and cut off approximately 2cm from the bottom.

Cut into 3cm pieces and set aside.

Finely chop garlic (I used 3 cloves because we’re a garlic-lovin’ family)

Heat a pan over medium with 6 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon butter.

Add garlic and cook for 30 second.

Add asparagus then sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Cover and cook for 2 minutes or until the asparagus becomes a vibrant green.

Remove from heat and serve over pasta or on its own.

One Good Thing a Day – Project Day 55 – Sunrise and Bike Ride

Last night I couldn’t sleep at all, so I decided to stay up and finish some work before going back to bed….

yes well……. I didn’t end up going to bed at all and when I noticed the sun was slowly rising, I decided to take snaps of it instead:

Unfortunately for Jeff, I was making the constant snapping woke him up….and with me being hyper from lack of sleep and excitement of a beautiful day, I dragged him out of bed for an early bike ride!

One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 54 – Sakura Season in Toronto

It’s hanami time in Japan and it’s sad that I’m away from Tokyo this year.  Luckily, I’m close to High Park where the blossoms were blooming beautifully.

After a morning of writing and work, we decided to head out to enjoy them for our lunch break outdoors.

Our first encounter was my favorite bird with a lovely call:

We then followed the path to me this little guy:

By this point, we were very happy and excited to see so many animals -especially after so many years in Tokyo where the wildlife is seriously lacking.

We finally got to the sakura and my excitement filled the air. Certainly not as many trees as Japan but just as beautiful.

One thing we found funny was the majority of the people out snapping shots of the sakura were Asian (>_<)

Quite a few people but again, nothing compared to Japan.

Fun little trackless train that travels through the park. Very fun for the little ones.

We both thought this was fantastic:

After lunch, we sadly had to go back and get a lot of work done….. but before then, we came across a raccoon.

 

 

One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 53 – Strange Tokyo Restaurants

I just came across this article that made me think of Tokyo and how crazy it can be compared to Toronto:

Wild, Weird and Scary Tokyo

I’ve been to the Lockup in Shibuya a couple of times and it’s certainly a place to visit at least once in your travels. It’s a kind of prison/medical/monster theme where the waitresses are dressed in nurse outfits

and guys dressed up as either prisoners or monsters run around the cave restaurant.

Each seating area is in a jail cell with bars and at random times, the main lights go out, strobe lights go on and all chaos begins as the monster/prisoners run around “terrorizing” the customers in the cells.

You can also order drinks that come in test tubes

It’s definitely a “huh?” moment the first time…. but then again…. most things in Tokyo make you say that.

Thank you Japan it Up!

Very BIG thank you to Steve from Japan it UP!

I really appreciate the support *^_^*

One Good Thing A Day – Project Day 52 – Sorry for the Delay!

I apologize for the very long delay -I’ve failed to keep it up lately due to: 1) painfully slow internet
2) apartment hunting
3) job hunting
4) writing jobs

then followed by

5) moving into an apartment
6) hooking up internet
7) getting a new mobile phone (because sucky Japan has to lock their iPhones (>_<) boo.)

Well, now we have our office area set up again and I’m back *^_^*

Have a lot of writing to do……….but my new view and yummy snack are distracting me: