Category: Getting Outside

  • Day Three of the Production of My Document Folio

    Day three of the production/creation of my Bay Towne Leather folio/document case is done. The best news? The case is finished AND in the mail headed my way!

  • Day Two of Bay Towne Leather Production

    Roge from Bay Towne Leather sent me these updated pics of the development of my document case/folio as it moves through his production/creation process;

  • Bay Towne Leather Document Folio Case

    Recently I ventured into etsy where I met Roge, the guy behind Bay Towne Leather. We emailed (through etsy) back and forth and decided on a design for a document folio for him to create for me. Here is a little blurb from his etsy store, about the case he is creating; “…luxurious/rugged and well…

  • The Dot Com Pho Lunch

    This weekend I once again joined our local DotComPho group for our weekly lunch and tech talk. Me being the low-tech guy in the group (yes, I am the low-tech guy), I brought along the Avallone Leather Messenger Bag for carrying tech-toys and gadgets. As it turns out, there is a pretty high-tech gadget in my…

  • Avallone Leather City Messenger Bag

    The Avallone City Messenger bag arrived at my office door this past week. So far I have only had time to open the box it came in and hold the City Messenger in awe; this bag is made from the softest, most luxurious leather I have ever had the pleasure of holding. I have a…

  • My Video Review of My Marlondo Leather iPad Carry Case

    Another video review of my latest Marlondo Leather bag;

  • Avallone Leather Goods

    I am pleased to say that Avallone Leather Goods of New York has contacted me and is sending one of their City Messenger bags out west for me to have a look at and to do a little road test of it by carrying it around for a few days. Reading the “About” page for…

  • Bullying Prevention Series Planned for Tri-Cities

    To follow up on the successful October 24th anti-bullying community forum, the Joint Tri-Cities Family Court and Youth Justice Committee has organized a new series of bullying prevention information sessions. The first event in the new series is scheduled for this Thursday, January 24th and will be held at Coquitlam City Hall from 7 – 9pm.…

  • Paladin Security, White Christmas and QR Codes

    In the days before Christmas I attended two separate events, one a performance of White Christmas at the Stanley Theatre, the other, a behind the scenes tour of the top-secret headquarters of Paladin Security. So how are these events connected? For me, they are connected in what one organization is doing and what the other…

  • ML Leather Fisherman’s Wallet

    The latest addition to my wallet collection arrived in my mailbox today; my handcrafted ML Leather Fisherman’s wallet. This is a cool wallet. A very cool wallet. Part of what makes it cool is that on the evening that I ordered it, Cody Vance, the shop owner, emailed me to say thanks for the order and…