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See You Later Vancouver
Friday was another wonderful and busy day. I dropped mom off at work and headed towards Kitsilano my old neighborhood to visit my step sister. We decided to go to Granville Island for lunch and meet up with my good friend Maja from White Rock. The markets were busy, full of tourists during Spring Break….
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Happy 42nd Birthday to me, I Broke My Right Foot
Of all the stupid things I have ever done, this takes the cake. I was on my computer, as many of us are first thing in the morning, when I was writing about world peace, an alternative fuel source for the world or something very close to that, when the clock struck 11:00. I had been sitting…
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Darling Duck Confit Soup With Savoy Cabbage
The mayor’s wife sent over a giant organic savoy cabbage from her father’s garden, and along with the generous gift, she told me how she makes her favourite soup from duck confit. Confit is a traditional French dish of slow cooked duck in its own fat. The end result is a…
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Generating Hits To Your Blog
Like most people that blog, eventually we need to think about making an income from it. Generating over 10,000 hits/month is our goal, to eventually run money generating ads, but it turns out to be a taller order than I imagined. Here’s What We Have Tried #1 Google Ads -I tinkered with Google ads, and decided…
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Expats move again, their last Summer in Southern France
Halfway through summer holidays and I am nothing short of exhausted. All our students this year are little, between 10-13 years old, and most arrive with nearly zero of their new second language; no ability to construct a sentence, and very limited vocabulary. Of course not, as they only start really learning English in 6eme their…
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Easy Traditional Coq Au Vin
French Cooking Day Cooking with Mom, Julie and the Hungarian girls again, we tackle the Über famous Coq Au Vin. Notes: 1 hour prep time Over…
