Local Loves Nanaimo

Food | Part & Parcel

Moroccan Spiced Fries. Morrocan. Spiced. Fries. YES! Among other delicious, inconspicuous foods these are the holy grail of what Part & Parcel has to offer. According to my Mum and I that is. Part & Parcel in Victoria offers handcrafted cooking, with new dishes being offered daily, local ingredients and counter service it has quickly become one of my favourite places to eat in the city. located…

A Local Loves Victoria | Sarah Moved!

Hello Friends, I just wanted to pop in and tell everyone that I moved down to Victoria, B.C. at the beginning of this month! I have always loved this city and finally decided it was time to make a leap to the big(ger) city. So far I have been settling in quite well exploring coffee shops, parks and harbour walks which I will be sharing here in the future. I have also been coming home to Nanaimo…

It’s Sarah here today! My sister got a new position in whitehorse and transferred offices. She asked if I wanted to help her move there and I said YES right away and set out planning our road trip. We left on a wednesday evening taking the 5:20 ferry, stopped in whistler for a dinner of Tacos with my sisters best friend and then up to Cache Creek to spend the night. The second day took us all the way to Dawson Creek. The third to Liard Hot Springs on the Alaska Highway (AMAZING!) and the fourth day all the way to whitehorse. It was a long haul but I honestly had the best time ever with my sister. That’s the thing about road trips you really need the right partner and she was the best.

Once leaving Fort Nelson behind things started to get really wild on the third day. We ended up seeing bears, moose, long horned sheep and bison along the road on our travels. We saw a moose and a little baby moose struggling to learn how to use it’s legs. SERIOUSLY cute!  I now feel truly Canadian after seeing my first moose!

Our third night on the road found us staying near Liard Hot Spring. Let me just tell you, dang BC you have got it going on. These hot springs were amazing and beautiful and almost mystical. The water was over 100 degrees and seemingly in the middle of nowhere. Researchers have found that the water is rainwater that is collected and then flows down into the earth for about 3 kilometers, gets to a temperature of 120 and then flows back up to resurface in Liard River Hot Springs. There was a beautiful wooden walkway to the springs with steps into the water and a damn that lets the water slow down and flow further into another pool. We had a lovely evening floating around and crashed hard for a wonderful sleep that night.

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A little video log of our days and decent into madness! Just kidding, but really I guess you have to watch now just to make sure!

LLYukon

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I flew home and it only took four hours to get from Whitehorse to Nanaimo (are you reading this meg?!) with two flights. That means I can visit anytime! I have fallen hard for Northern BC and would love to explore the outer coast more! Have you been anywhere extra special in Northern BC? Or to Whitehorse? I would love to know. Let me know in the comments below!

~ Sarah

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Hello everyone! I took a bit of a break from the blog because I was travelling and didn’t know how to tell you I *cough* wasn’t in Nanaimo *cough* silly right!? Well I’ve been in Germany, Austria, Switzerland (jumped between the German, Swiss border in a town called Konstance), England, The Isle of Man, Scotland and The U.S.A. in Hawaii!

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Hi Everyone, it’s Sarah! Guess what? My mom, Cheryl, is guest posting today! Since I’m studying in Freiburg at the moment, I thought it would be nice to have my mom guest post for me. My mom is wonderful, I think you’ll really like her. Without further ado here is her post about a lovely day she had exploring Hemer Park in Cedar and going to the COCO cafe…

When I’m in need, she’s a friend…

A few weeks ago, friends and family came to visit my parents at their new(ish!) beachside home. So what better way than to celebrate with afternoon tea?

We made a lot of items from our menu from scratch but also sourced some treats from local bakeries!

(Clockwise from Top) Raspberry Meringue (Coombs), Linzer Torte, Amarettini, Biscotti, Coconut Square (all Oh Happy Cake)

Homemade treats like…