‘Dance is the hidden language of the soul.’ ~Martha Graham
In its fourth year with the North Vancouver Community Arts Council (NVCAC), Trolley Dances kicks off the fall season on the North Shore under the leadership of Linda …
Trolley Dances 2015
Mission Raceway
My husband wants to go to the Mission Raceway. Vintage car racing…to see old cars go fast.
‘Wanna pack a picnic? It’ll be fun.’
I need some convincing, but it’s a leisurely Saturday. I ask how he got the …
Blogging & Brewing at ‘big Rock Urban Eatery’ with BCATW
10-steps from beer to blog
A beer tour with Enthusiastic Emily at ‘big Rock Urban Brewery’ and
a blogging Meetup with Marvelous Mari Kane who is the
BCATW (BC Association of Travel Writers) webmistress and WordPress expert …
Sea Kayak Association of BC’s Kayak Cuisine Weekend
A Sea Kayak Association of BC’s Kayak Cuisine Weekend has a beginning, middle and end—just like any good meal. At the Sea Kayak Association of British Columbia (SKABC) 12th annual Kayak Cuisine weekend with Tony Clayton and Heather …
Sea Kayaking in Desolation Sound
Sea Kayaking Association of British Columbia (SKABC)
Friday, May 15 – Tuesday, May 19, 2015.
Six single kayaks plus one Feathercraft double (& their eight occupants) shouldered the Victoria Day Long Weekend, beating the rush for some …
BCATW Symposium 2015 Takeaways
‘Tread softly, Write with Impact’
What TAKEAWAYS we had at the British Columbia Association of Travel Writers (BCATW) annual symposium! Sixty keen travel writers gathered at the Century Plaza Hotel in Vancouver, BC on April 18, 2015.
~This event had …
BCATW Symposium 2015 Grand Prizes
BCATW Symposium 2015 Grand Prizes
‘T’is grand!’ as the Irish would say of all things green.
When I set out to acquire prizes (and grand ones at that!) for the British Columbia Association of Travel Writers (BCATW) Symposium 2015, …
To Bayeux and Beyond: Memories of D-Day
It’s Remembrance Day, 2014 and I’m interlocking the sleeves of my parents’ Air Force jackets laid out on the bed. They are arm in arm once more. Mum, a coding and deciphering officer with the RAF, and Dad, an …
Vancouver Skiers daytrip to Manning Park
If A Tree Falls…?
Forty-two Vancouver Skiers fled the Lower Mainland’s Sunday drizzle for a snowier destination to Manning Park on January 18, 2015. Jason, our International Stage Lines driver, assured us we’d be on the soft stuff by 10:15, …
Vancouver Skiers in the Kamloops Region: Stake Lake and Sun Peaks
A full International Stage Lines busload of Vancouver Skiers with Orville at the helm left Vancouver’s mild, foggy condition for the snowy interior on January 9, 2015.
We arrived at Stake Lake, 25 kilometers south of Kamloops to enjoy …