Cycling The Lochside Trail for Beginners
Over Easter Weekend, Victoria had incredible weather, like the rest of BC, when temperature records fell around our province and sunburns were omnipresent. I chose then to rediscover my love […]
Living versus Blogging: The Victoria Dilemma
The old saying goes, you either work to live or you live to work. I do the former, but sometimes opportunities come rolling in that one would be a fool […]
An Ode to the City of Beer and Its Beaches
The wind has been battering the coast for days now. Brutal windchills have made the seasonal sunshine seem ironic, but today it warmed a couple degrees, the wind dropped a […]
Taxing My Growler? YOU BASTARDS.
In their infinite stupidity, the government of BC has decided it’s time to crack down on the growing popularity of Growlers for beer. Now they’re slapping additional taxes on it, […]
Just Butter It: Breakfast at Willie’s Bakery & Cafe
Willie’s is a Victorian institution. I’ll let their main page tell you about that. Willie’s Bakery, which was founded in 1887 at 537 Johnson Street, is British Columbia’s oldest bakery. […]
¡Ole! The Mexican House of Spices!
Madre de Dios! Nothing like seeing a great recipe on the web then failing to locate the right ingredients, am I right? That’s why I was really intrigued when I […]
My Week in Photos: A Victorian Lifestyle
I thought maybe a great way to present the way I see life in Victoria, since I work at home and get to have a very self-directed life, would be […]
Eat Like a Victorian: Noodle Box & Driftwood White Bark
Well, my minions, I’d like to introduce you to a new series. This here’s “Eat Like a Victorian.” In it, I aspire to introduce you to some of my favourite […]
Once, There Were Lepers
“British Columbia has a leper colony. Its existence is not widely known, for those who compose it are of a race whose affairs never reach the public ear.” So wrote […]
A Lesson in Breathing
This post is inspired by incredible driftwood art found on Gonzales Beach. I don’t know when the art went up, and I don’t know how long it’ll stand, as it’s […]
Van Isle Style 