Category: Getting Outside
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The Contenders at The Evergreen Cultural Centre
Don’t ever count them out. The Contenders are rolling back into the Tri-Cities for a new concert of their classic hits. Valdy and Gary Fjellgaard, Canadian folk music legends from the West Coast, will play at Evergreen Cultural Centre on February 21, 2016 at 7:30pm. After releasing an album of new music together, including the…
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Trees in Residential Areas
With the increase in extreme weather events that are happening around the world, including right here in Coquitlam, it is important for residents of the City to understand their responsibilities, as well as the City’s, in relation to tree management in residential areas. First thing, if you are concerned about the behaviour of a tree…
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Doing the Laundry … Or Not
I’ve got a confession to make – I do not wash my pants. I’ve got a closet full of dungarees (I love that word! It is so much more cool than “jeans”) and I rarely ever wash them. That’s correct, I rarely ever wash my jeans. Sure I have my “work jeans” for when I…
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A Sunday Morning in Mundy Park
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Selvedge Denim – What Is It?
Over the next few days I will be taking some time off to be with family and friends so I will not be posting as much about my adventures and such. Instead I will be sharing some really interesting readings from around the interweb. Today’s reading is about selvedge denim – just what is selvedge…
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My Crushed Leather Company Carry – Follow Up
As I said I would, I have now filmed a follow-up video review of the Crushed Leather Company Carry. In this video I describe how during the making of this bag they could taper the nylon webbing that is used inside the shoulder strap and continues around the body of the bag. After doing some…
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The Crushed Leather Company Carry
The folks behind the Crushed Leather Company sent me one of their bags to do a video review of and, well, I did. I will likely be doing a follow-up video even though this video is a bit over 13 minutes long. I have been mulling over my thoughts of the Carry since doing the…
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Disney On Ice – Frozen
This morning, along with my wife and two daughters, I attended a Disney on Ice performance of Frozen. And you know, even though I have seen the movie version of Frozen 193 times and listened to “Let It Go” more times than I can count, today’s performance was actually a pretty heart-warming, and wallet-emptying experience. First…
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Coquitlam is Aglow this Holiday Season
This is the fifth year for Coquitlam’s Christmas light display and it is still one of the largest free outdoor light displays in Metro Vancouver. https://youtu.be/X8KjQHj3dPY Coquitlam City Hall and Spirit Square have approximately 10,000 individual lights located by the Burlington Street entrance! The 30’ tall Christmas tree alone has over 2,500 lights. After viewing…
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Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project at the ECC
On November 19th at 8pm Jayme Stone will bring to the Evergreen Cultural Centre a “collaboratory” of some of North America’s most distinctive and creative roots musicians to revive, recycle, and reimagine traditional music The performance will focus on songs collected by folklorist and field recording pioneer Alan Lomax. The “collaboratory” includes Jayme Stone (banjo,…