Where did you go to my Lovely connections?

November 1, 2010

A few days ago a friend asked if I wanted to pay $100 to see Roger Waters in Vancouver. I mentioned this to Leftantler just before we sat down to watch the latest DVD to arrive in the mail from Videomatica. The movie was The Darjeeling Limited. A movie which I found fascinating in the [...]

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Pyjamas in the daytime

October 28, 2010

The older I get the less likely I am to have pyjamas that match my attitude. This, I suggest, is a great loss. Not my personal bedtime clothing options but the point more generally. I was commenting to Leftantler that I liked the thought of wearing a pair of pyjamas with a giraffe pattern. By [...]

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Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm, welcome childish glee in Vancouver

October 8, 2010

I remember the first time I heard the song Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by the Crash Test Dummies. Sixteen years ago I was stuck in traffic after crossing Richmond Bridge when a song came on the radio that caught my attention. I immediately loved the sound of the singer’s amazingly deep voice and the pictures [...]

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The event, the decision and the wardrobe

October 2, 2010

This week I attended an event where the required dress code was ‘formal.’ Over five years out of the UK in Vancouver this gave me pause for thought. What does this actually mean here? I can’t remember attending a ‘formal’ event for the longest time and my current wardrobe reflects this. The location gave me [...]

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Flying inspiration – some things never change

September 18, 2010

When I was a kid I loved going near airports. Fortunately one of the world’s biggest was on my door step. London Heathrow. Very occasionally my parents would stop on our way back from somewhere and see if we could see a jumbo!. I don’t know what it was but I could spend many a [...]

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An 800km drive to hear a talk about the importance of place

September 12, 2010

As I’ve posted here, last Friday we took a trip to hear a talk given by Richard Florida. This trip involved an 800km round trip to Kelowna. We did consider staying overnight in the Okanagan but after some checking of prices we found it to be very over priced (reviews like this are not encouraging). [...]

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Enjoying the Cultural Access Pass

September 7, 2010

One of the unanticipated benefits of becoming Canadian Citizens is the Cultural Access Pass. The official description of this includes … engages new citizens in cultural experiences through complimentary access to participating institutions in their region. This means I get free access to a bunch of museums and other attractions for a year! In the [...]

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Turning the page

September 1, 2010

I am just over half way through reading a book on my iPod. I use the Kindle application for this, an application I believe will dominate the ebook space. There are two reasons for this. selection and price. Currently in Canada the selection available on Apple’s iBooks is very poor. When I do find what [...]

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Can you tell what it is yet?

August 28, 2010

Another story with me travelling Dad in the van. This time I’m a lot younger, awake and joining my father in song. The song in question being Two Little Boys. Quite why my Dad and I would be singing an American Civil War song as we bumbled through the English countryside is due to an [...]

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A rabbit to remember

August 24, 2010

Like any other teenager I liked my sleep. One of my favourite places was the passenger seat of my Dad’s van as he drove to market in the early hours of the morning. It was a 2hr drive from the South Coast of England to the Fruit and Vegetable Market Dad preferred in the East [...]

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