Category: Getting Outside
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Keep Your Garbage Inside!!
Coquitlam residents who are not properly storing their garbage may be receiving a visit from the City’s Bylaw officers. Living in a community with rich green spaces also brings about urban wildlife such as bears, coyotes and raccoons. However, once an animal – and especially bears – become habituated to eating garbage, it often becomes…
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Norman Foote: The Howl A Family Halloween Special
The prettiest little performance space in the Tri-Cities, the Evergreen Cultural Centre, presents Norman Foote: The Howl with the Very Scary Big Voice Orchestra. https://youtu.be/m4Qk6VoD7So Angels sing along with ghosts, zombies and ghouls! Music, costumes and Halloween all come together as Juno-award winning children’s music artist Norman Foote comes to the Evergreen for two performances…
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Bond & Knight Origami-Style Wallets
Some time ago the folks at Bond & Knight, independent British leather designers specialising in handmade, bespoke leathergoods sent me a couple beautiful leather wallets to have a look at. I really liked the quality of the leather and the very unique craftsmanship that went into creating these wallets so I did a video review to…
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Coquitlam Weed-Pulling Event
Unlike the weed-smoking event known as 420 that is held in downtown Vancouver on April 20th of each year, the City of Coquitlam is looking for residents to be part of a world-record-setting weed-pulling event at Mundy Park! On Sunday, October 4 from noon – 3:00 p.m. and on Monday, October 5th from 9:00 a.m.…
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Vancouver Aquarium Sea Otter Awareness Week
What’s brown, furry and fun all over? That would be sea otters, the playful marine mammals that are known for their unique dining habits and photo-worthy faces. And if you are looking for something to do with your kidlets this weekend, this is your time to better get to know the sea otters who are…
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Gateway Theatre Festival’s – Cook Your Life
Following last year’s ground-breaking inaugural year, Gateway Theatre is thrilled to bring back the Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival, showcasing in Richmond BC the best contemporary theatre Hong Kong has to offer. One of the theatre events in the Gateway Theatre Pacific Festival that is of particular interest to me combines two of my passions: food and live theatre.…
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MiBelle Custom Leatherworx
Wayne Higgins, the very creative owner/operator of MiBelle Custom Leatherworx (based in Dartmouth Nova Scotia!) stopped in to see me while he was on a cross-Canada tour. After visiting with me for some time he left me with a couple very lovely wallets and a belt. One of the wallets is a 4 slot vertical…
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Bexar Goods Porter Satchel Follow Up Video
After looking back at the video review of the Bexar Goods Porter Satchel that I recently completed, I realized that I had not talked about how much the bag will hold. So I filmed a follow up review to discuss that. Here it is –
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Bexar Goods Porter Satchel
I was away at the family cottage for a few days so I filmed a video review of the leather bag that has become my everyday carry – my Bexar Goods Porter Satchel. Have a look –