At Saunders Park.
My cousin/roommate graduated from Dalhousie University this afternoon, so we went out with his parents for supper at The Five Fishermen on Argyle Street.
So filling, so delicious, so perfect. I’m a huge fan of seafood (and I’m of the opinion, like most Cape Islanders, that you can’t beat Cape Island seafood) and I was so pleased with how delicious the food was.
Apparently The Five Fishermen is located where Snow’s Funeral Home once stood — the funeral home that housed the bodies of Titanic victims (including John Jacob Astor). So the Titanic nerd in me enjoyed that.
We started with mussels and oysters; wine, beer, and a fancy Root Beer cocktail (pretty much a rum & coke). I ended up ordering the crab cakes in horseradish mustard sauce. My aunt ordered the Filet Oskar, with asparagus, crab meat, bearnaise sauce, and yukon mashed potatoes. My uncle and cousin both ordered the fish and chips.
The atmosphere was perfect, too. Our waitress was very nice, and very helpful. The decor was amazing. We ended up in a window seat with a view of Argyle Street, which was also perfect.
I would definitely go back to The Five Fishermen.
I had an excellent day downtown with my best friend Liz, and we stopped into the Nova Scotia Visitor’s Centre — hello planning summer events!
Today I walked up to the Hydrostone in North end Halifax before walking back to my apartment via Agricola Street. I stopped into one of my favourite antique stores before continuing on for maybe a millisecond more when I spotted a giant Eiffel Tower in a shop window.
I knew I had to go into Bellisimo. If I won the lottery and were decorating my apartment, I know I’d buy exclusively at Bellisimo. So European, so Parisian, so awesome! Everything is so gorgeous and so up my alley.
I indulged myself with three vintage Paris magnets, but I know I’ll be back for more — especially an Eiffel Tower tealight holder, and the Laduree recipe books.
Check out their website here.
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aly-jj asked: Hey there! A while back you posted about the book Paris My Sweet. I had a feeling that I would like it. I've been reading it this week, and wow, I LOVE it! It's so good! I've always had a fondness for Paris, but unfortunately I've never been. The book made me even more certain that I have to visit, and eat all the amazing food! I'm so glad to have found the book through you :)
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At Taz Records, Market Street, Halifax
Lemon, raspberry, and mint macarons from Gourmandises Avenue in the Halifax Seaport Market.
It’s amazing what a walk downtown can do for you — especially after you’ve a bad start to the morning, and all you want to do is go home, put on FRIENDS, and forget everything exists.
This time I decided to walk around places I hadn’t explored before, hence the trip to the Seaport Farmer’s Market. I’ve known for a while that there’s a French chocolate and pastry shop there, and after this morning I decided to treat myself to some macarons at Gourmandises Avenue. Then I walked along Hollis Street, and up a different route back to Spring Garden Road.
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Dear Halifax, I love you.
I’m truly a lucky girl. Not only do I live in such a beautiful (homey, historical, cultural, ocean-side) city, but I’ve experienced some truly amazing things in the six years I’ve been here.
In some ways when I moved here, I was like Mary Anne straight off the farm. I’d never lived in a big city; never spent more than three days in a big city. To say it was a culture shock is an understatement.
There are some of the cool things I’ve done in Halifax:
Saw Sir Paul McCartney play on the Halifax Common — July 11, 2009
Saw Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on June 28, 2010 at the Garrison Grounds on Citadel Hill, in the middle of a pouring rain/thunderstorm.
Turned 19 on November 21, 2006, and celebrated with a tequila shot.
Went to the Fairview Cemetery, where Titanic victims are buried — plus one accidentally famous crewman named J. Dawson.
Held the Olympic torch at a rally in the Grand Parade, where Sidney Crosby (hometown hockey hero-cum-Pittsburgh Penguins captain) participated in the relay, on November 18, 2009.
Climbed to the top of Citadel Hill, with my brother, in the middle of a Snow-pocalypse on February 2, 2011.
Participated in a few dance shows at my university — this is the beginning of a stomp dance in a show called ‘Clockwork.’
Gone to the Holiday Parade of Lights nearly every Christmas. It’s the major Christmas parade in downtown Halifax, and it almost always falls on my birthday.
Living in a major Titanic city, this year Halifax celebrated the centennial of the Titanic’s sinking. Some of the events were awesome (a Titanic film festival that played a lot of Titanic films, minus ubiquitous Titanic); some were not (a music festival?).
Graduated from the University of King’s College with a Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) degree on May 20, 2010. Note: it was raining. I don’t try to look frumpy during major life events, it just happens.
The Dixie Lee is a fast food restaurant so legendary among Cape Islanders (and Barringtoners, and Cockawitters – people from the surrounding communities) that mentioning its name causes immediate hunger, longing, and nostalgia. For whatever reason the Dixie Lee closed in Barrington in the ‘80s, but its memory lives on today.
Now it exists mostly in Ontario, and New Brunswick, and maybe a few other provinces, but whenever we go to New Brunswick we scout it out. We may or may not have made two trips per day during a baseball tournament when I was in high school.
Mom is one of those Dixie Lee devotees – mouth-watering, hunger-panged – who dreams of their food. This trip she ordered the seafood platter: fish, scallops, and fries; and I ordered the clam snack: clams and fries, and chicken fries. Every bite was delicious. In fact, we didn’t even wait until we got home to start eating.
There’s something magical about Dixie Lee – something in the food that you can’t find at any other fast food joint. If you’re ever in New Brunswick (or Ontario, or even Dubai – I just checked their Wikipedia page), do yourself a favour and try some Dixie Lee.
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