I really believe that quality customer service is what sets successful businesses apart from the less successful ones. When we were in San Diego this Christmas break we were very pleasantly surprised at the level of customer service available in nearly every store, restaurant and shop we entered. Same for the Hilton La Jolla hotel where […]
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Our Impressions of the Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines
We arrived in San Diego with reservations for a resort called the Bahia. It was not a discount place, in fact it was relatively expensive to stay there. When we booked our place we requested water view, renovated beachfront room, and non-smoking with a kitchenette. All options that are presented when you make your reservations so […]
Lessons learned from travelling to San Diego
Well we are home from San Diego. The bags are almost all unpacked, the thirteenth load of laundry is now in the dryer, the twins are in their beds and I am back in the office, tap-tap-tapping at the keyboard. And I am now reflecting on the lessons we learned from our trip to San Diego. The […]
Our Final (Great) Day in San Diego
The twins are sleeping and we are packing our gear in preparation for tomorrow, a day of air travel. Our journey to San Diego has been a resounding success. We can do it! We can travel with our twin princesses. While her in San Diego we have visited Sea World and the world famous San […]
A Visit to the San Diego Zoo and More
Yesterday we took the twins and visited the world famous San Diego. And the verdict is…meh. For a world famous zoo we were somewhat underwhelmed. Yes, it was full of animals from Africa and Asia and even some from North and South America, but it just did not excite my imagination the way that I […]
Observations from San Diego
Here are a few more observations from the first couple of days of our trip to San Diego. First, and perhaps most importantly, in spite of being “challenging” at times, Caragh and I have tried to work together for the most part. It does not always work so well but we do try. Funny, one of […]
Happy Father’s Day to my dad. Unfortunately he is no longer with us here in his physical form. If he was, he would fit right in with all the other hipsters.
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#fathersday
6 days ago
Mowed the “lawn” today. Good to know that in times of stress and uncertainty, trees are always there to listen and make things better.
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#lawncare #cabinlifestyle #getoutside #explorebc #lifeisbetterwithtrees #trees
6 days ago
Sometime ago and for reasons unclear to me, on my birthday my mom and my sister began making birthday cakes for me as if I was a 10 year old boy.
Maybe a bit odd, but you know, it is kind of fun to have a cake like a 10 year old would enjoy! Who doesn’t like Hot-wheel cars, trucks, and diggers on a cake?!
This year my sister continued the tradition.
While going through family photos recently we found a panorama style photo of our family home before it was burned in the Lytton Fire of 2014. The photo was obviously taken before there was a panorama feature on a camera!
Anyway, my sister recreated the scene using cream cheese icing (my favourite!) and a variety of edible decorations like pretzels, chocolate covered raisins, chocolate crumble, and more.
Aren’t sisters the greatest? This one got me right in the feeling part of my heart.
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#happybirthday #birthdaycake #lyttonstrong #lytton #jeep #family #sisters #gratitude
2 weeks ago
Let’s cook. Flashback to my weekend at the cabin and pan frying potstickers over a fire using my @fieldcompany cast iron pan.
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#castironcooking #castironskillet #letscook #outdoorcooking #cabinlife #cabinvibes #cookingwithfire #getoutside #explorebc
2 weeks ago
We spent some time looking at flowers this weekend. And a big tree. A really big tree.
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#flowers #trees #bigtrees #getoutside #explorebc #wildflowers #weekendvibes #lyttonstrong #botanie
3 weeks ago
For Christmas my aunt and uncle gave me a gift card to my favourite shop.
The shop where everything not only looks sharp, but they are all sharp! Yep, @houseofknives .
Seeing as I have more than enough pocket knives and I’m more than happy with my Fusion kitchen knives, I decided to use my gift card to get a multi-tool.
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Yep. I got a new @leathermancanada Wave. This is a “life long purchase” because if you use/abuse it, the blades are replaceable.
I love that feature because honestly, when I’m on the farm, in the bush camping or hiking, or at the cabin, I like a tool or knife that I can rely on. And sometimes, some might even say I abuse my tools. To know the blades are replaceable is reassuring.
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I’ll share some pics of my new tool in use as soon as I get out of the city.
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#leatherman #leathermanwave #leathermantools #multitool #houseofknives #giftcard #cabinlifestyle #cabinlife
3 weeks ago
I tried @wendyscanada breakfast this week. I had the Baconator breakfast sandwich with a side of the seasoned potato wedges.
The breakfast sandwich was seriously good. It has a fried egg on top of a lot of bacon. Lots of bacon. Which all sits on top of a grilled sausage patty.
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The side of seasoned potatoes was good but they were cool by the time I started eating them. I know they’d taste better if I didn’t wait to eat them.
This is a serious breakfast sandwich. Very filling and very, very good taste! I couldn’t eat my lunch because I was so full from the Breakfast Baconator.
I will 100% have it again!
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#bacon #baconator #breakfastbaconator #wendys #breakfast #nomnom #potatowedges #notsponsored
4 weeks ago
Long weekend vibes from outside of Lytton for the win. Beautiful weather, food, and company. And a bear getting an up close look at the @stealthcamgsm .
And yes, I added more family heirloom cast iron pans to the pan-wall!
What did you get up to on the long weekend? Do you consider the May long weekend the unofficial start of summer?
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#maylongweekend #weekendvibes #cabinlife #cabinlifestyle #castironcooking #lyttonstrong #trailcamera
1 month ago