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World’s first bike polo court opens in East Van

May 14, 2011
By Susan Main
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Bike polo. It's popular in many cities and now my neighbourhood is home to the first bike polo court in the world.

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Imp

April 12, 2011
By Susan Main
Photo cred: Dustin Ames on Flickr

This is the name used by a woman I follow on Twitter. The Imp. It's what she calls her son online to protect his privacy.

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Happy holidays

December 29, 2010
By Susan Main
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I am officially on vacation - and enjoying lots of offline family time. This year Santa brought my son a PlayStation 3 and we cleared out a spot in our little townhouse now known as "The PS3 Lounge."

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Eating out at restaurants?

December 15, 2010
By Susan Main
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A contact asked me to support an online publication in Vancouver called Granville Online. I checked it out, to see if it was something I’d want to recommend to my readers – and indeed it is very cool, featuring many Vancouver restaurants that I love. “From Japanese and Indian to Chinese and West Coast...

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Larry’s wheelchair takedown on Commercial Drive

November 14, 2010
By Susan Main
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It's all caught on surveillance camera and talked about in different languages around the world. A guy from my neighbourhood - Larry Skopnik - stopped a would-be robber from assaulting a store clerk on Commercial Drive. The fact that he did this from his wheelchair has made the story extra big news, and I've...

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Remembrance Day and “Call of Duty”

November 11, 2010
By Susan Main
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Yesterday my son played the new, much-anticipated Call of Duty - Black Ops war video game at a friend's place - released right before Remembrance Day. Today I took him to a Remembrance Day ceremony where we saw an old veteran cry.

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What are you looking for?

October 4, 2010
By Susan Main

Are you trying to find something? Your keys, a new hammer, spiritual fulfillment. Tell me what you want.

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Wordless Wednesday

September 15, 2010
By Susan Main
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Visiting the new Don Hartley memorial skate park

July 13, 2010
By Susan Main
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Do you think it’s disrespectful to the Mad Carver to not wear a helmet in his memorial bowl? That’s an opinion I heard today from someone who wrote in to the Province newspaper about how upset she was to see the paper’s

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