Beerfest 2017: Coriander Edition
This was the first festival I attended in the rain — the rain was very welcome after an extensive dry spell so I wasn’t about to complain and I came Continue Reading →
Category Archives: VictoriaBC
What is it about Mango?
Maybe I am showing my age, but when I hear whispers of “Mango…,” a part of my brain leaps to the SNL character played by Chris Kattan, the running gag Continue Reading →
More Words, Better Balance
Week two of NaNoWriMo didn’t get me very far ahead. As writing goes, I had one “good” day and a bunch of “almost enough” days but I still wrote every Continue Reading →
Victoria: home of architectural hoarding
I have lived in this city for most of my life. I am used to it, the way it is, or sometimes was. I am one of those people who Continue Reading →
Shop Local This Season
I realized recently to my horror, that I have barely begun Christmas shopping… as usual, I had grand ideas of handmade gifts and I may still try to do a Continue Reading →
Buyer’s Market
Housing sales have tanked in BC lately — down 25% over last year. There is so much on the market that prices are dropping almost weekly. Honestly, if we had Continue Reading →
Cost Overruns are to be Expected
City Councillor Ben Isitt noted on Facebook today, “Major cost overruns are projected for the new Johnson Street Bridge — from $77-million to $93-million. Should Council opt for a simpler, Continue Reading →
Starting from Zero
One of the domains I own, and have for a long time, is innerharbour.com (here’s a 2001 screenshot — man that page looks positively Jurassic now). Currently, subsites include my Continue Reading →
New and notable
While I am getting ready for WordCamp and trying to keep all the other balls in the air, I have been trying to procrastinate in a creative way — still Continue Reading →
Ballot Cast
Mike and I took the opportunity today to vote in the advanced polls (election day is officially Saturday). I don’t think I’ve ever done the advance polls before and I Continue Reading →