by Gillian Crowley – November may be our rainiest month but there’s more than enough going on in music and arts and crafts to keep us warm. Artisans Gift Gallery Get your gift buying done early at this popular show of contemporary and traditional works by Island artisans. The selection is eclectic and unpredictable, including […]
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by Deborah Rogers – It’s not everyone’s idea of a good time, being locked in a room with their colleagues, but this month for my “Day Out” I had the opportunity to try an “Escape Room,” and who better to try it with than the rest of the Seaside team? A phenomenon that’s become globally
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by Tina Kelly – Canada’s coastline exceeds 200,000 kilometres but a mere 25% of its population lives in coastal zones. Of that small percentage, how many are certified to dive? Weed out the non-swimmers, the underage, those with health, physical or financial limitations, and those like me, the “too nervous to do more than float
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story by Janice Henshaw | photos by www.nuttycake.com – Why move from Deep Cove to Sidney? “It was time for a change,” said Simon Kirk. “Everyone wants a new home, right?” Simon was tired of spending four hours each Saturday mowing his acreage in Deep Cove, and he was fed up with all the maintenance
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by Matt Hall, Wildwood Nursery – Autumn is an exciting time of year for us in the nursery industry. Our daily mail is full of catalogues from our growers, that are brimming with plants to fill our nurseries with in the spring. It’s also when the new cultivars and varieties of plants, bulbs and seeds
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by Krista Rossato, id8 Design – Increasingly, we are a culture obsessed with success, achievement, and mastery. We benchmark our efforts against statistics, letter grades, pay increases, popular media, and more. Yet, our greatest hurdle is our fear of failure. We agonize over failure – we try to avoid it, we doubt ourselves, we protect
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by Lara Gladych – FOOD & DRINK Cocktails & More The cocktail lounge at Victoria Distillers, in Sidney, is now closed for the winter. You can still shop their retail store, Tuesday to Sunday, 12 to 6 p.m., and experience their tours and tastings, Friday through Sunday, hourly from 1 to 4 p.m. Guests can
For the past few weeks, my daughter has been excitedly anticipating her third birthday. This is the first year that she really seems to know what’s going on, and she just can’t wait. I’ve got several bags of decorations, craft supplies to make games, treats for loot bags etc., and every time I turn around
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I know I’ve said this countless times but I love my job! For most of my career I’ve worked for someone else, and just over six years ago, my dream of having my own business came true with Seaside Magazine. There is no question that owning your own business is a risky proposition. But with
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by Susi McMillan – My grandmother always said when invited somewhere, bring a sign of gratitude. I think the best gifts are things you know the receiver will love. Here are some unique host gifts which deliver gratitude. Savour Urban Bee Honey urbanbeehoney.ca Nourish Bread basket. The Fickle Fig Farm Market theficklefig.ca Relax Gift
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