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Vegan Food Tips and Tours

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One of my favourite things about travelling is having delicious food (and food-based memories). I often think about the fancy vegan food I had in New York, the street corn in Mexico City, the Italian food in Bangkok and Kerala (India), the Ethiopian food in Rome, and the (out of this world) coffee and chocolate in Guatemala.

Vegan Travel tips

Before I leave on a trip (road trip or otherwise), I do a bit of research on what vegan food options are available.

When it comes to eating out during my travels, I generally do a combination of these:

-seek out strictly vegan or vegetarian restaurants

-have grocery store lunches (hummus, pita bread, and a salad)

-get food from a vegan-friendly restaurant or café

Or, if I’m really hungry and pressed for time, I’ll get a sandwich from Subway or another sandwich shop.

I also buy dried snacks to take with me for my trip—granola bars, dried fruits, nuts, and chocolate bars. [Read more…]

Vancouver Staycation Guide

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Let’s face it – Vancouver is the best place to be during the summer months. A Vancouver staycation is a fun way to explore the city and surrounding areas while keeping the budget down.

Vancouver Staycation Guide


While I fully support wanting to escape the city to go to far-flung locals or simply wanting to get some of that vitamin D that we all want and need by going to sunny places like Mexico, I think staying in and near Vancouver during summer is a great idea.

You can fill your summer calendar with fun, cheap or free activities to do every day of the week, if you’d like – or you could be more intentional with your time by designing your summer.

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Budget Road-Trip Tips

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Ah, the open road! For me, it doesn’t feel like summer unless there’s at least one road-trip planned! There are so many reasons why you might want to plan a road-trip this summer: the freedom to explore and be spontaneous, the ability to venture near and far to places you may not be able to get to via other modes of transportation, and having the ability to keep within a budget. You CAN stick to your budget on a driving holiday! Here are a few road-trip tips to help you along.

Budget Road-Trip Tips
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What is Vancouver, Canada Best Known For?

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Or: Why you’re going to fall head over heels in love with Vancouver.

What is Vancouver, BC, Canada known for? Beautiful view of downtown Vancouver, mountains, and park.

My brother calls us “laid-back west-coasters.” Everyone tells it’s beautiful here, when I say I’m from Vancouver. I always see news articles and broadcasts about how expensive it is to live here. All these things are true about Vancouver.

“What is it again that you love so much about [Vancouver]?” and they answer, “We have everything. The mountains and the water.” This is their explanation, mountains and water.

Maria Semple – Where’d you go Bernadette (Vancouver substituted for Seattle)
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Britannia Mine Museum: Vancouver Excursion

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Sometimes, I really want to get out of the city, but still stay relatively close to home. The Britannia Mine Museum is beautifully situated on the Sea-to-Sky Highway just before Squamish. It’s about a 45 minute drive from Vancouver on a very pleasant stretch of road.

I’d driven past it many times before, not sure exactly what the giant structure jutting out from the side of the mountain was. Upon closer inspection, I realized that it was a a mine – no longer operational – turned in to a museum. Most people who drive the Sea-to-Sky Highway north from Vancouver are heading to Whistler.

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Vancouver Travel Must-Haves

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Like other cities and areas of the world, Vancouver has a distinct style, and there are certain essentials one needs in order to both fit in and make it through weather-wise. My friend’s girlfriend is moving to the city for the first time and in order for her to successfully make it through the rainy spring and the rest of the year, I put together this Vancouver travel must-have list. Whether you’re here to stay or you’re visiting, there are a few things that will help make your time here more enjoyable:

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A Fresh Start Is Like Jumping Out Of An Airplane

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If you’re beating yourself up for not keeping up with your new year’s goals, this may be music to your ears: you can have a fresh start anytime of the year! If you’ve made a promise to yourself that you’ll go for a run twice a week, but you haven’t yet—start on Sunday, or now. There are a few times a year when I give myself permission to really, thoroughly review my progress and majorly change things up. These times are: January, June (my birthday month), and September (back-to-school). Spring is also a great time of year to have a fresh start.

In many ways, this blog is like a fresh start. I’ve been blogging for over 6 years now (!!!) and over the years (of my life and in my blogging career) I’ve really been able to figure out what’s most important to me. Celebrate Life’s Adventures focuses on my most favourite topics ever. Okay, there’s no category for love—which is such an important topic to me—but there will be plenty of self-love in the Self-Care category, and mentions of my favourite people (the ones I love) throughout all my posts. If you’re interested in what I have to say about the topics I’ll be blogging about here, check out my ABOUT PAGE.

Starting on a new adventure can be both exciting and scary at the same time—like jumping out of an airplane. I should know, because I’ve done so before.

No one told me that the first time you skydive, you aren’t supposed to go solo. Apparently the norm is to skydive with an instructor and then go solo. I had no idea. Skydiving wasn’t something that had been on my ‘bucket list’ for a long time, or something that I’d been wanting to do for a while. The idea of going skydiving just came up with a few of my friends from work, and it seemed like it could be fun, so I agreed to go ahead with it. I was young (18) and hadn’t really had any adventures in my life. That adventure was the first of many, both small and large. Sometimes, I feel like I have a boring life—but it only takes a second to look back and think about all the adventurous things that I’ve done. Each time, because of risks involved, it is a little bit exciting and scary.A Fresh Start Is Like Jumping Out Of An Airplane-2

This fresh start is my newest arena

If you checked out my about page (above), you’d notice how excited I am about the new site and all the great content I can share with you! At the same time, I recognize that something new is always a risk.

“An arena is any place in our lives where we would like to try on a new way of being that’s a little bit bolder and a little bit more honest and a little bit more authentic.” – Brené Brown

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