Party in the USA or…
As many of you are no doubt already aware, i spent Hallowe’en weekend in seattle with jo-ann and trevor. The trip started off with a somewhat ill-fated trip to Tan Popo for all-you-can-eat sushi. The...
View Articlethe view from 39,000 feet
I flew back from Calgary to Vancouver yesterday which was quite sad as I missed St. Patrick’s Day in Alberta, and my Mum was rather upset (although her tears did get her out of paying for parking at...
View ArticleOlympics Catch-Up: Day Two
Day two of the Olympics Jo-Ann and I again had to rise extremely early because we had booked a coach to whisk us off to the glorious slopes of Whistler for the day. We had to be waiting at the corner...
View ArticleThis is how you end the best reality show of all time
As you may or may not be aware, British Big Brother signed off this summer for the last time. In my humble opinion it was the greatest reality show yet to have been created, largely because of it’s...
View ArticleWe were LIVING!
A few weeks ago, my friend Jo-Ann and I ventured south of the border for what turned out to be a rather eventful trip to Seattle to see Robyn. While I will be detailing other parts of the trip at a...
View ArticleScotland, ho!
As many of you are well aware I went to a wedding earlier this year in Edinburgh. It was fantastic. As many of you are also well aware, I have a tendency to embarrass myself at weddings; this one...
View ArticleScotland Day 2: Mingling with the Locals
So after the shenanigans of the previous evening we arose from bed at the perfectly reasonable hour of two in the afternoon. Feeling refreshed (if a little worse for wear) three intrepid explorers...
View ArticleOn Harrison “Hot Springs”
[photo credit: Ryan] A while ago now Ryan, Bobby and I decided to rent a car and take a mini road trip in our further exploration of BC. Scanning a map we decided on Harrison Hot Springs for our brief...
View ArticleGetting back to Scotland: Ushering, Pregnancy, & Social Decorum.
One of the reasons that I started this whole Blapril business is because I was going through some old posts and realized I’d never concluded blogging about my trip to Scotland despite the fact that it...
View ArticleThe Spice Girls, Bunting and Prince Hot Ginge: It’s Britain O’Clock.
Earlier this year I made a brief sojourn “across the pond” to my native land: England. Being as this was just prior to the Diamond Jubilee I found the country on the cusp of a veritable outburst of...
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