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Big ol' impressive trees dot the path from time to time on the Lochside Trail.

Cycling The Lochside Trail for Beginners

April 4, 2013by Steffani Cameron 1 Comment

Over Easter Weekend, Victoria had incredible weather, like the rest of BC, when temperature records fell around our province and sunburns were omnipresent. I chose then to rediscover my love […]

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Adventure, Beaches and Parks, Cyling, Lifestyle, Tourism, Victoria Love
A recent sunset I caught with a friend, or "I Could Have Been Blogging Instead, Exhibit 1." Think I made the right choice?

Living versus Blogging: The Victoria Dilemma

March 29, 2013by Steffani Cameron Leave a comment

The old saying goes, you either work to live or you live to work. I do the former, but sometimes opportunities come rolling in that one would be a fool […]

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Adventure, Beaches and Parks, Lifestyle, Slow Living, Victoria Love
Beach Beers

An Ode to the City of Beer and Its Beaches

March 18, 2013by Steffani Cameron Leave a comment

The wind has been battering the coast for days now. Brutal windchills have made the seasonal sunshine seem ironic, but today it warmed a couple degrees, the wind dropped a […]

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Beaches and Parks, Beer & Breweries, Victoria Love
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Taxing My Growler? YOU BASTARDS.

March 14, 2013by Steffani Cameron 1 Comment

In their infinite stupidity, the government of BC has decided it’s time to crack down on the growing popularity of Growlers for beer. Now they’re slapping additional taxes on it, […]

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Beer & Breweries, Civic Foolishness, Ranting
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Just Butter It: Breakfast at Willie’s Bakery & Cafe

March 13, 2013by Steffani Cameron Leave a comment

Willie’s is a Victorian institution. I’ll let their main page tell you about that. Willie’s Bakery, which was founded in 1887 at 537 Johnson Street, is British Columbia’s oldest bakery. […]

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Food, Restaurants, Reviews
This is less than half their selection of spices and zero of their selection of hot peppers.

¡Ole! The Mexican House of Spices!

March 11, 2013by Steffani Cameron 2 Comments

Madre de Dios! Nothing like seeing a great recipe on the web then failing to locate the right ingredients, am I right? That’s why I was really intrigued when I […]

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Food, Local merchants, Recipes, Slow Food, Specialty Shops
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My Week in Photos: A Victorian Lifestyle

March 10, 2013by Steffani Cameron Leave a comment

I thought maybe a great way to present the way I see life in Victoria, since I work at home and get to have a very self-directed life, would be […]

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Adventure, Beer & Breweries, Cyling, Journal, Restaurants, Victoria Love
Ahh.. Spicy Peanut Thai and White Bark Witbier, I now pronounce you happily married.

Eat Like a Victorian: Noodle Box & Driftwood White Bark

March 7, 2013by Steffani Cameron Leave a comment

Well, my minions, I’d like to introduce you to a new series. This here’s “Eat Like a Victorian.” In it, I aspire to introduce you to some of my favourite […]

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Lifestyle
From the Montreal Gazette in June, 1974.

Once, There Were Lepers

March 6, 2013by Steffani Cameron Leave a comment

“British Columbia has a leper colony. Its existence is not widely known, for those who compose it are of a race whose affairs never reach the public ear.” So wrote […]

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History, Landmarks
This Gonzales Beach home's driftwood art is the right message in the right place.

A Lesson in Breathing

March 5, 2013by Steffani Cameron 3 Comments

This post is inspired by incredible driftwood art found on Gonzales Beach. I don’t know when the art went up, and I don’t know how long it’ll stand, as it’s […]

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Beaches and Parks, Journal, Lifestyle, Slow Living

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