Art of Spice

On Friday, I checked out this new Indian restaurant. I was a bit hesitant to go there at first because there was no one in the place – which is generally a bad sign for a restaurant – but it’s pretty new, so we decided to be adventurous and give it a go. And it […] →Read more

Allergies

So, I think I have seasonal allergies. I’ve never had seasonal allergies before but my red, watery eyes and runny nose suggest that maybe I do now. I first noticed my eyes being watery when I was released from quarantine and thought that my eyes were just sensitive to the cool air from having only […] →Read more

Important Hockey News

It has been brought to my attention that while I’ve been ignoring NHL hockey since none of the Canadian teams made the playoffs, an important thing happened in the world of professional hockey. The San Jose Sharks hired a male model to play in net.   For serious. You can follow along with his sexiness […] →Read more

I Challenge You

So I read this on CBC’s website today: B.C. author challenges Canadians to sign up for TRC reading challenge Jennifer Manuel wants 1,000 people to pledge by National Aboriginal Day The Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a commission “organized by the parties to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement” and “was part of a […] →Read more

Running for the Kitties

So now that spring has sprung in Vancouver and all of the various pathogens with which I’ve been infected appear to have left the building, I’ve gotten back into the swing of things running-wise. I’m really, really slow from having taken so much time off from running ((Not to mention the [redacted number] lbs that I gained […] →Read more

Jobs That LinkedIn Inexplicably Thinks I’m Qualified For

Every week, LinkedIn sends me an email of suggested job postings for me to check out ((This, despite the fact that I love my job and am not looking for a new one.)). It titles the email like this: “Beth: [Name of employer], [Name of employer], and [Name of employer] are looking for candidates like you!” and […] →Read more

Whistler

So I went skiing up at Whistler on Saturday. It’s pretty freaking awesome to live somewhere where you can get up in the morning and in less than 2 hours be on the slopes of some of the best skiing in the world. You can spend the entire day skiing and still get home in […] →Read more

Long weekend report

The long weekend festivities started on Thursday with the world’s easiest Easter egg hunt at my office: The office Easter bunnies left lots of treats for everyone and they certainly didn’t make them hard to find! Then on Friday I headed over to Salt Spring Island. It was my first time going to any of […] →Read more

Easter Treats – My First New Food Item for 2016

Due to my immune system having gone MIA for the first 3 months of this year, I’m rather behind on many of my goals. Including the goal of “Make 16 new food or drink items that I’ve never made before” for which, up until Thursday, I have made a grand total of 0. But now […] →Read more

Blazing Blades – 2016 Champions!

Sunday marked the triumphant return of my Coquitlam hockey team, the Blazing Blades, to the status of Div 1 champions! You may recall that it 2014 we won the coveted trophy. Last year we did not, but this year we had our strongest season ever, going 21-3-1 in the regular season. We went 2-1 in […] →Read more