Yesterday I took my wife to a local coffee shop. We stopped going to the big chain stores like Starbucks. They haven't sold egg nog lattes and oat fudge bars in years and we missed having them around this time of year.

We found this great family run spot near our home, a 10 minute drive, and had the best egg nog latte and oat fudge bar.

It's unfortunate that it is so hard to find small coffee/bakery shops when Starbucks and Tim Horton's is everywhere in the suburbs.