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Grown-up home schooler tells her story in Vancouver March 30
It seems like an increasing number of people – like me – are taking an alternative approach to their kids’ school. My son was so unhappy in regular school that I pulled him out in Grade 3 and started in the SelfDesign program.
Other families start off right away with home schooling or “unschooling”...
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Cool cake art attack
Underneath all this colourful pizazz is a chocolate cake requested by a three-year-old birthday boy who loves guitars.
It was made by Jen, mom of my son’s younger brother and sister. For the past few years, she’s had so much fun with these cakes that she’s thinking of making and selling them.
The wee...
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Following our favorite toy store
Andrew Scott never fails me when I need a gift idea. During the past several years, I’ve probably spent many hours chatting with him in the toy store about kids’ gifts and all kinds of random topics.
Andrew works at It’s All Fun & Games – a beloved toy store in my neighbourhood –...
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Photography for kids
“Thats’s so random!”
I never know what I’ll see on my iPhone camera after my son’s been using it. Yesterday I found this super-cool drawing on it after our trip to JJ Bean. He’s also taken some interesting shots of the painting on the south wall of Continental Cafe (which is worth a...
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Poster by Vancouver design student shows the person behind “the homeless guy”
Update: Mar. 7, 2010 – Due to concerns re: permission to use Jeff’s image for this poster, Jesi asked me to remove the image. A redesign is in the works…
Emily Carr design student Jesi Carson had a school project to create a poster commenting on an issue facing Vancouver. She emailed me last week...
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I won a book at Vancouver Real Writers’ Series
I love the exciting feeling when you see your raffle ticket numbers correspond with the numbers spoken aloud. Yay! And now that I’m a mom, I can send my son to collect the prize, because I have a shy streak in such situations.
Last night my son and I went to the Grand Finale night...
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Public art adding colour to Vancouver
This mural is one of the many great pieces of public art to enjoy in out city. It’s on Commercial Drive and East 5th Avenue, beside Cafe Deux Soleils. My son was intrigued with the artist who painted it and he asked lots of questions, as usual. That’s how he learned about Montana Spray...
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Check out Real Vancouver Writers and Culture Series
Every Wednesday in February, starting at 7 p.m., a line-up of local writers will hit the stage at W2 (112 West Hastings. ) Organizer says: "These evenings are designed to show the city and the world real and diverse Vancouver culture and real creative individuals in the literary and publishing communities at a time...
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Not enough time to blog?
"I don't have enough time!" That's the first thought that came to mind when I thought about writing this post.
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Mad Dog opens Big Can of City Dog Food in Vancouver
On Friday, Feb 5, local artist Mad Dog welcomed fans to his first show in seven years - and, as parties go, everyone had a great time. People were loving (and buying) the art, drinking beer, and talking with old friends and new strangers. On til Feb 28...
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