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this is how we roll
Filed Under events, faces & places | January 25, 2010
So this Sunday we were inspired to visit both the Museum of Anthropology as they celebrate their grand reopening and ride the Olympic Line streetcar from the Canada Line to Granville Island. We headed out en masse to the MOA in the morning but I was disappointed. Not by the museum, which is such a [...]
peace out
Filed Under contests, events, faces & places, guest bloggers | January 20, 2010
Congratulations to Stacy Calogero, yoyomama reader, who won our copy for Listen to the Wind. And thanks again to Shoni Field for the donation. fter our review of Greg Mortenson’s Pennies for Peace campaign last week, Shoni Field, a yoyomama subscriber and lucky attendee, sent us both this review and a copy of Listen to [...]
dads (& kids) in the kitchen
Filed Under guest bloggers, parenting | January 18, 2010
To my mind – and the mind of most mums I know – there’s something trés appealing about dads in the kitchen. So when I was talking with cookbooker.com founder Andrew Gray who lives on the island, I asked if he’d write a column with his top tips for cooking with his kids, something he [...]
Live and Learn: A Learning Experience for Both of Us
Filed Under guest bloggers, live and learn | January 15, 2010
A Learning Experience for Both of Us On my daughter’s third birthday I had invited 20 people for the party, 7 kids and the rest adults. Danielle was very excited because we had a Care Bear theme for the party. I don’t think she understood the party aspect but she was very excited that she [...]
one more what to do?
Filed Under events, faces & places | January 15, 2010
Whitehorse-based paper artist Helen O’Connor is in town this weekend as her work is featured in the Museum of Vancouver’s recently launched Art of Craft exhibit. And this Saturday the 16th at 10:15 am she’ll be giving a brief, family-focused tour of the exhibit and then leading a short craft workshop featuring paper collage techniques. [...]
come on baby light your fire
Filed Under faces & places | January 13, 2010
Here’s the full q&a of our conversation with Danielle LaPorte of whitehottruth.com from a recent Mamas Rock profile. Danielle has such a way with words we just had to reprint it in full! What inspired White Hot Truth? A burning, almost obsessive desire to inspire self realization – in myself and others, and to have [...]
10 BC Foods to help you eat like a champion in 2010
Filed Under eco friendly, guest bloggers | January 6, 2010
I’m getting more and more into eating locally (and healthily!) as our recent reviews of Earth to Table (seriously one of my favourite cookbooks ever, even though I appear to have lost my copy) and A Local Table attest. So when I got this list of BC Superfoods compiled by Desiree Nielsen RD, Choices’ Market [...]
maui bound
Filed Under faces & places, guest bloggers | January 5, 2010
When yoyomama reader Jennifer Falloon contacted me about sharing the tale of her family’s trip to Maui with a 10-month-old I thought it would be perfect for this time of year when many of us are lucky enough to beat the gloom and head to warmer climes. If you have any stories or advice you’d [...]
