Global Civic will host another Public Salon this month with another great line-up of speakers with diverse backgrounds, topics, and expertise. The Public Salon hosts eight speakers who each have eight minutes on stage to present on any topic they like. It could be a personal story, a motivational anecdote, photos from an adventure, or […]

I was told a Maui sunrise would be spectacular so I made sure to schedule it in during our trip to Hawaii this week. John and I are staying in the Ka’anapaali Resort area which is on the Western side of Maui, about a two hour drive from Haleakala National Park on the Eastern side […]

Davie Day has turned into West End Fest, a community celebration in Vancouver’s West End neighbourhood happening on September 8th. From 12:00pm to 7:00pm, Davie Street will be hopping from Burrard to Denman with two performance stages, vendors, displays, activities for the whole family, Urban Rec Dodge Ball Tournament, artist gallery, a Charity Ball Run, […]

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s Run for the Cure is coming up September 30th and a group of local bloggers has created a team to support the cause. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Nicole Ludwig from the blog Resolving Timeline Issues said that the team was an “accidental happening” last year since she signed […]

The first annual Ka’anapali Fresh food and wine festival has already had us enjoying a progressive dinner along the beach, a luncheon to showcase locally-grown ingredients, and a farmers market by the sea. Yesterday we met Marilyn Jansen Lopes from Maui Country Farm Tours who took us up to the old sugar can plantation which […]