Archive for April, 2010
Fire and Ice Festival comes back to Oceanside
Friday, April 30th, 2010
The Qualicum Beach Fire and Ice Festival has a very warm place in my heart (no heart-burn pun intended) as it was the first Vancouver Island festival that we attended after making this area our new home. And it’s back tomorrow, May 1st – 11 am to 3pm, rain or shine, bringing chili and ice carving to the streets of Qualicum’s adorable and quaint downtown.
Celebrating their 18th year in 2010, festival goers gorge on the chili offerings of local businesses and restaurants for the bargain one-time price of $3 for a sampling cup and spoon. (more…)
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Migrating Birds and Waterfalls – Spring 2010 videos from Vancouver Island
Monday, April 26th, 2010
Let’s be honest, on Vancouver Island there is no real winter, just an extended fall with the odd flake of snow thrown in. But spring is none the less beautiful and I’ve really been enjoying getting outside on both the sunny warm days and the stormy, rainy, windy ones that sometimes give this area’s climate a bad name (undeservedly, I would say, seeing the amount of snow that fell in other areas of North America this April). (more…)
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Decaffeinated Vegas – a rant
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
On my last trip to Las Vegas I was lucky enough to stay at the beautiful Platinum Hotel, who supply each room with a coffee maker and daily supply of coffee. I found the coffee they offered to be mediocre but hey, it was available and I was happy to drink it. I was irritated with Platinum’s Kil@wat restaurant for charging me 1/2 the price of my breakfast for a coffee (breakfast: $6, cup of coffee: $3). Little did I know just how good I had it… (more…)
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The Full Tilt Canada Cup of Poker begins this Thursday
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
After a long wait, Full Tilt The Canada Cup of Poker is here, starting tomorrow night on The Score channel across Canada.
In the summer of 2009, 60,000 Canadians competed in a series of regional online freerolls to win a seat in the first annual Full Tilt Canada Cup. This unique event brought together the top 21 players from across Canada to compete in a live team Texas Hold Em Poker tournament. Each team of three represented one area of Canada, players either qualifying for their province of residence or province of birth. Being worried about not only your own play, being on TV and having two other people counting on your every move made for some interesting moments and strategies from playing tight to loose to bizarre. (more…)
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