My anniversary gift from Yashy this year involved an evening away from the kids to attend ShakesBeer at Wychwood Barns in Toronto. Given the fitting title of the show, I hardly need to provide too many details on the overall theme of the production, and so let me guide you through our night at this […]
When your grandmother is visiting you from Sri Lanka, there’s only one way to really entertain her – taking her to an elegant English Afternoon Tea! That was my thinking when I invited my grandmother and my parents to join Little Monkey, Baby Boy and I for Afternoon Tea at the Omni King Edward Hotel in downtown […]
Can you believe it? Baby & Life celebrates FOUR years!! I had no idea what I was doing when I hit publish on my very first blog post 4 years ago today… but here we are! This blog was born one afternoon when my brother and I were goofing around with what I was going to […]
This weekend we checked out the Toronto Oktoberfest for the very first time and are happy to report that the event delivered what they promised! A taste of Germany in downtown Toronto was enjoyed by many families this past Saturday afternoon and the torrential downpour did not dampen our spirits! Celebrating Oktoberfest in September might […]
Toronto is a buzz with all the TIFF activities and while we used to be heavily involved in the frenzy of it all, we now rarely attend any of the screenings or the parties. Last year we surprisingly got to none! We’re hoping to right that wrong this year and grab some last minute tickets […]
This cozy little spot is becoming a fast favourite of mine and I must admit that it has taken me a while to warm up to this Thai joint. My brother and a couple good friends have always loved this Thai resto but I wasn’t sold until my third visit shortly after I met Chef […]
Since having kids a visit to Centreville and the Toronto Islands marks the start of summer for us. I usually try to make our visit happen in May but with this year’s crazy weather and busy travel schedule we only managed to make it happen this past weekend. We’ve been visiting the Centreville Amusement Park […]
When folks find out that we live in the heart of Toronto with young kids one question we often get is… “where do they play?” Sure we live in a concrete world here and we may not have a backyard with green green grass but we do have a rooftop during the summers which […]
Guys there’s a Sushi Festival happening in Toronto VERY SOON (okay… a little over a month away!! I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am for this. We ALL love sushi in this family and I was SHOCKED to learn that there’s been an annual Toronto Sushi Festival happening in this fair […]
Ever since I came to Toronto (nearly 10 years ago!!) I’ve heard of the big Monster Jam event and I’ve seen friends and colleagues get super pumped about attending the event. Honestly I never had the desire to watch big trucks rally against each other but when I showed the hubs and Little Monkey an […]
