vancouver
Why I’ll be visiting Science World a lot more this year (Vancouver, British Columbia)
November 15, 2014Yes, science museums are a good thing for kids. They help with STEM building (a word that’s super trendy in kid education lately that just means Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. I had to look it up because I thought it meant brain surgery or rocket science or something way more revolutionary, but really it […]
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Getting stuck in a Whistler Gondola and Finding my youth on the River of Golden Dreams
September 7, 2014Oh Whistler. You are always a bundle of fun every time we visit, but I think this summer was the best visit yet. (We’ve been a bunch of times now and even forgot that we visited when the guys were one. That’s what happens when you have twins. The first two years are definitely a […]
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Northwest Summer Love
August 31, 2014Why have I ever wasted a drop of summer traveling away from the northwest? It is so gorgeous here and we found this out with this year’s summer staycation. From Oregon beaches, To local Seattle sights, Vancouver sunrises and sunsets, and bakeries sprinkled gloriously in between. Dare I say we start school next week? How […]
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I run because I want my 80-year-old self to know I gave it my all
August 28, 2014One day I’ll be thankful for the hours I’ve put in running, but I’m going to give my legs a little break for a couple of weeks. I just survived my 2nd half marathon in Vancouver at the Lululemon Seawheeze and it is such a gorgeous run. I just got too sweaty that I couldn’t […]
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Where my kids discovered cucumber cream cheese sandwiches and scones (adorabelle tea room, Steveston, BC)
July 11, 2014I always knew my kids would love sushi and perogies because those ingredients are a part of their souls. And they have to love Taco Time because the hubby and I have had some of our best dates on Taco Tuesdays long ago. And they will have no problem understanding the different nuances in different […]
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Because I’m not traveling on a Monday
June 23, 2014Mondays are better with painted toes and my sis and I managed to have a much needed sister date this weekend at a neat branch of the Absolute Spa Group at the Fairmont Hotel at the Vancouver airport. It was so nice to just sit back, chat and watch our ugly toes turn pretty colors […]
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How nature affects kids’ art (near Granville Island, Vancouver, BC)
June 17, 2014So much can be learned about nature just by going to the beach with kids. I visited a dear friend for an afternoon in Vancouver and we wandered our kids down to the beach near the Aquatic Center across from Granville Island (my favorite place on Earth) so we could sit and chat while the […]
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Lovely coffee shops and family hotels in Vancouver BC (Vancouver with kids)
April 15, 2014Every time we head to Vancouver the list of places we love grows. It feels like there are always new coffee shops popping up and because we have family and friends that live there we always get good recommendations-the only thing we ever lack is time. And even though we have family in the area, […]
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High Tea with kids (Urban Tea Merchant, Vancouver, BC)
February 22, 2014There are so many lovely bakeries and restaurants in Vancouver, but for her birthday, I wanted to take my mom for high tea and I had the kids in tow. I was surprised at how many places offer a high tea with kids: the Fairmont Vancouver Hotel has an intriguing sounding Bubble Gum tea, and […]
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Getting Olympic Ready at the BC Sports Hall Of Fame (Vancouver, BC)
January 23, 2014Oh do you remember these guys? We had so much fun with the kids during their first Winter Olympics and we were so lucky it happened in Vancouver! I remember taking them to the Richmond Oval and parading them around with someone’s torch and just taking in all the excitement of the Olympic Spirit. It […]
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Homesick pictures after a weekend away
January 21, 2014We travel a lot but sometimes even an exciting weekend away leaves me a little homesick and by the end of the trip I just want to get home and unwind in my own house before the week starts. On the drive home, I start thinking about the laundry I need to fold, the lunches […]
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Snowshoeing in Whistler for the first time with kids (Callaghan Valley, British Columbia)
January 10, 2014All Christmas the hubby and I talked about how we were so excited to go to Whistler for the first time with kids and how we hadn’t been in 6 years, but as we were walked through the village we both got some weird deja vu feelings and then realized we’ve actually been here before. […]
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Family-friendly Christmas Activities in Vancouver
January 4, 2014I’m going through my photo roll and it feels like I’ve blinked and weeks have magically flown by. We’ve spent a lot of time in Vancouver, BC in the past few months and though we didn’t really plan on doing too many festive things this year, we definitely have some fun Christmas activities in Vancouver […]
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Five Delightful Vancouver Eats with Kids in Tow
January 2, 2014Whenever we head to Vancouver, we have some regular stops but we’re always trying to expand our food repertoire. We spent a good week up in Vancouver for Christmas Break and while we had a lot of family events to eat at, we had some fun eating around Vancouver too. The first place is a […]
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Ice skating party or why I heart experience gifts (Minoru Arenas, Richmond, BC)
December 29, 2013I think I gave myself the best present this Christmas. A skating party with people I love. And in the blur of all the Christmas shopping and merriment it was nice to just step into a winter wonderland and whirl around a rink with friends and family. I barely saw my kids because they wouldn’t […]
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A cliff-hanger of a birthday in Vancouver (Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, BC)
November 20, 2013Maybe the story shouldn’t start with the cliffhanger. But, I was oh so proud. This is what everyone with a fear of heights should do to celebrate just being alive. We weren’t supposed to be up in Vancouver for my birthday, but one thing led to another and here I was in my hometown. We […]
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If you go to Vancouver alone with kids
August 14, 2013I’ve been on so many trips to Vancouver without the hubby and we have a lot of family there so it’s never really too difficult when we go. But I have a friend heading up there pretty soon and she has some time by herself with three little ones while her hubby does a big […]
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Best “good for you” way to tour Vancouver next year (Seawheeze, Vancouver)
August 12, 2013So today I’m hanging up the running shoes for a couple of weeks. You’ve heard me talking about running forever and I finally conquered my big run: the Lululemon Seawheeze. I literally ran AROUND Vancouver. It’s pretty much the best type of tour you could imagine, so if you’re thinking about heading to Vancouver next […]
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About Camping (Alice Lake, British Columbia, Canada)
July 24, 2013It’s 3am and the sound of rain and someone else’s tent zipper opening wakes me up. I’m itchy from the day’s mosquito attack and I have to pee but the bathroom is a couple hundred feet away. The guys next to me have been swallowed by their sleeping bags and I have to check if […]
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Best Sign Ever At the Vancouver Aquarium and an idea
July 7, 2013The other day a sign made my day. Actually it was this row of “out of order” signs on all the penny squishing machines at the Vancouver Aquarium last week. Out of order. Out of order. Out of order. My guys love these penny press machines and they are EVERYWHERE. I have caved so often because […]
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