If ever you find yourself in Miami, Florida, USA, a must-see is the Wynwood Art District. With over 70 art galleries, and one of the largest open-air street-art installations in the world, it is full of creative inspiration.
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This past week, I attended my first CCAE Conference. The Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE) has members from universities, colleges and institutes from across the country and focuses on people working within the areas of alumni relations, communications and marketing, fundraising (development), external relations and student recruitment.
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My Mom and I just got back from a 16-day trip to New Zealand and Australia. It turned out to be a very random trip (in my opinion, the best kind), with visits to family, old friends, new friends, farm and city. The following photos are a few visual highlights.
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I just came home from a trip to Victoria, BC with my best friend. This was our third trip together, having gone to San Francisco a couple of times before. The overall impression that I took from Victoria was “lush”. At this time of the year, Winnipeg is green and flowers are starting to appear, but in Victoria the green is a different, more vibrant shade and there are flowers everywhere. I was also really struck by how sculpted all of the foliage is. Here people probably trim their hedges and shrubs once in a while, but there it seems to be more of an art form. I can’t decide which I like better — the sculpted look or the slightly wild/let-it-be look that we have here.
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This weekend, I went to my favourite place in Manitoba… home. I visited with my family, ate my Mom’s ridiculously good food, had naps, chilled out on the deck and went for hikes down in the Cypress River valley not once, not twice, but three times. The river is wider than I’ve ever seen it, and from the looks of the debris on the ground, it was at least two feet higher earlier this spring. My family tells me there was an ice jam near the bridge and the river got very close to flowing over the road. Each year, the river carves out more of the bank, changing the shape and moving the river bed over time. My mom, sister Elaine and our two dogs, Kato and Cosmo hiked up and down the river valley, seeing all sorts of interesting things. No matter how many homes I’ll live in, my first home will always have my heart.
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In June 2009, Rob & I spent a week and a half in Italy. We made a point to relax, and didn’t try to see every major sight or town. However, in our time there, we did manage to see San Benedetto del Tronto, Ascoli Piceno, Grottammare, Venezia and Roma.