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Off the Highway by Mette Bach (book review)

Off the Highway by Mette Bach

Off the Highway: Growing Up In North Delta is a memoir by local author Mette Bach and installment 18 in the Transmontanus Series published by New Star Books. The Transmontanus series, edited by Terry Glavin, are “short illustrated books about some of the more unusual aspects of life in a corner of the world currently known as British Columbia.” About thirty kilometres south of Vancouver, just over the Alex Fraser Bridge and bordering with Surrey and Ladner, lies North Delta, a suburb replete with strip malls, single detached family homes and every–half–hour bus service. It was a sleepy suburb, one Continue Reading »

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BC Cultural Crawl

BC Cultural Crawl 2010

We’re already a week into August (can you believe it?!) and despite arts funding cuts, I’m very excited about the 9th Annual BC Cultural Crawl! The best thing about living in the Lower Mainland, is the proximity to other cities. I technically live in Vancouver but can easily go to Burnaby, Richmond, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, New Westminster, Langley, Abbotsford, and that’s not even mentioning all the nearby Island communities. So I started looking through the list of BC Cultural Crawl activities for cities throughout the Lower Mainland. The Cultural Crawl listings are also a great Continue Reading »

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Triple Feature at the Drive-In

Dirty bums after horseback riding without saddles

CW arrived on Friday evening and I picked him up at the airport. We had a quiet night at home and I had made hot spinach and artichoke dip. We headed out to camp on Saturday to say hello to his family and catch up. We went horseback riding with some friends just before dinner on Saturday. Then we got an invite to go to the movies with some other camp friends, but not just any movie theatre. One of my favourite summer activities is going to the Twilight Drive-In in Aldergrove. On Friday and Saturday nights they play three Continue Reading »

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