Noms!: Lady Marmalade’s breakfast wins

Lady Marmalade offers a delicious all-day breakfast menu, filled with Mexican-inspired foods with a healthy twist. Organic tofu scrambles, spinach waffles, and avocados all over the place: Lady Marmalade definitely has one of the most intriguing breakfast menus I have ever seen. Located downtown on Johnson Street, Lady Marmalade is in a very unassuming little […]

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South Pacific offers an enchanted evening for Victoria

The reasons to see the performance of South Pacific at the Royal Theatre go beyond the highly curated cast and classic musical numbers beloved by generations. Ian Rye, director of artistic administration at Pacific Opera Victoria, who are co-producing the show with the Victoria Symphony, says there has been a resurgence of classic Broadway shows […]

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Ability’s Muse: Thin line between assistance and degradation

Helping those who can help themselves is no service. In fact, it’s counterproductive and, at times, even offensive. Where there are differences in abilities, there’s need for a difference in approach and support. It will never be beneficial to adopt a rescue mentality, or to project pity onto another. When you see an individual who […]

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Age of Geeks: Wait no longer for BlackBerry, Apple

This is the end! Not of the world, of course, but of our waiting. Finally, Blackberry released their Android and Apple apps for the BlackBerry Messenger. Read on for more information on this wonderful news, as well as other tech stories that have broken since last time. BlackBerry releases messenger for all smartphones So it’s […]

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Noms!: Eating at the Greek… Community Hall in Victoria, that is

The Greek Community Hall offers great, authentic Greek food for small-to-medium-sized groups, with sizeable portions for everyone, and even dessert! Most of us already know that the Greeks are up there in the great nations of food, bringing us foods like spanakopita and baklava. So who’s up for some Greek? Now, admittedly, dining at a […]

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Mind Your Business: Budgets work so you don’t have to

Ah, the dreaded “C” word: Christmas. Now that November is upon us, we enter the world of mega-purchases and last-minute presents. Welcome to overspending, where even one wrong purchase decision may catapult us into debt. Maybe it’s time to consider the following money management steps: Set goals Let’s take this time to identify our values […]

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