kids

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...

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 –...

“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 look-see...

This worker is taking down the big fence around Trout Lake – and this is happy news for the people in our neighbourhood! The southwest corner of Trout Lake park has been inaccessible since before the Olympics. Now the big fence is coming down and it looks so good. The kids and dogs can...

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...

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...

This is a photo of Charles the cook at Cafe Deux Soleils on Commercial Drive. I wrote about my favorite meal there in my Super Citizen blog last spring. My son and I are heading down there to meet up with our friends from the Island. Kids can hang out on the big stage...