This is Vancouver, where thousands of us converge on English Bay to make mad dashes into the waters off English Bay (or watch the madness!) for the city’s Polar Bear Swim each New Year’s Day. So, when you have gorgeous…
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Category: A Whole Life, holidays, vacation, Vancouver, work-life balance
Tags: BC, Burrard Street Bridge, Canada, Celebration of Light, fireworks, Honda Celebration of Light, summer fun, summer time, Sweden, Vancouver, what to do in Vancouver
The smell has come and gone, but Vancouverites are still flocking to see the unique Corpse Plant. Any guesses as to how the largest flowering plant on the planet earned its name?
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Category: A Whole Life, Gardening, Travel, Vancouver
Tags: Corpse Flower, how bad does a corpse flower smell?, not so smelly plant, putrid plant, Remove term: biggest flower in the world biggest flower in the world, SliderFeature, stinky plant, Titan Arum, Uncle Fester, Vancouver, Vancouver Park Board, Vancouver's Corpse Flower, Vancouver's stinky plant
Canadians of all ages gathered at Vancouver’s Victory Square once again yesterday, just across the street from the Dominion Trust Building, above. There wasn’t merely diversity of ages. In addition to the usual cast of politicians, there were people of all…
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Category: A Whole Life, BC, Remembrance Day
Tags: bagpipes, Bill Magner, poppies, Remembrance Day, Remembrance Day 2017, Sands of Kuwait, The Last Post, Vancouver, veteran, veterans, We remember
I hope that those of you who celebrate Halloween had a great time yesterday – and thought I’d show you a bit of Vancouver at this time of year. Here are a few videos; if you’d like to see more,…
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