My favorite part:
“People love successful people. Everybody wants to be successful. And anybody who says they don’t is just lying to you.”
The way Mr. Fertitta sees it, giving Italians a glimpse of how the 0.1 percent live helps to make the kind of people-to-people connections that ambassadors are supposed to foster
How do I get paid to go on vacation?
Forgive the terrible photo, but wanted to share this Canadian company that sells bed linens (manufactured in Portugal). We got the flax linen sheets and muslin coverlet, as we wanted natural fibres to avoid getting too hot on these summer nights. It is the first time my husband has not woken up too hot in….ever? They are an investment, but they feel delightful and are really well made!
iNaturalist calls it Therium circumflexum, but I have never seen such a cool critter before. Looks like a wasp and a dragonfly got married
My sage has never flowered before, so this was a pleasant surprise! I’m surprised it’s not commonly grown as a decorative plant now that it’s put up these very pretty purple spikes of blooms!
Maximum surface area planted on the front porch for increased friction. I guess we’ll just munch on cheese bones on the front porch then…
Wanted to share how happy my pup was with the treats and food toppers from Shades of Gray.
She is a picky eater and tends to avoid eating her breakfast. Using the topper, she has been gobbling down her food! The treat sticks have also helped her cope with the indignities of bath time.
Highly recommend for dog owners out there. Looks like they have cat treats too!
After a winter of jealously reading your posts, I can finally join the gardening party! These pasque flowers are among the few things that escape the rabbit population around here!
This one is Pulsatilla patens - native to the northwestern and midwestern parts of North America. It seems to really attract the miner bees that are waking up at this time of year!
Kind of begs the question of what the point of the blockade has been all along?
Sharing the boutique link to Oral Science, a Quebec-based company selling a number of dental brands.
I’ve noticed drug stores sell very few options for dental products - generally 50 redundant variations of the same 3 toothpastes. I’m a dental professional and recommend many of these products in my practice - I he company now has a boutique open to the public to make these items easier to access!
One Canadian option is Cari0 toothpaste, which was developed by a Montreal dental researcher - this one is fluoride free.
They also sell Curaprox toothpaste (a Swiss company) which does contain fluoride and is minimally abrasive.
Other star products are the Curaprox interdental brushes (lots of sizes for any size of space between your teeth that traps food) and Xylimelts (a saliva-stimulating lozenge for those with dry mouth)
https://en.boutique.oralscience.com/Open linkView original on lemmy.caSharing these yummy Made With Local bars.
I’m not often a fan of protein bars and snack bars, because they frequently have weird aftertastes and textures. These taste exactly like the real food ingredients they are made with. You get the texture of oats and coconut, fragrance from cinnamon, real dried blueberries.
The grocery near me very strangely sells individual bars more cheaply ($3.29) than the per unit cost on their 12 pack ($44.99). However, their website has bulk deals that look to be worthwhile if you enjoy their products, plus a taster pack to sample things you may not be finding in stores
Highly recommend!
If I compare trying to buy as much Canadian product as possible, it was far easier today than a month ago. La Cocina tortillas sit on the top shelf of the tortilla area, Covered Bridge and Hawkins rest in the high traffic chip aisle among the big companies. This store now carries 6 flavours of Sprague soup instead of one.
Some products were always there, but it was a lot less digging today!
Our family recently switched our soda addiction to Cove Soda. They are delicious - I enjoyed the cola/root beer/cream soda pack, but this red fruits pack really takes the cake. I don’t know where raspberry soda has been all my life. They are all zero sugar, which is nice to reduce risk of dental decay too.
My kids and I prefer them to the US brands we had been drinking previously!
Sharing this delicious jam from family-run Moss Berry Farm in Stratford, Ontario.
Fruit is grown by their farm and other nearby farms, and all products are made in Canada. Picked up these two excellent jams today, but the chutneys (mango, apple tamarind) are also worth your time!
