Nathaniel Christopher

Have you ever had licorice ice cream? It’s my favourite flavour but it’s so darn hard to find so I was absolutely thrilled to learn that my neighbourhood ice cream place, Gleburn Soda Fountain and Confectionary, had just added Licorice Marble ice cream to their menu. I’ve gone there twice this week for a scoop… [...]

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The other day I discovered the limited edition birthday cake flavour Oreo cookies at Safeway. I like Oreos and absolutely love the taste of birthday cake so this was a must-have treat for Nathaniel. When I saw they were on sale for only $2.99 I had to pinch myself and ask if it wasn’t, in [...]

I would like to with everyone, and their cats, a happy St. Patrick’s Day. But unlike many people I’m not going to overstate my connection to the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. My family left Belfast decades before I was born and I only knew one relative, my great-grandmother, who actually grew up in [...]

I love apple pie and ice cream but sometimes I can’t be bothered to make the pie or buy it from the grocery store.  That’s why I’m grateful for the McDonald’s near my house where I can buy two apple pies for about $1.39. Some people will eat the pies as-is but not me. I [...]

This afternoon Housemate decided to buy some puffed wheat. “It’s cheap and I like it,” he said. “Also, it costs less than Sugar Crisp.” I used to eat this crap as a kid and I really didn’t like it. I still don’t. It tastes like Styrofoam and despair.

Call me old fashioned, but when I buy ice cream I like to be sure it’s actually ice cream and not that vile concoction “frozen dessert” that many companies like to pass off as ice cream. It can be hard to find real ice cream. Companies like Nestle and Bryers tend to emphasize words like [...]

My sleep schedule has been quite wonky this weekend. It’s gotten to the point I’ve completely lost track of what time or even day it is. As it happens, today was Thanksgiving but I had totally forgotten – usually Housemate reminds me of things like this but he’s on the Island celebrating the holiday with [...]

In honour of Dolly Iris I thought it’d be fun to make a personal finance post. I drink a lot of pop. I love Coke, but can tolerate Pepsi or R.C. Cola. But no name colas and non-cola pops, however, are nasty wastes of sugar that I won’t touch. Housemate, however, wouldn’t kick a can [...]

I think it was Oprah who once said to never go grocery shopping when you’re hungry. But what happens if you wake up and there’s nothing you want to eat? A few days ago I went to Safeway on an empty stomach. I had just woken up and was absolutely famished. There was nothing I [...]