Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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Cavalia Presents Odysseo in the Olympic Village
Although I have not yet found time in my hectic family schedule for us to attend a performance of Odysseo, a re-imagining of equestrian and theatrical arts, a couple of my friends have been to the show and they both said this is a MUST SEE performance. I have to admit, I am amazed by the…
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Red Wagon Cafe Fails to Meet Expectations
After waiting for months and months and months to get into the Red Wagon Cafe on East Hastings Street, we finally found a moment when there wasn’t a line-up of hipsters out front of the place. And what a total and complete disappointment the entire Red Wagon Cafe experience turned out to be. First off,…
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At Home With Idahoan® Premium Steakhouse® Potato Soups
If there’s one thing that I really enjoy, it is the total premium steakhouse experience. I love the feeling of a steakhouse. I love the food served in a steakhouse and I love the professionalism of the servers, the dark wood decor, the larger than life plates and the heavy stainless steel cutlery. Best of…
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Peanut Allergies; Big Changes
Did you know that there have been serious changes to the recommendations from the medical community about how parents should treat their very young kids around peanuts and products with peanuts in them? The guidelines from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) are now recommending that children between the ages of 4-6 MONTHS be…
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Electric Vehicles Part Two
Today’s post is a follow up to yesterday’s post about my interest in purchasing an electric vehicle such as a Nissan Leaf. First, it is important to make a distinction between some of the electric vehicles that are on the market. Possibly the most talked about EV is the Tesla. But let’s be realistic –…
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Electric Vehicles – Nissan Leaf
I am seriously considering the purchase of an electric vehicle and, as soon as I said those words to my friends they began to send me articles explaining how impractical and totally inadequate electric vehicles are. As a first step towards purchasing electric vehicles, this weekend I took one out for a test drive. Apparently…
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My Thug Kitchen Inspired One Pot Spaghetti
My turn to make dinner tonight so where do I turn for inspiration? To my Thug Kitchen 101 cookbook, of course. ? I love the flavours from their Skillet Beer Chili Mac – a one pot mac and cheese with beer and black beans recipe so I used that as a starting point for dinner this…
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New Year’s Resolutions. Sort Of.
At the start of the new year many people make New Year’s Resolutions. I assume they do this for a variety of reasons but, I also assume they make resolutions in an effort to make themselves better people. I’ll be honest, I don’t do resolutions. Not because I don’t need to make myself better. I…
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Metro Vancouver Festival of Lights
Over the Christmas season that recently ended we visited the light displays around Coquitlam’s Lafarge Lake, the Burnaby Village Museum, and the Festival of Lights at Vancouver’s Van Dusen Botanical Gardens. This year’s free light display at Lafarge Lake is even bigger and more beautiful than previous years because the display now goes all the…
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Blugenics Karen Phytoplankton
Canada’s newest superfood is microscopic, but its health benefits are huge. Phytoplankton – found in the ocean and considered the world’s original vegetable – is also known as microalgae, packed with omega fatty acids, vitamins A, C, D and K, beta carotene, dietary fibre, antioxidants, calcium, magnesium, selenium, iron and protein. The Karen brand of…
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