Offspring and I try to travel to Dallas to visit with friends and family there at least once a year. On our last trip we spent 6 weeks there and my friend Ollie gave me a Dallas style makeover. This may sound crazy, but when I told Ollie that I was about to turn my … Read more
Last summer we had the opportunity to tag along with my sister and her two kids to Penticton, BC, and stay in the vacation home of a family friend who lives two blocks from the beach! Penticton, BC is known for beautiful lakes and beaches surrounded by vineyards. There’s so much more here than just … Read more
Often seeing a destination in a movie will ignite my wanderlust. Other times, if the movie is engaging enough it may actually momentarily quell my need to ramble on because just like after a super realistic dream I will have felt like I was transported. Here are 15 travel movies you can watch on Netflix … Read more
I collect quotes, in journals, on sticky notes, in Evernote, in spreadsheets. I admit to being a bit of a digital hoarder when it comes to quote images too, there are several folders of these on my external drive. While I love inspirational quotes and I shared several of them in a post here, the … Read more
Offspring and I recently participated in The Color Run Vancouver. We didn’t train at all for this event, unless you count unicycle practice and sourdough bread kneading as training. I’ve always been a runner, but I’ve been crippled up with plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendinitis for several years now so I haven’t been running, or even … Read more
When we have guests come into town in the summer, and we want to show them the sights of Vancouver, one of the places we love to take them to is the Greenheart Treewalk at the UBC Botanical Garden. With Canada celebrating her 150th birthday we’re getting more visitors this year – we went twice … Read more
In May of 2005 I flew to New Orleans to have heart surgery. I was on the table for 9 hours and I was awake the entire time. Now I need to go back a little further. In the Spring of 2004 X2 and I moved from Isla Mujeres, Mexico to Roatan, Honduras on board the … Read more
My cousin has traveled to Vancouver to participate in the SeaWheeze Half Marathon several years in a row. She has always raved about it so when my family began organizing a summer family reunion in Vancouver, we decided that we should do it on the same weekend as the run. I love to run, but while living … Read more