V is for… Vancouver

These I took in the summer walking across the Cambie Street bridge:

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U is for… Unity

This summer my parents celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary. I got them a gift from my sister and I to celebrate the occasion. It was accompanied by a nice bottle of champagne as well.

The ingraving has my parents’ names on both champagne flutes, and their wedding date: July 3rd, 1983 – 2008 on one, then “25 Years Together” on the other.

T is for… Tea (of course!)

Here is my “tea for one” teapot.

I also have a number of lovely mugs (since I’m much more of a mug-girl) however, they are all safely packed away in boxes because there is no room in the kitchen cupboards for my stuff. Also (don’t tell my dad) but he doesn’t have the best track record with delicate items. The teapot above, he actually smashed it shortly after I brought it home from England from my favourite tea shoppe, Whittard of Chelsea. He bought me a new one online, because it was an accident, and it cost him $25 for the teapot and another $25 in shipping! So now I have two cups and two saucers, and one tea pot. It’s actually a perfect Tea for Two set now!

As for tea I like to drink, I’m mostly an orange pekoe kinda girl… my staple is Tetley. Although when I branch out (read: have time to brew loose tea), I tend to go with black-blends. One of my favourites is the Secret Garden Secret from a lovely little tea house in Kerrisdale (an area in Vancouver). They describe this tea as: “One of our bestsellers! Vanilla and a secret sweet ingredient. Fruity.” I absolutely love it! Nice and creamy too. I like fruity black teas, but I’m not a fan of Earl Grey’s. Don’t know, too wood-smoky for me I think.

S is for… Scrapbooking

I love scrapbooking! So far I have four scrapbooks (excuse the skewed angles of the photos, I was trying to avoid glare on the plastic coverings):

TICKETS

JAPAN EXCHANGE TRIP

MONTREAL EXCHANGE

GRADUATION

My fifth scrapbook is planned to document the Publishing Program and my friends from it.

R is for… Rachel