Archive for September, 2010

Harvey Butchart and a Life in the Grand Canyon

The desert southwest is a place that’s known for attracting a wide range of rather interesting individuals. People have been drawn to the area for literally thousands of years, and the one thing they all have in common is a kind of ruggedness of character. It’s not impossible to survive in the desert, but it [...]

Halloween Outside Vancouver

Burnaby Village Museum provides a unique look into British Columbia’s history. Located just 20 minutes from downtown Vancouver, the museum offers exhibits, recreations, and activities that both inform and entertain. This fall, the museum will host Halloween Hysteria October 28-30. The Museum is home to a fully restored 1912 C.W. Parker Carousel . While the [...]

Personal Apps for Fun and Life Assistance

While many people commonly associate various computer, phone and mobile apps with major businesses, news agencies and other socially oriented organizations, it has actually become extremely common to have multiple personal apps. They can be created to serve as fun and games as well as to encourage reminders for tasks, communications and other regularly scheduled [...]

Variety of Web Hosting Service Options and Features

Growing numbers of small businesses, freelance artists and individual people are becoming interested in having their own web page. And it is also becoming easier to do so and more affordable than it has ever been before. There are numerous templates and programs to design your own site, and many of these are made available [...]

Ostomy Supplies and Cultural Value

One of the more difficult things about surgeries and sickness is the secrecy that sometimes surrounds these things. In a culture that seems to worship youth as much as this one, any sign of deviation from perfect health can be seen as something unthinkable. In truth, of course, everyone is sick now and then, and [...]

Espresso Machines are Easy to Use

The variety of home coffee makers continues to grow and expend in their optional features as well as designs, styles and models. And the recent growth in coffee shop popularity has also generated an increased interest in home espresso machines . However, many people are concerned that they are too complicated to use and have [...]

Tampa owes its humble beginnings to Ybor

Tampa’s Native Americans and Seminole War soldiers, to Cuban cigar-rollers and today’s multi-national population, this great city’s cultural makeup has benefited from its rich diversity. Tampa’s stage fare spans a rainbow bridge of complexities from high-brow opera to festive street fairs. Beginning in 1885, when Don Vicente Martinez Ybor, a Cuban cigar factory owner fled [...]