YVR

Bev's mum recently celebrated her 90th Birthday! Bev treated us to a night at the theatre. The Metro Theatre on Marine Drive presented THEFT. We all thoroughly enjoyed the show.


It was a CP Air weekend.


I worked at CP Air from 1972 to 76 at which time I moved west to Calgary. I visited my long-time friend Bev (I was going to say "old friend" but changed my mind) this weekend as Bill was in from England. Now, being with two CP Air people, we spent our time visiting others that we worked with - some I haven't seen since 1976! I am happy to say everyone looked the same, only, like wine, we seem to be getting better with age.


Just found this blog about CP Air: CLICK HERE
Don't know who made it up but if you want to reminisce (and remember what air travel used to be like - remember customer service????) - it's great to browse through.

Canada Line - Vancouver

Took a quick jaunt to Vancouver this weekend. Experienced the new Canada Line which was built especially for the Winter Olympics to be held soon in Vancouver. We were fortunate as the rain stopped and the sun shone its merry face as we road the rails from Richmond to downtown. If you remember the news during the building of this system, many of the main roads were closed for construction and many of the shops went out of business due to the fact no one could reach their stores. But now that it is complete I, for one, enjoyed the ride downtown. This line also can take you out to the airport.




Two ways it could be improved:
1. SIGNAGE - we sometimes found it was like the blind leading the blind to get to where you wanted to go.
2. The Stations - they all look the same, white and grey. I would have liked to see each station a distinct colour with perhaps some art work in them.

But, they didn't ask my opinion when they were building the system.

Sunday Dinner

When I was young Sunday dinner was roast beef and mashed potatoes. Today - Sushi.
Had dinner tonight with my YEG tenant during her visit to YXY and SR's friend that I haven't seen forever! T'was fun and I didn't have to cook!

Spruce Bog

Ah, Christmas must be coming as it is once again Spruce Bog time. Held this year at the Canada Games Centre, it was busy as usual.



Saw Deanna Slonski, selling her rock art. She is just back from Las Vegas, one of the reasons she looks so warm and relaxed.

And, amongst others, ran into Cody and Ella. Ella was in need of a nap so wouldn't smile but wasn't cranky either...just tired.

Although is was only about -10 today felt much colder than that. A bit of snow falling and very wintery looking, so good weather to browse crafts for Christmas.

The Hand of Henry

In case you missed it, World Cup controversy starts early this time. Thierry Henry's Hand Ball in the World Cup Qualifier match against Ireland wins France an entry into the games. Henry admitted (albeit a bit late) that he used his hand to direct the ball and FIFA have denied a replay of the game. Wouldn't it be something if France won the cup in the 2010 World Cup !!

Art Series ... again

Went to another in the Art Series tonight - Mary Gauthier (pronounced GoShay). Had no idea what to expect but was pleasantly surprised. She sings in the line of Dylan. Born in Lafayette and I believe now living in New Orleans she is internationally known. Her introductions are humorous but her songs are of the sadder variety - like she once said "I should sing a happy song now, but I don't have any". A show I thoroughly enjoyed. Below, I'll give you a taste of her music.

Article of Interest

Sipping my coffee and reading Popular Science (my favourite magazine) this morning, I came across this story:
PERSONAL CHEMISTRY
It talks about all the man-made chemicals we have in our bodies from womb to now.
Seeing the photo of the coffee-maker and reading my coffee contains "Deca BDE
A toxic flame retardant in plastic can leach into your brew" didn't help me enjoy my morning java. It went on to talk about sun screen, lotions, shampoo ... things we use everyday and things which are suppose to be good for us and the Rule of 1,000 - Anything released indoors is about 1,000 times as likely to be inhaled as something released outdoors. It is a very interesting article and if you View Photo Gallery you may wonder how we are still alive after using these everyday things.

On a similar note, (and in the same magazine) I cruised this site:
Alternative Uses for Everyday Products
I may just have to start using Vodka to clean my bathroom tiles (and I can think of another use or two for this cleaning agent).

Good health to you!

Oops

So if you think you just had a bad day at work ... it probably could have been worse.

Hallowe'en Night

Bookclub was set for Hallowe'en night. With minimal kids trick or treating it didn't really make much of a difference if we were home or not, and personally, I'd rather be sitting around with friends, sipping wine and eating appies than feeling the blast of -10 air hitting me every time I open the door to hand out candy. I know that's sort of a bah humbug statement but that is the truth.

Luckily we arrived before Peter, Cody & little Ella left for their Hallowe'en Party. As is the case with babies, Ella has grown by leaps and bounds since I last saw her. She was all decked out for the party in her Bat Cape & Bat Hat.

It's funny how different books affect different people. Joan & I loved The Book of Negroes while two others in the group couldn't read it as they found the subject too depressing. They also wouldn't be able to read the Wally Lamb book I'm currently reading called The Hour I First Believed which is about experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the aftermath of the Columbine shootings. But I think everyone could read Gods Behaving Badly which is one of the few books I have ever laughed out loud to whilst reading it.

Clocks turned back, and extra hour of sleep (or partying), I guess winter is officially here. Going today to The Country House's Christmas open house. Lots of sales (along with appies) at my favourite store in Whitehorse.