My teenage daughter left for a 3 week European getaway on Saturday. While also going to school, she managed to save enough for her flights and spending money, and so I can’t really complain about missing her over Christmas. In fact, I’m very proud of all she’s accomplished on her own. What I can comment [...]
Tags: Paris·personal growth·travel
I spent part of the last weekend sorting my recent vacation photos in order to create an album on facebook (because I know all my friends are eagerly waiting on tenterhooks to see how gloriously I passed the two weeks away) but I made this mistake of wandering over to The Oatmeal and found a [...]
Hi Everybody! I thought it would be easy posting from the internet cafe aboard the cruise ship Celebrity Millenium…but I’m finding the format of the ‘post’ pages partly blocked by columns and such and I don’t know how to fix it!!!! Bonnnnniee!!!! I’m writing half of this blind! I really felt like chatting today : ( but [...]
Tags: Banana Republics·boats·Celebrity Millenium Cruise ships·internet cafe·ships·trivia
( editor’s note: in a previous post I created an anagram that caused some misunderstanding. I was NOT referring to my mother as an Ice Queen! I was calling myself one simply because they were the only letters I could use. It was about me! It was a game, people! I apologize for the hurt [...]
Tags: girlfriend traditions·Jennifer Lommers·La Conner·photos of tulip fields·Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
“So You Want To Be A Safari Guide. It’s what I thought when I was twelve, now I am forty one. Let’s find out. This is a loose record of my experience at ENTABENI NATURE GUIDES six month guiding course.” Ryan Ennis This is how Ryan In Africa starts. That was the hook for me. [...]
Tags: Africa·blogs·course·Entabeni·ENTABENI NATURE GUIDES·hilarious·Ryan Ennis·Ryan In Africa·Safari Guide·Stunt coordinator·stunt man·Vancouver film Industry
John and I have been talking about checking out the trestle bridges in the Myra Canyon for years but had never done it. Our good friends and neighbours, Barry and Lorellei, who we fondly refer to as our “social directors” had never made the trip either and so when they suggested we take our bikes [...]
Tags: Andrew McCulloch·Canadian Pacific Railway·Great Northern Railway·Kettle Valley Rail Trail·Kootneys·Myra Canyon·steam engine·wooden trestle bridges
I love going on road trips to Seattle, Washington for so many reasons but I have to admit it is not for the shopping. I actually don’t enjoy shopping at the malls at all. Seattle feels different enough from Vancouver to feel like you’re having a mini holiday, all while only being a couple hours [...]
Tags: Bill Khanna·Chutneys in Bellevue Indian·Eat Pray Love·Elizabeth Gilbert·Fremont·Greenwood·Mercer Way·Seattle·Silent Heart Nest·Sri Chinmoy·Szechuan Bistro·Washington·Westin
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