weekend pics

it was a food feast this weekend!

stefan and i went to an edible bc  market dinner on granville island (they do lots of other foodie events too). we devoured a 5 course seasonally inspired meal made for us by chef jeff van geest. we are groupies of this chef! we ate at his vancouver restaurant, aurora bistro, and when it closed down we followed him over to diva at the met; eating there more frequently than we would otherwise have. he is now based in the okanagan working at miradoro - can you guess what we are doing this summer? 

back to the food, it was very mediterranean. my favourites were the beet salad (ricotta, hazelnut, and balsamic vinegar) and the pasta dish was simply and beautifully done with garlic, rapini, chilies, and sausage. each course was delivered with a glass of wine (or two if you desired). we aren't the only groupies, in this weeks weekender andrew morrison, a local food writer, writes "...do your part for vancouver and plead with him to come home." 

rhubarb and panna cotta dessert

we went to the winter market at nat bailey stadium and stocked up on baked goods (most eaten before we got home) and happy healthy animals. i love this market, such a great place to stroll, taste, and chat with farmers/artisans. we went today because pure bread bakery was going to be there. they make the best rosemary and sea salt chocolate cookie! located in whistler, i appreciate that they share their baking delights with us vancouverites. well worth the line-up!!!

with our bounty, stefan roasted the chicken, mashed up some potatoes (mine and kai's favourite), and grilled asparagus! delicious.

 

 

we finally attended family fuse at the art gallery of vancouver (i have been wanting to go to one of these for awhile).  the gallery becomes very child-friendly with workshops and musicians. we listened to and partook in creating some hip hop music, we sketched, and we dabbled in abstract art!  the focus was on the gallery's aboriginal art exhibition.  one of our favourite exhibits was from brian jungen; he recreates traditional indian ceremonial masks using nike air jordon shoes - it was actually quite mesmerizing. 

"in the park when it's sunny

the cat and dog saw a bunny

they sat around listening to rock music

the dogs on guitar playing the acoustic"

our abstract art piece

a graffiti board where kids were encouraged to 'tag' their name

a sample of brain jungen's work turning expensive runners into art!

scenes around the house:

watching harry potter

taking a snooze with kai and stefan - i guess harry potter didn't keep his attention!

 

kai has been a writing machine lately, even inventing his own alphabet

photographing flowers is one of my all-time favourite things to do!