Aiana Restaurant Collective is a new fine dining establishment in the heart of Ottawa. Located at the corner of O’Connor and Queen, on the ground floor of the Sun Life Financial Centre, father and son duo Devinder and Raghav Chaudhary had no doubt hoped their new upscale entrant to the capital dining scene would become…
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Fall Fashion: Booted
These balmy temperatures in November in Ottawa feel truly unprecedented and also like a small sliver of hope that maybe we have something to look forward to, in spite of the overwhelmingly bleak year it’s been. I, for one, have been making the most of the warmer weather by going sans jacket and rocking my…
Best 2020 Advent Calendars
This year, it’s more important than ever to support local businesses. I’ve done my best to incorporate local offerings into the 2020 round-up of best advent calendars. If you know of any Ottawa area businesses selling advent calendars – please let me know in the comments below or shoot me an email to yvonne@tasteandtipple.ca. Disclosure:…
Fall Fashion: Trench Time
Guys, I need to level with you. I have a lot of clothes. Like A LOT. But about 75% of them are workwear. I LOVE getting dressed for the office, there’s something about a tailored pant or fitted blazer that just gets me fired up and gets me into the boardroom boss mindset. Since the…
Fall Fashion: Sweater (Dress) Weather
FINALLY, layering season is in full effect. I live for a layered moment and am ecstatic to finally debut my first FALL FASHION lewk. All photos in this post were captured by my very talented friend John-Finnigan Lin. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you buy something through some of the links in this…
Masterplan: Fall Dinner Party
I put out a call on Instagram to ask the people what they wanted to see more of on the blog. Several folks weighed in requesting more dinner party ideas. Well, if you know me at all, you know I *LOVE* a good tablescape and curated dining experience. From the playlist to the menu to…
Ladylike Summer Style
I’m a Joan. The Mad Men character is definitely one of my style icons. I try not to fall hard for any trends, most of the time “what the kids are wearing” makes me feel old and stodgy, frankly, I just don’t get it. If someone could explain Billie Eilish to me, that would be…
Casual Summer Style
I’ve been wanting to introduce style content to the blog for some time now. All photos herein were captured by the talented Isabel Estabrook of Brook Media. We had initially planned for a shoot in mid-March, but as luck and COVID-19 would have it, it was a few months before we had the opportunity to…
Living Room Reveal
I finally got around to capturing the transformation of my living room and kitchen so I am here today delivering some fresh home decor content. As you can see, I’m not afraid of colour. When I came to look at the condo with my realtor, the space was crowded with oversized brown leather couches and…
Dining Room Reveal
As you may have guessed, I’m not doing much entertaining these days but I’m always looking for an opportunity to craft a beautiful tablescape. I ordered some new table linens and accessories before we were locked down and wanted to pull them all together in a curated dining design that would accentuate the colour palette…
