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Japan Planning Tips – All the best tricks!

Both Howie and I have been to Japan multiple times. I’ve been 3 times and Howie has been about 7 times since he likes to stop over on the way to Taiwan. You know from our previous posts that we learned a lot from our trips and love to share our Japan planning tips with […]

Restaurant Review

Phnom Penh

It was one of those rare nights where we both finished work early and found ourselves in downtown Vancouver. The question we asked was where we should go for dinner. The two options: happy hour or Phnom Penh. We chose Phnom Penh because we don’t ever get to stop by at non-peak lunch or dinner […]

Restaurant Review

Richmond Night Market 2019

It’s a Vancouver rule: you have to visit the Richmond night market at least one time every summer. There’s something about eating food off skewers, looking through vendor stalls (always haggle!) and playing carnival games that makes the night market so fun. We were lucky to be invited by a few food stalls at the […]

Restaurant Review

Riz Sushi

We don’t know a lot of the restaurants in East Vancouver so we were excited to try Riz Sushi! Upon entering the store, you place your order at the counter and they will bring you your food. Note that you can dine-in or take-out at Riz. They also have an extensive catering menu that’s available […]

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Lessons from our Disneyland Trip

It’s been some time since our last vacation! We decided to take an impromptu trip to Los Angeles since all our stars aligned. We wanted to spend a day at Disneyland because neither of us had been in years. I wanted to do as much as possible in our one day there but we were […]

Restaurant Review

Marcello Pizzeria & Ristorante

I have a friend who is notoriously picky about her Italian food. She’s Italian and has very specific requirements for what qualifies as authentic and delicious Italian food. The one restaurant she always raves about is Marcello’s on Commercial Drive. So when Marcello’s invited us for a tasting, we were very excited as we’ve heard […]