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sponsored Our local White Spot is one of our favourite places to eat. In fact, it’s a restaurant chain with a lot of history – including with my wife’s wonderful great aunt who used to deliver food to the cars on rollerskates back in the 1940s-60s at the original White Spot on Granville St., Vancouver. Fast forward to 2022 and The White Spot is as popular as ever, serving guests the favourites they’ve been eating for generations and plenty of delicious new creations. ...
Make it a Sustainable Back-To-School Season
You know what it’s like – new school year, time to get things in order. We salvaged what we could from her battered lunch bag but we’re refreshing with some sustainably made lunch boxes, cutlery, and bento boxes from Minimal, who sent us the items to test. As always, if we ...
Financial Planning for Parents – a little advice from NerdWallet
I got the opportunity to ask NerdWallet’s Canadian financial expert, Nora Dunn, a few questions about tips on how Canadian families can prepare Canadian for the new year. How can parents start investing with not much money? While investing for the future is an easy thing to ...
But I want the bluuuuue cup! The battle for control and choice with kids
Do this, don’t do that, stop licking the cat, brush your teeth, bedtime! Kids don’t get much choice in most of their day and this often leads to two situations: 1. Tantrums and breakdowns. 2. Requesting a particular cup, fork, toy, game, and then a tantrum. Often at the worst ...
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Parenting and Keeping Kids Safe in the Metaverse
It was always on the horizon and well-used in science fiction, but now the Metaverse has a clear timeline thanks to Facebook’s rebranding to Meta and their strategic development of a digital world that surrounds us. With the evolution from book-like web ‘pages’ to spaces that ...
Christmas 2021 Top Trending Toys
*contains affiliate links Wowzers, it’s that time already. The season toy-makers have been dreaming of and bloggers feel compelled to write about. You guessed it, I’m doing it too. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been carefully listening to the trends and seeing what are the ...
White Spot and Triple O’s Announce BC-wide Fundraising Day to Support Wild Fire Relief Efforts
On Thursday, July 29, the iconic B.C.-based restaurant chain White Spot and Triple O’s will be holding a fundraising day to support Canadian Red Cross relief efforts for those impacted by the hundreds of wildfires currently burning in B.C. Taking place at all 96 White Spot and Triple O’s ...
Is the Coolest Cafe Racer in the World, Electric?
Growing up in the English countryside, I knew that freedom only really came from a car or a motorcycle. I remember my friend, Geoffrey was given a beaten-up 50cc Yamaha FS1 in a beautiful mixture of red paint and rusty holes, but to us, as we sped around the fields, it was freedom. The wind in ...
Stubborn Kids and how to get your way (hopefully)
Is anyone else’s day full of just trying to get the most menial tasks done but met with a brick wall? My daughter is a stubborn little thing and I’ve no clue where she gets it from (firm side-eye at my wife, although I totally think I may be to blame too!). There are a few really ...