Posted on May 29, 2008. Filed under: American Life, Consumerism, Lifestyle, Self-image | Tags: British Columbia, husbands who think their wives are fat, Kelowna, shopping for a swimsuit with your husband, Sunday shopping habit, Wal-mart |
For a while I was reading Overheard in New York, a blog that asks people to send in the inane, amusing and scary conversations they overhear as they go about their own business in the New York City area. Although the novelty of it has worn off and I listen to Rob read it to [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2008. Filed under: Canadian holidays, Vacation, family | Tags: British Columbia, May Long Weekend '08, Penticton, Revelstoke, The Enchanted Forest, Three Valley Gap |
As some of you may remember, we took off for the May Long Weekend (aka Victoria Day Weekend) for British Columbia. Part of the holiday was spent at Rob’s mom’s place in Penticton, a curiously warm place that would blow away most American’s (not the intelligent or the well-traveled mind you, just everyone else) image [...]
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Posted on November 28, 2007. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: British Columbia, C2, RCMP, tasers |
Yesterday’s Globe and Mail featured an article in its Life section on what it dubs “security moms” in the United States holding taser parties. At these festive suburban gatherings, women meet to try out and possibly purchase tasers (available in four designer colours). The company responsible for this scene out of a SNL skit is [...]
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Posted on November 12, 2007. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: British Columbia, Canmore, Kelowna, Penticton |
Friday night after ballet, we drove down to Calgary to get a jump on the long drive to Penticton which is in the Okanagan in British Columbia. Rob’s younger sister and her family live just outside of Calgary and we spent the night there and left just before lunch for B.C. Rob’s mother relocated to [...]
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