Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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A Restonic Mattress and the Importance of Sleep
Disclosure: I have partnered with Life of Dad and Restonic Mattress for this promotion. As always, full editorial control stays with me. Just over seven years ago my life changed forever when I became the father of twin daughters. Before my kids were born I would go to bed at some point in the evening,…
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Big Smoke Burgers SFU
Yesterday afternoon I took my little bears up to SFU for a walk about and a burger at the SFU location of Big Smoke Burgers and I’m sad to say, while the walk about was fun, we were not impressed with the burgers. First off, perhaps I am getting to be a grumpy old man…
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Gem Sushi For Lunch
A super quick lunch today at Gem Sushi in Coquitlam’s Como Lake Village shopping strip. I had the yam roll with a California roll and one of the tiny tuna rolls. It was okay. Not bad, not great.
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Parkside Brewing and New Restaurants in the Burbs
There are a bunch of new places that have recently opened in the burbs and I need to get to and try out! Port Moody has become a “go-to” location for craft beer. Parkside Brewing will be the fourth brewery on the strip along Rocky Point and they will be opening up on June 8th-ish.…
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Lessons from the Fort McMurray Fire
Ironically, in light of the disastrous fire in the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray, the first week of May is officially known as Emergency Preparedness Week. The people of Fort McMurray are living a disaster right now as a massive wild fire consumes their homes and city. There are two important lessons that I…
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Dunn’s Famous – the Revisit
A few weeks ago I was downtown Vancouver and I visited Dunn’s Famous, a restaurant known for serving smoked meat sandwiches. Through some poor choices on my part, I was not overwhelmed by my first experience at Dunn’s Famous so I promised myself I would return and try more of the menu items. Yesterday was…
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Rhododendron Festival at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
I stopped in to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts at Deer Lake for the annual Rhododendron Festival. The best part of the festival was watching all the kids (and adults) flying the little plastic kites that they made there. Another great part of the Rhododendron Festival was the Strawberry Tea service in the Ceperley…
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Hungry Guys on Granville Street
I will update this post with text later this evening. Let me just say that Hungry Guys make an awesome salad that not only tastes great, it is also healthy and good for you.
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The King of Rest and Restonic Beds
I am going to be in a contest with a select group of other dad bloggers to determine which one of us is the actual King of Rest. I am pretty confident that I will win the crown. One of the sponsors of the contest is Restonic Beds and to help me understand a little…
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