Climate change just came to my neighbourhood. The wild wind storm Saturday night uprooted trees all over the city. The soil was so dry it […] Read More
Month: August 2015
The city is expanding the neighbourhood energy utility (NEU) beyond Olympic Village to the Great Northern Way Campus. The NEU provides heat and hot water […] Read More
I have been riding under this fabric beneath the Burrard Street Bridge for awhile now. I thought the City was still doing repairs on it. […] Read More
A colleague made these squares for a staff party recently. I was surprised when she told me where the recipe was from – the Peanuts […] Read More
There are a lot of museums and galleries on the UBC Point Grey campus and I’ve been trying to visit them all before I leave […] Read More
I heard Ian Tostenson, the president of the BC Restaurant and Food Services Association on CBC Radio recently during a piece about the drought in […] Read More
Rain or Shine, Kitsilano’s favourite ice cream hang out, has a new outdoor seating area. They’ve taken over two parking spots on 4th Avenue. Car […] Read More
I’m going to make this dish for a potluck picnic this weekend. It’s always a favourite. It’s from the Greens Cookbook by Deborah Madison (the […] Read More
There’s a great feature on food waste in the August issue of Alive Magazine. Here’s an excerpt, but there’s much more if you click on […] Read More
Saw this post from Jim Pennie on Facebook via a couple of my FB friends. Heart-achingly beautiful. These chairs were laid out for a wedding […] Read More