A group of people from the UBC Learning Exchange went to Feast Bowl this past month. It’s a fabulous monthly community meal, with freshly grown […] Read More
Category: community
This week I participated in holiday festivities at work for the first time in many years. We had Christmas Tree decorating and a skating party […] Read More
I’ll be making a trip to the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre this week to drop off some soaps and socks and other items on their […] Read More
I plan to do some Christmas shopping at Enterprising Women Making Art (EWMA), an initiative of Atira Women’s Resource Society on the downtown eastside. The […] Read More
I was showered with surprising gifts this week. First I got some unexpected time off at work. Then I was the only one who showed […] Read More
The Eastside Culture Crawl is upon us again. I’m heading out with some colleagues after work tonight. We’ll cover the Strathcona art studios and likely […] Read More
Just listening to CBC’s Early Edition. Two guest bloggers talking about why we should get out and vote. One of the bloggers admitted she gets […] Read More
From my bus window. Granville Street. Downtown Vancouver.
I just read a book co-authored by John McKnight called Abundant Community. Community developers will probably be familiar with his work. I loved his description […] Read More
Look who’s moved into Gastown. Versace has opened a flagship “home” store at 310 West Cordova in the old deLuxe Junk location. The opulent new […] Read More