by Tracey Jones & Stacey Kaminski – Our number one question from clients when we first meet is “Why can’t I get my space to look finished?” Our answer is always the same. A home requires not only furniture that fits in terms of scale, colour and style, but more importantly it requires the detailed […]
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by Matt Hall, Red Feather Horticulture – Even though the growing season is drawing to a close, there is always plenty of gardening work to be done in the fall. Having gardened through the spring and summer, I find that most of these jobs have become chores to me. That said, there is one task
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It’s the start of another long awards season! The Emmys have already taken place, and we can expect red-carpet reports and tearful acceptance speeches all the way until the Oscars in February. We don’t like to be left out here on the Saanich Peninsula – October sees our own kind of awards season. At Seaside
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Following from Gillian Crowley’s article “Sing Out for Joy!” in our October issue, here is a list of choral groups in Greater Victoria. Non-auditioned: Arbutus Singers – six-part mixed choir – sings popular music, Broadway medleys, seasonal favorites Gettin’ Higher – community choir; section rehearsals in James Bay and Langford Sing Your Joy – for
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Just like coming to the end of a wonderful book, the last days of summer make us want to cling to it all the more, as we start to think about what we will miss most about it. Instead of focusing on the looming loss of what is most people’s favourite time (it is surely
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by Solara Goldwynn, Hatchet & Seed – Eating locally in September is a feast for the senses. After an intensely warm summer, and an unprecedented forest fire season, the coming change to autumn is a welcome sight for many. Farmers markets are filled with the bounty of the season and all the love and hard
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by Stu Rhoes – This month’s edition of Seaside Magazine has a focus on food. We can all think back and recall a special meal of some significance that has left us with lifelong memories. Sometimes we remember the meal because of the occasion or celebration to which it was connected, like a birthday or
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by Lara Gladych – Seaside Magazine wants to live up to our slogan of being “the voice of the Saanich Peninsula,” so, in every issue, we’ll be asking people to answer a question. We’re looking for responses from all ages and across the diverse neighbourhoods that form our community. Food is one of my great loves.
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by Gillian Crowley – Four Friends Having Fun Find out why these four artists are having a ball. Visit the ArtSea Gallery to catch Linda Butcher, Lois Kissinger, Shirley Sarens and Karen Wilk who are back for a third year – creating, painting, learning and laughing together. They’ll be happy to explain their work as
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by Deborah Rogers – Food preparation, cooking, eating and clean up is a time-consuming part of my life. It’s probably the same for you. And maybe you also get stuck in a rut cooking the same few dishes over and over again. On automatic pilot in the grocery store, I find I’m working with the
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