Nestled around the corner of Victoria Drive and Kingsway, The Tipper Restaurant is a casual eatery showcasing local art and music, and offering classic comfort food. We stumbled upon The Tipper on Google Maps when Dan wanted to dine out for breakfast and we didn’t want to go to our usual spot. There’s parking in front of the restaurant, but not in the back. If the front is busy (which can be throughout weekdays!), we parked on the residential street a block away. Upon entering the restaurant, we were instantly greeted and were surrounded by adorable artwork by children. Our server promptly gave us menus and, noticing Theo, asked if we wanted a high chair since we didn’t see any…

Summary In 1925, renowned British explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett and his two companions disappeared in the Amazon jungles in search of a hidden ancient civilization he dubbed Z. Since then, hundreds of explorers and rescuers also vanished in search of Fawcett and his team, and the Lost City of Z.  Journalist and author David Grann set out to solve the mystery of Fawcett’s disappearance and the Lost City of Z. What happened to Fawcett, and did the Lost City of Z truly exist? Thoughts I’ve come to love David Grann’s work over the last several months. I binged his entire collection of books he’s written this year. Grann’s talent for journalism translates well into the books he’s written. He has…

Let me tell you a little story about my eyebrows. Growing up, I never considered eyebrows a beauty feature on the face. I don’t think I even cared about eyebrows – to me, they were just there. In 5th grade, I loved Kelly Clarkson’s and Lindsay Lohan’s eyebrows. They were perfectly thin (but not too thin) and dark. I inherited my dad’s eyebrows – thick and bushy; by the time I was in 6th grade, it was clear that I had a slight unibrow (I remember in 3rd grade, an older girl said I had “one eyebrow” and I didn’t understand what she meant back then). In 5th grade, I over-plucked them. Picture short, thick and unshaped eyebrows. They didn’t…