Cava Wines

Newest and Greatest Discovery of our Saskatoon Adventures! Cava Wines, downtown Saskatoon is our newest home!

Reading about this place online sort of kept us from even entering the building.. conveniently located across from Farmer's Market! We were under the impression that you needed a membership to go here.. Boy were we pleasantly wrong!!

Cava Wines has amazing selection of wines for purchase, and best of all, there is a 12 wine tasting machine! You purchase a wine card and put some $$ on it for sampling! SOOOO wonderful!

Sarah and I just stood there and sampled wine while the British man kept walking by and giving us his two sense! So great! This place brings a huge smile to any wine lovers face! Great service & great wines ("that aren't sold in regular liquor stores"-British man employee)

Cava Wines - Check them out!

Such a Lovely Discovery! Amazing!

NEW Wine was a NO GO!

 

This wine was given to me as a, "thanks for letting me borrow your notes from the whole year gift." So I told the guy to surprise me.. and BOY WERE WE surprised. Ended up taking a sip and dumping the rest down the drain it was so AWWWEful. Not the best (0.001/10), but its good to try new things! Live and Learn! 

xox Sarah & Aimee

Flower Power!

Who ever said you had to wait for someone to buy you flowers!



New Years/Spring Resolution:

•  Buy YOURSELF flowers! Trust me... They Brighten Your DAY! 

... especially after its been plus 19 Degrees for a week in April, and this Easter weekend calls for 40 cm of SNOW! Goodness GRIEFS!

Happy Saskatchewan Spring to You all! AMAZING!!

The Noodle King and Ice Cream Queen

Sushi Adventure to the Noodle King, which happens to contain the Ice Cream Queen, neat-o!

It was a lovely Thursday afternoon when Aimee picked me up from school; its the best when I don't have to take the bus. We went out for sushi, because I was having one of my cravings. We were the only ones in the restaurant who had a friend; every other person was sitting by themselves all facing the same direction it was quite odd really. The sushi was good, except for there was a mystery substance, you can see it in the picture on the far right. Its an orange colour and sooo weird tasting so we avoided it. Also, we got old fashioned cokes, in the glass bottle, fun times!

Side note: When you ask for an extra plate, as you do when you are sharing a meal, the man will bring you an extra soya sauce dish. If you are not expecting this dish to arrive its quite hilarious, and you may even spill your beverage! Woops!

I'm a fan of the rice paper spring rolls, i'm thinking of making them at home for lunches. YUMM!

Amazing!

Owl Olive Oil Jar

Inspired by a visit to the Calgary's Farmers Market, the Do It Yourselfer of Painting Oil Jars was born!!

Supplies:

• Recycled Oil Jar ( "my dad dug one out of our trash can.." - Sarah) - Priceless $$
• Glass Paints - Michael's - $12.oo
• Spout - $6.oo from Home Outfitters ... Not sold seperately might I add...
• Paint Brushes - $1-6.oo anywhere!
• Googled Images of Tree's and Owls.. Also Priceless!

 Our first mistake was to start painting before we knew exactly what our final images were supposed to be... Nevertheless, FOLLOW the instructions on the Glass Paint KIT!!!! Very Key to your survival in this Do It Yourselfer! haha.. oh boy... Enough said.

Time Estimate = FOUR HOURS! (if you do it wrong...) But it turned out So Right!

Vin et le chocolat

Some of our favorite red wines at a great price point, include Ghost Pine Merlot (US) , Bolla Valpolicella (Italy) and our new favorite...

We were at the liquor store and decided to spice things up when this bottle caught my eye. I picked it up and was intrigued by the lable on the back. As I am reading the label outloud to Aimee, naturally, this friendly old man comes up and grabs a bottle and starts loading it into his eco-friendly bag... then two... then three.. then four.. Curiously, Aimee asks the man, is this good wine?! He says "this is the best wine in the store, you can't go wrong," and slinks off. So of course we have to try it.

The wine is called Apothic Red its a masterfull blend of wines including Zinfandel, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Apperently among the midst of this there is a hint of mocha and vanilla. AHHH so many flavors!!

Check out this wine here: Apothic Red Wine

Naturally, wine goes well with extremely chocolately desserts. So I introduced Aimee to Michael Smiths Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes. SOOOOO GOOOD! And you can make them in under ten minutes, for your extreme cravings. I know from experience.

Check out the recipe here: Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes

The combo of the two is Amazing!