Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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Mustard and Preventing Leg Cramps
This blog post isn’t so much about food as it is about how I use a certain for preventing leg cramps. But to back up a little, I used to get excruciatingly painful leg cramps. Leg cramps that made me hop around in agony as I tried to stretch to get the cramp out of…
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Is Distracted Driving a Distraction?
Everything you hear on the radio, the TV and the print media is about how distracted driving is the leading cause of vehicle accidents, injuries and motor vehicle related death. There are police officers stationed at many intersections around Metro Vancouver looking for people who have the temerity to be holding a phone or other…
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Celebrate Earth Day Everyday
Today being Earth Day I figured it’s a good time to give you a some tips on how your food choices can help save the earth. One thing you can do is to eat a vegetarian meal more often than you currently do. If you eat a vegetarian meal once a week, make it twice a…
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Five Easy Changes to Slow Climate Change
Here are five easy things that you can do to slow the rate of climate change in the world – five easy things that you can do, but probably won’t do. Anyway for what it’s worth here they are. First when you’re in your car or truck (seriously, why are you driving a truck?) make…
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The California Drought
On Friday afternoon I was listening to Stephen Quinn, the host of the CBC radio show On the Coast discussing with a guest the ongoing California drought. The guest was a journalist who lives in California near Sacramento, the capital city of the state of California. Quinn and his guest were talking about California Governor Jerry Brown’s…
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Local Omnivore Food Truck
I was at Yellow Dog Beer, a Port Moody craft brewery when I happened upon a new food truck; The Local Omnivore – a very cool food truck that makes sandwiches, burgers and fries. These fun-loving dudes serve up great tasting food with a mind towards how the food is produced. Their certified organic beef…
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The Indian Wok – Burnaby
On Kingsway just barely east of Royal Oak Ave is The Indian Wok – a restaurant serving delightful Indian style Chinese food. The proprietor and her husband were born in China and raised in India and developed their food style from their Chinese upbringing in India. The first dish we had was a plate of…
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My New Gustin Jeans
Some time ago I purchased and received my new Gustin dungarees. I have been wearing them now, off and on for about three months and I am now ready to talk about them. You can choose the fit you want for your Gustin jeans – straight, slim or skinny. I do not do well with…
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Biscuits and Gravy at Tony’s in Blaine
On the weekend I was in Blaine Washington a little too early to get into the post office so I did what I like to do best – I found a little hole in the wall joint and had a second breakfast. One of the things that never fails to intrigue me is the fact that…
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