by Phillip Tiicham Muir – For six months now I’ve been neck-deep in the world of diapers, feed times, naps and strolls. No, I haven’t retired: I’ve become a father. After half a year I still look at my beautiful son, asking him: “where did you come from?” Before you start telling me how babies […]
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by Jesse Holth – The holiday season is a wonderful time for celebrating with family and friends. It’s about togetherness, enjoying simple pleasures and bonding over shared experiences. It can be easy to get swept up in the frenzy of gift-buying often associated with Christmas, but materialism is no recipe for happiness. In fact, studies
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by Jo Barnes – It’s time to plan your Christmas Party! It’s fun, festive and … sometimes frustrating. The chance to get your family and friends together for the holiday season is always special, but finding ways to satisfy their broad range of dietary needs can seem overwhelming. “When you do the preparation, there doesn’t
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by Susan Simosko – The Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea is unique. There is nothing quite like it in the region, or maybe the province. It’s been around for almost 10 years and serves as an educational, scientific facility as well as a lively, fun place for young and old alike to let down
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by Matt Hall, Red Feather Horticulture – For many of us, the holiday season is a time for reflection upon the past year. This introspection may also apply to the successes and failures of the past gardening season. Perhaps it’s even time to draft some New Year’s resolutions in the hope of dragging us into
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by Jesse Holth – With the change of seasons and fewer daylight hours, fall is the perfect opportunity to refresh your home. You’ll be spending more time indoors, and the holidays will be here before you know it – so follow these easy steps, and your rooms will feel new again in no time! Mix
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Owner / Publisher Sue Hodgson Chats with Stephanie Rundle and Ashley Whitlock, Co-Founders of Crafted Farmhouse Market What is it? When is it? How did the idea come about? Crafted Farmhouse Market is a semi-annual unique shopping experience for local vintage and hand made goods. We have collaborated with Uptown Victoria, to host the Uptown Winter Market
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. “If there’s an easier, more efficient way to
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by Nicole Wilford, Merit Travel – I recently went on a solo trip to Thailand and Vietnam. Thailand had been calling out to me for more than 25 years; however, as time went on and it become a more popular place, I felt that I wanted to experience it on a different level than the
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by Dan Adair, Island Savings Brentwood Bay – It’s hard to turn on the TV nowadays without getting roped into the latest and greatest renovation show. These shows usually leave us with grandiose ideas on how to make our homes look incredible while adding to the value of the home. Although the shows make it
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