We’re sitting at the Blackbird Bakery and Katherine Fawcett keeps looking over my shoulder, distracted. Not an uncommon thing in a busy café in a small town, but the thing is, she’s looking at the wall, at the shelf, where a small pile of books is displayed. They’re her books. Seven copies of her debut … Continue reading Scared and lonely? Take one short story and call me in the morning. An interview with writer Katherine Fawcett.
If you grew up going to the drive-in movie theatre, you are 1. as old as I am, and 2. also likely to think this new initiative from Big Sky Golf Course is really cool. Partnering with Fresh Air Cinema, the golf course is turning itself into an outdoor movie theatre on Friday, July 3, … Continue reading Fresh Air Cinema comes to Big Sky Golf course, Friday July 3, 9:30pm screening of Bedtime Stories
How to beat the heat? Take everything you love to do, and move it out of doors, under trees or by (or on) the water. Here, Dave Steers caught Laura Zgud of the Paddle Barn leading a free paddleboard yoga session on One Mile Lake on Saturday, as part of the Canada Day week of … Continue reading 28 June Photo Moment – Free SUP Yoga Session on One Mile Lake, by Dave Steers
Across the street from Lil'wat Gas and Snacks stands an unassuming little structure with a lemon painted on the front and a sign on the top which reads bannock. If you've not yet been introduced to this gem of a place, allow me to officially introduce you to Sweet Girl's lemonade. The operation is run … Continue reading Summer’s here … and bannock begging season begins
The Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre (SLCC), Fairmont Chateau Whistler and members of the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations will host a celebration and blessing honouring the opening of “Salish Stroll" on Monday June 29, from 2pm, at the SLCC. This ethnobotanical pathway has been designed in partnership with Fairmont Chateau Whistler and the SLCC to guide … Continue reading The Salish Stroll, a First Nations botanical pathway, opens in Whistler Monday June 29 at 2pm
Barn. It is perhaps the quintessential icon of Pemberton. Or maybe it's Mt Currie. Well, if you get both, you have it nailed. Happy summer solstice. Happy Aboriginal Day. Happy Fathers Day. Happy day.
I joined a book club. It's making me a kinder, smarter person, actually. Proof in this article that reveals recent scientific evidence that reading fiction increases empathy. Despite being a lifelong book nerd, I fell away from fiction for almost a decade. I think there's something about the pace, some fundamental slowing down required by … Continue reading #WellnessReads: Danielle Saul reviews All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
I read about this guy who was trying to live with no impact. Most media, when his year-long adventure blew up, were obsessed with finding out what he used instead of toilet paper. But I was stuck on something a little more upper-shelf in the bathroom stakes. Does a hard-core no-impacter environmentalist floss? Re-use their … Continue reading Get to know your Garbage
This might be one of the loveliest traditions in Pemberton. (Hey! That's a good category for future Best of Pemberton surveys...) And it's happening tomorrow. The Pemberton Women's Institute hosts their annual strawberry tea, from 2 - 4pm at the Museum For $5, enjoy a delicious piece of strawberry shortcake with tea or coffee.
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