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Today's restaurant we're heading to is Marion Street Eatery, which has been highly recommended on Zomato. There's tons of diverse options here, but not enough to confuse you.

I hear their mac n' cheese is delish.

While you consider your options, let me tell you why I haven't been posting alot lately. 

Some of you may remember my post about changes back in April. I was going through the motions of a path that I was set on taking, and then May came along and threw all my plans out the window. 

In a good way though.

I made some major life choices, which aren't as traumatizing as I make it seem, and decided that I would stay in Winnipeg for school instead of heading back to Queen's [Yes, that was the plan]. I spent most of my Summer traveling to Hong Kong, Tokyo and Toronto, which has been documented on this blog. Everytime I read back on my posts though, it all of it looks like way more fun than it actually was because a lot of unexpected personal things came up - so here's a lesson on not taking things at face value.

But don't get me wrong - it was still an amazing time.

While you nibble on your Cajun Chicken Caesar Salad [13.75], which has been cooked perfectly, I'm going to start on my Fish Tacos [10.95] because I'm absolutely famished, and food is always a good idea in my world.

Classes started pretty early for me - which is why I haven't been really active since August. I spent the first half of the month in Toronto, celebrating my Great Aunt's 90th Birthday, which was really special. 

She's more my Grandma than my Aunt though.

I also spent a week in Quebec City with my family and was completely BLOWN AWAY by the whole city. If I wasn't completely inept in French, I would actually seriously consider moving there.

 I even considered learning French for a good 5 minutes because I loved it that much.

The salad and tacos obviously aren't enough for us, even though the portions are pretty generous. My apetite is a little bigger than a rabbit's though, so let's move on to the Mac n' Cheese [13.95] and the Certified Angus Beef Burger [12.75]. Do you see how creamy and perfectly toasted the Mac n' Cheese is?! The burger is mine though. You can have the bacon if you want.

After a while though, I felt like Summer was dragging on and all I was doing was traveling just for the sake of burning through time - which is less enjoyable than traveling to relax and vacation. So, despite the wonderful Summer and being super thankful that I got to visit so many places - I was a little traveled out and ready for school.

So by mid-August, I got my wish and classes started again.

I've kept my personal life off of here in the past few years due to fear of oversharing (which is a weird fear since I have a blog?), but for those of you who don't know - I spent a year doing research. Transitioning back to school was smoother than expected, but still an adjustment - and my new program moves a lot faster than my Life Science/Microbiology degree. I'm still in the midst of getting into the groove of things, and carving out free time has been deliberate and sometimes difficult. I don't really do anything interesting during the week, but my weekends are a little more fun. Hopefully, I'll be able to put up SOME content, if things are exciting and picture-worthy enough. 

I'm sure no one wants to hear me whine about studying during studying, and that's all I do M-F, so I won't be posting much during the week.

But that's pretty much it, and you're caught up on everything that's going on now! I hope you enjoyed our little lunch talk, and if you actually want to go to taste these delicious things for yourself, I would definitely recommend stopping by MSE. They have a breezy little patio - which you should try to catch before the snow comes in - and it's a smaller scale restaurant, so they pay attention to the details. 

Maybe stay away from the salad if you are hungry though. 

naomi