The BestOf Both
North Van With Simcoe
Romel, Simcoe, and I ventured off to North Vancouver on Memorial Day morning! Our original mission was to head over to Deep Cove because Romel wanted to try Honey Doughnuts and Goodies as he has been on the hunt for the perfect fluffy doughnut. However, Romel took a different route from our home and so we also …
Simcoe Turns One
Last weekend, this not-so-little pup turned one! We threw him a last-minute lunch with our family, which included some sushi take-out and of course, a dog-friendly peanut butter birthday cake from Three Dogs Bakery. Our go-to sushi take-out is Sushi California on Broadway. We’ve eaten here multiple times and keep finding our way back. Some …
Quarry Rock Hike
Romel and I ventured off to North Vancouver with Simcoe for his first hike ever at Quarry Rock earlier this month. Before coming to Simcoe’s first hike, we’ve had a few reservations about taking this pup on a hike… If you have yet to meet Simcoe, you should know that: (1) he eats anything + …
The Best of Both started in 2012 as a blog of a boy and a girl with a wide variety of interests, from fashion and video games to biochemistry and computer science. The blog was a medium to challenge each other to be creative, share their ideas + perspectives, and capture their adventures.
A couple of years later, life happened – they got engaged, he moved to San Francisco, she moved to Toronto, and they got married in Vancouver somewhere in between. After months of traveling back + forth, he moved to Toronto, where she stayed up late listening to Counterstrike strats and he unwillingly participated in Saturday morning cleaning. Fast forward, they had many more adventures, got a puppy named Simcoe (the name of the street of their Toronto home), and shipped all of their things across the country (i.e. his board games + collectibles, her textbooks + shoes).