Category: Living

  • Oh hey happy 2018!

    Happy 2018 guys! So long 2017 – you were a smash. Lots of happy times, some hard times and loads of learning. There were road trips, wine tours and Haida Gwaii adventures. Like the photo above. Our neighbours invited on a jaunt with some of Queen Charlotte’s loveliest songbirds for a Haida Gwaii Radio special. Summary:…

  • Kitimat road trip mission to the best public pool

    If my family had a customized license plate made it might read something like: ‘Will brake for awesome public pools‘. Or more accurately, will drive two extra hours to swim in THE BEST pool in the region. And so is the gist of an unexpected road trip we ventured out on, last October from Prince…

  • Your Made-in-BC Etsy Guide for Small Business Saturday

    When was the last time you bought something from a person who actually made the thing you bought? As in with their own hands? This is a question I think about often before making a gift purchase. Whether I’m looking for my son, my partner, my family or friends, I often try to include at…

  • The Quest for Mom Jeans: Top Tips from a Denim Expert

    These days shopping for jeans as a mom in her late 30s is almost as torturous as bikini shopping as an insecure 18 year old. I used to own tonnes of jeans, I loved jeans. I wore denim as much as possible. As a 29 year old I owned exactly two pairs of stretchy pants…