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Metropolis at Metrotown Hot Seats at Rogers Arena

October 27th, 2010 @ 1:03pm by Jennifer Miles
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The following was contributed by guest author Jennifer Miles for Miss604.com Last night we had the privilege to watch the Canucks game from the Metropolis at Metrotown suite at Rogers Arena. Upon arriving at the suite we were greeted by our host, Mary. It’s been years since I’ve been to a home game and was [...]

Back to School Essentials & Contest

August 19th, 2010 @ 5:18pm by Jennifer Miles
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The following was contributed by Jennifer Miles who will be seeing four children off to school this fall. It’s mid-August and the last thing on most kids’ minds is that oft dreaded 6 letter word –school. While most kids aren’t keen to leave the carefree days of playgrounds, water parks and beaches behind them, there [...]

Cornucopia Kicks Off the Whistler Ski and Board Season

November 12th, 2009 @ 9:36pm by Jennifer Miles
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Cornucopia, Whistler’s yearly food and wine festival kicked off their 13th year tonight with a ”House Party” at the Whistler Conference Center. Many local beer and wines were on offer along with some amazing cheeses and even local (Pemberton) Vodka. We’re looking forward to taking in some events tomorrow and Saturday including everything from the [...]

The Christmas Tree Hunt

December 10th, 2008 @ 10:41am by Jennifer Miles
Posted in christmas, guest post, langley, sis604, vancouver
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One of my favourite memories as a girl was picking out our Christmas tree. This only happened every 5 or 6 years though as we would get a live tree which we placed in a massive pot, decorated, cared for until after Christmas and then planted in our backyard until the following year when we [...]

Cornucopia in Whistler: Festival Recap

November 13th, 2008 @ 9:16am by Jennifer Miles
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The following was contributed by Jennifer who attended Cornucopia on behalf of Miss604.com Wind and heavy rain weren’t enough to put a damper on this year’s Cornucopia food and wine fest. From wine tastings and food seminars to amazing parties there was much to take in over this past weekend in Whistler. November is one [...]

Greater Vancouver Pumpkin Patch Update: Aldor Acres

October 27th, 2008 @ 7:21pm by Jennifer Miles
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Years ago I had Jenny write a guest post where in she reviewed a few pumpkin patches and endorsed Country Farms in Richmond. Now, two years (and another child) later she has graciously submitted an update post. This year’s pumpkin patch of choice was Aldor Acres in Langley. We arrived at about 10 Saturday morning [...]

Something to be Thankful For

December 27th, 2007 @ 6:33pm by Jennifer Miles
Posted in family, guest post, sis604

The latest craze in new mommyhood is not a trendy Italian stroller or the hottest infant-sized outfit, in fact it really has nothing to do with the baby at all. It’s something called a ‘Push Present‘. When I first caught wind of this fad it was on some American morning TV show while I was [...]

Would You Like Fries With That?

March 27th, 2007 @ 6:14pm by Jennifer Miles
Posted in sis604, travel

After having traveled to the UK every few months in the last year and a half I am pretty used to the slight differences in everyday life. Looking right before crossing the street, ordering your food at the bar, trousers are pants/pants are underpants (this can make for some interesting conversations) and so on. I [...]