Category: Life Musings
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A Family Day in the Sun
Today being a gloriously sunny day, I decided to skip out of my weekly lunch meeting at the Dot Com Pho and take my girls for a day on the town. We jumped aboard the Skytrain in Burnaby and headed downtown. I asked the girls if they wanted to go on a harbour cruise and…
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The Best Christmas Moment EVER
Okay, I have a blog post about a new leather bag that I want to share with you (thank you Avallone Leather for not harassing me to get your gorgeous messenger bag back even though I promised to send it back more than a few days ago) and I have a blog post about my new…
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Lunar New Year and a Walkabout in Vancouver’s Chinatown
Went for a walkabout in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Here are a few pics. Enjoy. …
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Massive Glacier Calving Video
For your viewing;
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Public Washroom Comparisons; East Van Vs West Van
I knew that today I would have the opportunity to visit Ambleside Beach in West Vancouver and Trout Lake in East Vancouver so I thought I would compare the washroom facilities in these parks. First up was the public washroom at Ambleside. The “decor” can best be described as Soviet-era chique. Next up was the…
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The Inner Sanctum of Paladin Security
Perhaps my favourite part of being a blogger is being allowed past doors with signs that say Restricted Area. While I was on my end-of-the-summer cruise to Alaska I was invited behind a door like this, THREE times. I had a tour of the massive kitchen of the Celebrity Century and later on the cruise…
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A Day About Town With Papa
Seeing as Sweetheart was going to be stuck in the office for most of the day and it was sunny outside, well sort of sunny, I decided to make it a day to be out and about in the city with my little ones today. As it turns out, the day the day turned out…
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Skytrain Adventures
The single best $5 I have spent in a very long time was the three-zone ticket to ride the Skytrain. We boarded the “choo-choo train” (as my little ones call it) along the Millenium Line, rode around through New Westminster, Burnaby and Vancouver. We got off at the Broadway/Commercial Drive Station, walked across to the…
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Canadian Farm Boy Prank
Proof that you can never underestimate the innovativeness of Canadian Farm Boys: At a high school in Saskatchewan, a group of boy students played a prank. They let three goats loose inside the school. But before turning them loose, they painted numbers on the sides of the goats: 1, 2 and 4. School Administrators spent most of the…