Materfamilias Writes

Opera Time — Don’t Break a Leg, Lilian

Opera Time — Don’t Break a Leg, Lilian

VOA-provided photographs of the stunning stage set. Such drama! Entering our fourth VOA season as subscribers, my husband Paul and I have been fortunate enough to have seen Frédérique Vézina and Roger Honeywell in La…

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What I Wore — Before the Opera

What I Wore — Before the Opera

I see that the Vancouver Opera Blog hasposted about Blogging Night at the Operaand has linked to me and to mythree fellow Bloggers at the Opera. I wish I didn’t have to head to campus…

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News and Views, From Opera Premieres to Big and Little Boats!

News and Views, From Opera Premieres to Big and Little Boats!

Some recent traffic in front of our place: a fishing lodge being transported, three small-smaller-smallest tugboats in a parade, and a couple of freighters far from home, waiting to be guided into port and unloaded.…

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since we last spoke . . .

since we last spoke . . .

So sorry for not blogging BUT, since Tuesday I have -flown from Montreal to Vancouver, catching up with Pater over dinner at La Brasserie on Davie Tuesday evening; -ferried (first big ferry, then small) back…

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From Dogs to Opera to an Art-filled Walk . . . with a few movies thrown in

From Dogs to Opera to an Art-filled Walk . . . with a few movies thrown in

In case, Saturday’s post wasn’t enough cuteness, I give you Henry, the little guy we dog-sat for our daughter this weekend. Cute as Henry is, he confirmed for us that we will not be bringing…

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