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It is getting hard to pick restaurants every month, and it isn't because there is a lack of places to go, the problem is there are so many great places popping up around the city and it is getting hard to decide which place to try next. Last weeks dinner club took us to the MARC restaurant, this was my second visit to the downtown establishment and for a second time I left feeling fully satisfied with the evening.

The MARC restaurant is located right in the heart of Edmonton's downtown, the restaurant itself has a semi-modern feel with clean lines, and crisp whites accented with darker booths and chairs. We started the meal off with a shared appetizer, the frites with truffle aioli, nothing special here, just your basic fries with aioli dip, but it satisfied our hunger until dinner was served. For dinner I took my servers recommendation and went with the scallops instead of the featured Arctic Char.... the scallops were served with a pea puree and steal-cut oats, which made for an interesting yet delicious combination that I would never think to put together on my own!

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It usually goes without saying dessert never gets away from us ladies, and this evening was nothing different; needless to say we had a hard time deciding.... so went with all 4 featured desserts!! The Beignet dessert was the one I was looking forward to the most, 7 deep fried nuggets of pastry, sprinkled with white sugar and paired with both a caramel sauce and creme glaze..... ugh.... my mouth is watering thinking about it.... it was sooo good! The chocolate option was also really good, a rich chocolate cake with salted caramel and pecan filling.... these two desserts were definitely the favourites of the four, and not to say the creme brulee and lemon tart were bad, just nothing special in comparison to the others!

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Us girls chatted late into the evening, and were a little surprised when we looked around and noticed mostly everyone else had cleared out! That is usually the way things go at dinner club..... I always look forward to our next visit!

...xo...CS

Daily: Sweet Sundays...

...have I ever mentioned how much I love Sundays?!? Sundays are the sweetest....

...xo...CS

Happy Friday...

This week has been productive, not that I have had a lot to accomplish, but I have been busy and I don't mind being a little extra busy every once in a while! Jet was sick last night, poor little guy had his first dose of the flu :( not fun..... but I think he is feeling better today, and he is sleeping like a newborn (or at least like how he did when he was a newborn and that was a lot!) so I don't mind at all!

This week was all about getting back into routines, I am starting to set my alarm a little earlier in the morning so I can get up before Jet, and becoming more scheduled with my workouts; with it only being a little over a month until I am back to work life the days of sitting on the couch and eating bon bons all day are over....(if you didn't catch the sarcasm in that last statement, it was meant to be a joke! HA), showering, brushing my teeth and putting on professional clothing before 8AM will be part of the morning routine.... and that rarely happens around here now adays, (I mean showering and brushing my teeth are daily occurrences, but definitely not before 8AM!! LOL... my mom friends will understand what I mean here!).

Here are a couple snaps from this week... before the flu hit....

This weekend Ryan and I are going to try and get out for a date night sans babe, it has been a while, so that should be nice! I think the weather is going to be nice too, maybe we will get outside for a little while... that would also be nice!

What are your plans this weekend?

...xo...CS

Inspired by: Spring and things...

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 Oh Spring, when will you rear your head and get rid of this ugly old snow?!?

 I am trying to surround myself with anything and everything bright and fun, and I was inspired by some of the items above. Can you believe tomorrow is April 1st?!?!

Don't April Showers bring May Flowers?!?! Here is to wishful thinking!

Wishing you a great start to your week!

...xo...CS

Happy (Flashback) Friday....

 
I was organizing my photos from Hawaii for an upcoming post and couldn't get enough of this little man!! I decided todays Happy Friday would be devoted to a flashback of my happy little nephew Dierks in Hawaii! Him and Jet are going to be trouble in a few years... but for now they are just the sweetest little men; Dierks little laugh is infectious, and his eyes are so full of expression...

  Don't you just want to squeeze him?!?!

 I just love him so much!!

This weekend we will be visiting family in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, both Jet and Dierks are tagging along, it should be a fun trip!!

What are you doing this weekend? Enjoy yourself!!

...xo...CS