The Lean Green Bean

June Foodie Penpal

June Foodie Penpal

Welcome to the last day of June! Has it been a good month?

For me I can only say yes. Mostly because Bartek has come to stay with me now until school ends! I’m so happy

Another thing that made June fantastic is that I received a great foodie penpal package!

This month I [...]

May Foodie Penpals

may foodie penpal

Hi Everyone! Sorry that I’ve been AWOL again… school is wayyyy more work than I could’ve ever imagined! I’ve never been so busy in my entire life! But I’m learning lots so that I can be a great librarian one day

Meanwhile… I received a wonderful treat halfway through the month! It was my [...]

April Foodie Penpals Reveal!

foodie penpals April

It’s the last day of the month! You know what that means….

April Foodie Penpals Reveal!!

Interested in becoming a foodie penpal? Here’s the deets:

-On theĀ 5th of the month, you will receive your penpal pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your penpal and get their mailing address and any other [...]

In My Tea Cupboard…

tea stash march

So, remember when I said I wasn’t going to buy anymore tea because I need to clear out the stash I have now before I move in April?

Well… the other day I read this great review of a new tea that Meg (my tea sista) posted about a new David’s Tea, called Gold Rush [...]

Cream Cheese Pinwheels

Today, my friend (Renae) and I made plans to get together for tea. I love having tea for a number of reasons:

I get to use the beautiful china set my in-laws got for me B and I for our wedding. I get to use up some of the fancy tea I have, which is [...]

Christmas 2011 in Review

Whew! It’s hard to believe that Christmas is over! After so much anticipation, it quickly slips by in two days. But what an amazing two days <3 I was enjoying the festivities SO MUCH that I forgot to take pics… <whoops!>

It was so wonderful to see all my family, and I really felt so [...]

Matcha and Christmas Tea

Hey all! I’m writing this to you while my eyes are beginning to feel heavier and heavier. I haven’t been sleeping well lately and I am totally feeling the effects today! But I definitely wanted to share some of the new tea I’ve gotten in the past couple of weeks

You should know [...]

Tea, Tea, Tea! Part 2

Good Morning! I hope everyone had a wonderful sleep with wonderful dreams! I know I did This is part two of my Tea, Tea, Tea! post. You can catch part one here!

Recently, when I was in Banff, I paid a visit to the Banff Tea Co. This place is paradise for any tea drinker/lover. [...]

Tea, Tea, Tea! Part 1

This summer, I finally decided to try life without my morning coffee. This is somewhat untimely, considering I received 2 coffee machines for my wedding in February (but it’s ok because Bartek is still drinking coffee with his breakfast). I think this decision was a long time coming, but there were a few steps which [...]