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      • Basic Pie Pastry Recipe
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      • Cantonese Beef Steak
      • Chicken and Mango Stir Fry
      • Chinese Beef and Broccoli with Oyster Sauce
      • Chinese Beef Curry
      • Chinese Chicken Curry
      • Chinese Hot and Spicy Chicken
      • Fresh Spring Rolls
      • Hot and Sour Soup
      • Indonesian Beef Rendang
      • Pork, Asparagus, and Red Peppers With Oyster Sauce and Noodles
      • Pork (or Chicken) Stuffed Pineapple
      • Singapore Rice Noodles
      • Spicy Ground Pork With Tofu
      • Spicy Pork Tenderloin With Pineapple
      • Spicy Pork Tenderloin With Udon Noodles
    • Canadian Home Cooked Favorites
      • Beef Bourguignon or Beef Stew
      • Bratwurst Casserole with Sauerkraut and Potatoes
      • Chicken Breasts With Cheese and Prosciutto
      • Deep Dish Turkey Pot Pie
      • Fresh Caesar Salad
      • Ham and Cheese Quiche Recipe
      • Hungarian Meatballs and Mushroom Gravy
      • Pork and Lima Bean Casserole
      • Pork Loin Roast With Potatoes, Onions, and Carrots
      • Quebecois Tourtiere Recipe
      • Shepherd’s Pie
      • Sole Filets a la Bretonne
      • Steak and Kidney Pie
      • Swedish Meatballs and Gravy
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      • Baked Balsamic Chicken Parmesan
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      • Chicken Breasts With Cheese and Prosciutto
      • Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara With Smoked Meat
      • Chicken Piccata – Chicken Breasts With Lemon and Capers
      • Chicken Puttanesca Recipe
      • Fresh Caesar Salad
      • Lasagna
      • Italian Meat Sauce
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      • Italian Tomato Sauce
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Olives, Lemon, and Garlic
      • Pasta With Ground Lamb and Tomato Sauce
      • Ravioli with 3 Cheeses in Meat Sauce
      • Smoked Chicken Carbonara
      • Spezzatino di Manzo al Chianti (Beef Stew)
      • Veal Scaloppini in Green Pepper Sauce
    • Mediterranean Home Cooked Favorites
      • Lamb Meatballs in a Curry Sauce
      • Mediterranean Cod With Tomatoes, Olives, Capers, and Feta
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Olives, Lemon, and Garlic
      • Mediterranean Chicken With Tomatoes, Olives, Capers, and Feta
      • Moroccan Chicken With Lentils
      • Moroccan Ground Lamb with Chickpeas
      • Orzo With Fresh Basil and Parmesan
      • Orzo With Parmesan, Peas, and Tomatoes
      • Chicken Piccata – Chicken Breasts With Lemon and Capers
      • Veal Scaloppini with Saffron Cream and Mushroom Sauce
    • Mexican and Latin American Home Cooked Favorites
      • Albondigas Soup (Meatball Soup)
      • Black Beans and Rice
      • Chipotle In Adobo Sauce
      • Enchilada Sauce
      • Fish Tortillas
      • Guacamole Salsa
      • Mexican Beef Birria
      • Mexican Chicken Enchilada Casserole
      • Mexican Rice
      • Mexican Stuffed Green Peppers
      • Pork In Tomatillo Sauce (Yucatan Salsa Verde)
      • Pork Tortillas
      • Smoked Pork Burritos
      • Tamale Casserole With Masa
      • White Bean Chicken Enchilada
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Category: Travel – Land, Air, and Sea

December 2025 – Cruise, Weather, and Holiday Season – Guaymas

January 2, 2026 jamesbalicki

Guaymas: Guaymas is a city on the eastern side of the Sea of Cortez. The city is an industrial and…

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December 2025 – Cruise, Weather, and Holiday Season – Loreto

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Loreto: Loreto is a city on Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, on the Gulf of California. Its colonial buildings include the…

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December 2025 – Cruise, Weather, and Holiday Season – Mazatlan

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Mazatlan: Mazatlán, Mexico, is a historic Pacific coast city in Sinaloa known as the “Pearl of the Pacific,” famous for its long…

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December 2025 – Cruise, Weather, and Holiday Season – Puerto Vallarta

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Puerto Vallarta: Puerto Vallarta is a resort town on Mexico’s Pacific coast, in Jalisco state. It is known for its…

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December 2025 – Cruise, Weather, and Holiday Season – Ensenada

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Ensenada: Ensenada is a port city of around 275,000 people on the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula. At…

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December 2025 – Cruise, Weather, and Holiday Season – Ship Food

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Food and Meals onboard the Zaandam from the Main Dining Room, The Pinnacle, Canaletto, and Morimoto pop-up   The dishes…

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December 2025 – Cruise, Weather, and Holiday Season

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It’s been 1 month since my last update – just before departing for our last cruise. This blog is just…

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September to Late November 2025 – Whoomphs and First Snowfall

November 25, 2025 jamesbalicki

It’s been 3 months since my last update – I keep meaning to do updates but life and work keep…

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Last Week of August First Week Of September 2025

September 5, 2025 jamesbalicki

August had been very hot at home… but we have been on a cruise to Alaska where it was fairly…

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Last Week of July First Week of August 2025 Still Hot and Steamy

August 5, 2025 jamesbalicki

Most of July and the first week of August have been very hot and humid. Although with the exception of…

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First Two Weeks of July 2025 It Got Hot Pretty Fast

July 16, 2025 jamesbalicki

June was probably one of the hottest months in the last ten years. Most days the temperature was hovering around…

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First Week of June 2025 – Summer Might Actually Happen

June 11, 2025 jamesbalicki

Thank God May is finally over!! It was the coldest and wettest month of May ever recorded in Canada ☹.…

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First Week of May 2025 – Still Cold and Wet

May 8, 2025 jamesbalicki

Not a lot going on around here… just wondering when winter will end and spring begin; and it’s May already!!…

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First Week of April 2025 – Spring is Here… Although Still Feels Like Winter…

April 9, 2025 jamesbalicki

Not a lot going on around here… just work and trying to keep up with the crazy weather. Very unusual…

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End of February … Beginning of March 2025 – Spring Around The Corner… Maybe…

March 10, 2025 jamesbalicki

The third cruise to the Caribbean started 23 days after we got home from the Celebrity Eclipse one – it…

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