Category: Getting Outside
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The Vancouver Canucks’ Next Moves
Okay, my heart has stopped aching enough that I can now safely throw this question out to my readers; what do the Vancouver Canucks need to do to win the Stanley Cup? Do they need to go all in with Schneider and trade Luongo? Is Luongo a top tier goalie? Is he the future of…
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Coquitlam Hosting a Compost Tea Party
Coquitlam is hosting a very different kind of party on Thursday, May 10, 2012. To celebrate International Compost Awareness Week, the City is inviting people to attend a Compost Tea Party. “The event is aimed at teaching people how to feed their plants and soil naturally with compost,” said Verne Kucy, Coquitlam’s Manager of Environmental…
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My Hunger Games Movie Experience
Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to a real movie theatre and watch the movie The Hunger Games. First, about the movie, right off the bat I have to say that I was not impressed. The movie was predictable and completely formulaic. I knew who was going to get killed and by whom from the opening scenes of the…
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Theatrix Youtheatre Society to Present Next To Normal
Another quickie community announcement … Theatrix Youtheatre Society is presenting their production of the cutting edge Broadway shocker that swept the 2009 Tony awards and won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama … Next To Normal. Next To Normal is a rock musical. The story concerns a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and…
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Spring Plant and Garage Sales
We have the first events we want to share with you! First is the Dogwood Garden Club’s annual plant sale. The group’s members are selling annuals, perennials, tomatoes and hanging baskets from their gardens at the fundraiser, which runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 7 in the Centennial Room at Coquitlam’s Dogwood…
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Vancouver Opera 2012/13 season
Hey all, I’m still out here, doing fine. I have to admit that I have been working on a couple other projects over the last little while and have been neglecting this poor little blog for the last while. My apologies. So now it is back to work here…with a look at the Vancouver Opera…
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My Top Five Customer Service Wins in Kaua’i
This is my final blog post on our recent trip to the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i. It is a look at some of the businesses that impressed me with the service or food they provide to their customers. First on the list is the valet parking service at the Sheraton in Poi’pu. These guys treated…
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Condo Rentals on Kaua’i
After leaving the comfort of the Sheraton at Poi’Pu we headed north to a privately owned condo and then a condo managed by a professional management team. There were significant differences in the way the two condos were operated. The view from both condos was beautiful partly because they are situated right on a golf…
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Sheraton Poipu, Kaua’i
While on our recent family trip to the Hawaiian island of Kaua’i we had the opportunity to stay in a number of accommodations. The first place we stayed was the Sheraton in Poi’Pu. After the Sheraton we went north on the island to the community of Hanalei where we stayed in a privately owned condo, another…
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Grand Hyatt Poi’pu Kaua’i
The Internet service here on Kaua’i has been more than a little unreliable so I have not logged about our accommodations as much as I had intended. As such, I have a number of blog posts in development; one about the Sheraton in Poi’pu, another about the Westin at Princeville, and one more about staying…