A Day 10 Years In The Making. This Original #YYC-based @torontofc Supporter Is Ready To See The Reds

A day 10 years in the making. This original #YYC-based @torontofc supporter is ready to see the Reds finally win the #MLSCup. I've cried so many tears over the last decade, but have met so many folks whom now I call friends. Distance may separate us, but to use a Shakespearean analogy: tonight on what is our St. Crispin's Day, my spirit (no matter where my body shall rest) will be at BMO Field in #Toronto. When the supporters jump, my spirit jumps with them. When the supporters cheer, my spirit cheers with them. When the supporters celebrate, my spirit will celebrate with them. Bring it home, TFC. I believe. #TorontoTilIDie! #ComeOnYouReds! #TFCLive #MLS #MLSCupPlayoffs #torontofc #6ix #416 #403

Simplicity, take 2. Butter poached lobster. Basil, garlic, orange zest. #chefapprenticelife #ChefApprenticeAtHome #PlatingPractice #yycfood #yyc

Butter poached lobster tails, basil beurre monte. What a way to start a new year, eh? #ChefApprenticeAtHome #ChefApprenticeLife #yycfood #yyc #yyceats #happynewyear

#TBT to that time when I really took off on assignment while at #MRU Broadcasting School & for @sbnation's #WakingTheRed in LA-LA Land, and to perhaps one of @torontofc's finest moments until this year. The Southern California sun: Talkin' footy over chicken & waffles to @kaylaknapp_, @grnrngr80 & @josiebeckerfc before Kayla & Josie became super uber big name soccer writers. Hanging w/ @asifintoronto pitch side at (the then) Home Depot Centre before #TFC's eventual 4-3 aggregate triumph in the 2012 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. (Okay, or maybe Asif kinda ignored me, he was the pro and I was the overawed student journo.) Being in the press box in LA while Duncan, @armenjbx, Kristin, Dave and @grawsee were back at WTR Central in Toronto. And writing what was probably the most satisfying match report I had ever filed. And then returning home to Calgary to finish a TV news report for the match. But alas my journalism days are behind me now; my cooking days are ahead of me. Maybe someday I can combine the two again. Who knows? The future is a wonderful thing... #Memories #球迷日記 #football #soccer #MLS #TFCLive #MemoryLane #CCL

Plate 3 @eatforeign: Mackerel "ca kho to", with daikon, shishito pepper and rice cake, served with coconut rice. This is a Vietnamese classic through and through, and punched up it looked and tasted amazing. Caramelized fish sauce smothered over a massive Mackerel filet. I think I'll be dreaming of this dish for a while... #ChefApprenticesDayOff #ChefApprenticeLife #yycfood #yyceats #yyc (at Foreign Concept Restaurant)

The three musketeers of lunch. "Alley Burger" fugazza, mixed greens salad with feta and red pepper, lamb & chickpea stew finished with cumin yogurt and cilantro. A lunch fit for a blustery day like today in #YYC. #ChefApprenticeLife #ChefApprenticeAtLunch #yycfood (at charbar)