REALLY literal - vancouver fashion & travel blog by Christina Chan: march forward.

Sunday 6 April 2014

march forward.

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Birthday brunch at Secret Location.
l-r: lobster hash w/ brussel sprout leaves, poached eggs, and hollandaise; apple french toast; kronuts & croissants

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Calming views at Second Beach, Vancouver

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Recent things

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Drinks at The Diamond

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The Reformation's 'Lola' dress

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Birthday cake from Ganache Patisserie: Matcha Exotique. 
Details include green tea mousse, mango/passionfruit gelée, lychee, and black sesame biscuit joconde

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Blown away

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Capote quote, The Diamond

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Chomp's signature sliders w/ mini white bean burgers, spinach, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, avocado, served on sweet potato buns

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Spencer's cute Kenzo tee

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Bittersweet and delicious raspberry mochas from Turks' Coffee on Commercial Drive

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Secret Location mornings

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Thankful I wasn't wearing lipgloss

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Textured bathroom walls and ornate mirrors, The Diamond

Photos by me

3rd instalment of the mini monthly photo diary series. Lots of beach heavy photos because Vancouver is finally starting to feel like spring as well as sprinkles of birthday fanciness due to having a late February birth canal extraction date. Highlights of March include finally visiting The Diamond for their famous in-house cocktails, trying to add caffeine into my drink rotation at Turks, eating at local haunts aka Chomp, discovering a new place to moon over and buy cakes from at Ganache Yaletown, and finally joining The Reformation thanks to my sister. 
xxx

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21 comments:

  1. lovin the outfits and also the pictures!!

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  2. Great pictures - love that striped dress!

    xx Nicole
    http://npk-blog.blogspot.com

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  3. Perfect place to be there dear ! Great photos too

    xx

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  4. Im sitting here drooling over your B-day cake! how yummy is that?! I love your pictures, all very candid and beautiful.

    xo,
    Amy
    STYLEchocolatechip.com

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  5. What a gorgeous pictures you have, love that 'blown away' one especially! Vancouver looks beautiful :)

    X STYLONYM http://www.stylonym.blogspot.com

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  6. Nice pics!

    The Cutielicious
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    Federica

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  7. Lovely pictures! x Sandra

    www.morestylethanfashion.com

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  8. I like the idea of a photo journal and the pictures of food are just awesome

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  9. The food looks extremely yummmm! ;)

    xo Jenny
    www.Tsangtastic.com

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  10. Ahh, I haven't been to the most of the restaurants you mentioned in the post. Their food looks really good! Yes, the weather is getting a little bit better recently :)))

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    xoxo, Claire from Vancouver, Canada

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  11. Wooooow, your pics make me want to go to the beach and even better: To Vancouver. Definitely on my bucketlist!

    Love,

    Rowan


    Personal Style Blog WWW.REDREIDINGHOOD.COM

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  12. Beautiful pictures! I love the floral bag and all the food looks delicious!

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  13. Very beautiful pictures! I love Vancouver!

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  14. Happy Birthday. Your pictures look so beautiful! :) Thanks for stopping by my blog.

    xo
    Maggie A
    LOVEMAVIN/YOUTUBE || LOVEMAVIN/BLOG

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  15. Très jolie! :)

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  16. Loving these images; it's always so interesting to see how others spend their days and wear their clothes. The reformation dress is gorgeous.

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  17. Love the diamond! My boyfriend is actually opening a restaurant with one of the bartenders that works there! Never been to Secret Location though, it looks a bit uppity for my style! Love the furry coat.

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