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Timeraiser

When I heard about Timeraiser Vancouver last week on Miss604′s blog I thought it sounded like an awesome idea. It’s an art auction but instead of bidding in dollars you bid your time (volunteer hours) for local charities and non-profits. I was sad that I wouldn’t be able to participate since I no longer live [...]

Living green on Valentine’s Day (and every other day of the year)

Raul is having a contest and asking entrants to talk about how they are “greening” their Valentine’s Day. Dan and I don’t have any special plans for this Saturday and will probably have a quiet dinner at home, however if we do go anywhere I can guarantee we’ll be taking public transit. And if I [...]

Airing my dirty laundry

Now that I’m in the corporate world I have dry cleaning that needs to be done on a semi-regular basis. A couple months ago I went looking for reviews and rates for dry cleaners in my neighbourhood (Vancouver’s West End) and came up empty handed. It turns out the web presence of most local dry [...]

Come run with us on Wednesdays!

Our first weekly Vancouver running meetup last week was a success so we’re making it a regular thing. This week we’re meeting up at 6pm near City Square. I’ve created a permanent page for our group with details on the run. It’ll be updated weekly.

Goodbye grad school, hello real world

As I alluded to in an earlier post, I’m experiencing some major changes in my life at the moment. I have decided to take a leave of absence from my doctoral work at UBC and pursue full time employment. This decision was not made lightly or hastily! It’s something I had been thinking about for [...]

Vancouver Twitterers’ Weekly Run Group

The idea of a weekly running meetup has been bandied about by a few Vancouverites on Twitter, and I have decided to unilaterally declare this week our official first run! The regular time for our run will be 6:30pm on Wednesdays, and the location will rotate based on group membership so we’re not always starting [...]

Frugal Fitness

Rebecca just announced a new series on her blog called Fitness Friday, where she’ll talk about her own fitness progress and experiences at Fitness World (and perhaps elsewhere?). Anyhow, it got me thinking about my own fitness activities here in Vancouver. One of the things I love about this city is that it’s just so [...]

Water-ful long weekend

Much of my Canada Day long weekend was spent competing in fun sporting activities that gave me the opportunity to enjoy some wonderful Vancouver area lakes. I did a triathlon at Whonnock Lake on Sunday that included an 800m swim. I’d never been to the area before and was pleasantly surprised with the lovely lake [...]

Nike Runner’s Lounge

This evening I decided to check out a free boot camp fitness class that was happening at the Nike Runner’s Lounge down in Coal Harbour, which is just a short jog from my place in the West End. The lounge has been around for over a year but I hadn’t made it down there until [...]

Sun Run 2008

It’s been a while… In the time I have been neglecting my blog I have: 1. Taken a trip to Europe (Barcelona and Florence) and 2. Run in the 2008 Sun Run I haven’t managed to get my photos from my Europe trip on Flickr yet so I’ll leave the trip report for a later [...]

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