Category: Getting Outside
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Candide at the Evergreen Cultural Centre
Seeing as I sailed out of the port of Vancouver on a tramp steamer on Friday, August 23rd, I was unable to attend the Evergreen Cultural Centre’s performance of Candide. In my place, Rae Ross, art and theatre aficionado, attended. The following are her thoughts and observations of Candide, the operetta. I must begin my…
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Bexar Goods Vagabond Backpack Video Review Pt 2
Here is a follow up video review of my new Bexar Goods Vagabond backpack after a few days use. I have to say, the backpack has more than proven its worth after trekking across Alaska with me. http://youtu.be/_gpiq6K7YAY
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Bexar Goods Vagabond Backpack Video Review Pt One
I very recently bought a Bexar Goods Vagabond backpack and decided to run the backpack through its paces by taking it on an excursion to the last true frontier in the USA, Alaska. Here is my video review of the Bexar Goods Vagabond just before I slipped it on my back and began to ascend…
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A Simple Leather Belt
I recently discovered that I needed a new leather belt. I have to admit, there is nothing wrong with the belt that I was using other than the fact that it seems to be too short now. I’m not sure how this happened, but it did happen. As you probably know, I love my leather.…
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Looking for Suggestions for the Next Family Car
I have not been out for a car, truck or motorcycle test ride for quite some time. What is the next car or truck that I should take out and test it to see if it could be the next Life In The Burbs family car? Suggestions?
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KidSport Used Equipment Sale
Although it is now too late to donate your sporting goods, it is not too late to support KidSport by showing up at the Poirier Sports Complex on Saturday, August 17th and buying up all sorts of wonderful bargains. Admission to the sporting goods equipment sale is by donation or donation of a non-perishable food…
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Evergreen Cultural Centre Open During Construction
Even though the crews are very busy building the LaFarge Lake – Douglas Station for the new Evergreen Line transit system in front of the Evergreen Cultural Centre, the Centre is still very much open and putting on an amazing variety of shows and art displays. As I blogged about earlier, the Leonard Bernstein operetta…
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Candide to be Presented at Evergreen Cultural Centre
Candide was first published in France in 1759 to great acclaim and scandal. The novel tells the story of Candide, a naïve optimist who believes that the world he lives in is the “best possible world”. When Candide falls in love with Cunegonde, the daughter of a baron, he is banished and embarks on an epic…
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A Home for $100,000?
Can you tell me what kind of a home you could buy in the Metro Vancouver area for $105,000? Is there such a thing? Well how about if I told you that you could purchase the three bedroom, two bathroom house pictured here for $105,000? Sweetheart and I have been talking about moving to somewhere…