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Fall Fun at UBC’s Apple Festival
How have I missed attending the Apple Festival at UBC for so many years? What a truly fantastic family-friendly event. Without a doubt the Apple Festival at UBC has joined our list of must do’s each and every year. Like many events, it pays to arrive early. We walked through
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Fall Fun at the Fort Langley Cranberry Festival
In our family the Cranberry Festival has become synonymous with Thanksgiving. This year we got ourselves sufficiently organized and managed to make the pancake breakfast before the real crowds descended. The torrential downpour helped deter a few of the early morning keeners; if it is sunny next year we are
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Mink: The Best Chocolate in the World
Vancouver continues to win awards. The BEST chocolate IN THE WORLD comes from Vancouver’s own Mink Chocolates. Their Mermaid Bar just won the top prize at the 2014 International Chocolate Salon in San Francisco. Competitors from around the world were bested by Vancouver’s very own! As I am a nut
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Cars Galore at the Langley Cruise In
The cars were plentiful and beyond impressive at the Langley Cruise In. While the sun blazed down, thousands of people descended on downtown Langley. By 10am huge crowds were gawking at cars from every possible era. My favourite was the antique stock car section. I’m sure my preference is due,
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A Family Garage Sale-ing Adventure!
What fun! This weekend we took the boys on their first ever garage-sale exploration. My husband and I haunted many flea markets and garage sales before we had children but have neglected this tradition in recent years. We crammed 3 kids and 3 adults into a car and went exploring.
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Great Fun and a Gorgeous Night at the PNE
A spur-of-the-moment decision resulted in a wonderful evening at the PNE. We joined forces with our wonderful neighbours and took the kids to the PNE on a Friday night. I expected utter chaos and overwhelming crowds…not so! We had a glorious night filled with giggling kids, mini donuts, face painting,
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Springtime Picnic
Summer made an unexpected visit to the Lower Mainland at the end of April. The 25+ degree weather demanded a picnic. While the eldest was at school the three-year old and I had fun making a fancy picnic. Many moons ago, I picked up an order-ahead picnic-meal from Meinhardts Fine
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Sunny Seaside Steveston
Recently my family and I decided to spend the day in Steveston, the very quaint and charming village at the south end of Richmond. We started the day by visiting the Gulf of Georgia Cannery. In all my years of visiting Steveston I had never popped inside. The Cannery is definitely
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Fun at BC Farm Museum
The BC Farm Museum re-opened for the season on April 1st. They remain open 7 days a week from April 1st until the end of the Thanksgiving weekend. You can find the BC Farm Museum in historic, and charming, Fort Langley. My youngest and I had great fun exploring the
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Dreaming at the Vancouver International Autoshow
Everything is so wonderfully shiny at the Vancouver International Autoshow. Bring your shades; you’ll need them as you step through the doors at the Vancouver Convention Centre. From now until Sunday afternoon, the Convention Centre is packed to the gills with gorgeous, drool-worthy cars. Best of all…you can sit in
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