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Summer isn’t summer  in America without a BBQ.  I love hosting BBQs.  The food is full of flavor and easy to make, (for the most part), and really, anything goes as far as hosting style.  I’ve eaten BBQ off of flimsy paper plates, and fine china,   I have gilled sea food  and roasted a whole pig.  The pig was a pretty major thing, requiring rented smoker/cooker and some help, but we got it cooked and everyone enjoyed it—I will leave it to the pros next time, though. I am the first to own being extra, so I like finding...

It was a long time ago when women began to wear dresses and gowns on their wedding day. But our society is changing, and so is our confidence to baulk tradition! Nowadays, there are women who want to be less feminine and aren’t comfortable with flowers and lace. They want to present themselves as individuals, and so they opt to wear something that would somewhat show who they are. The number of ladies who ditch gowns for pants is increasing, so it’s not unusual at all anymore. Here are 20 wedding pantsuits that you can use as a pattern or...

A recent letter writer refers to rules being “skirted” in regard to the approval of the “mega” 11-storey Doral Forest Park proposal on Elk Lake Drive, meaning, I think, the land-use policies in Saanich’s Official Community Plan and Royal Oak’s Local Area Plan. The update of Royal Oak’s LAP was temporarily paused by this council but it is not ‘cancelled’, and Saanich’s OCP is alive and well. Yet the approved proposal allows multiple extremely excessive variances to density, height, width, parking and tree removal and other items that are drawn outside the guidelines of official documents. It is excessively non-compliant...

Are you ready for your weekly dose of inspiration? Welcome to the Sew Reporter, packed with amazing makes from the sewing community, bookmark-worthy blogs, podcasts and vlogs, and a community inspiration challenge you can follow along with next week. Whether you are sewing today or looking for inspiration to plot your next make, this post is bound to leave you with a smile on your face. Grab a cuppa, snack and comfy spot and enjoy your Sunday! Oh Sew Fearless said it best in the title of this Davenport dress by Friday Pattern Company review – “This year’s big dress?”....

Hello, hello! Not to rush you, but we’ll make this one short - we’re sure you’re as eager as us to get started on/keep watching all of those summer anime series! We just have one reminder that’s not strictly anime related… If you took a look at last weekend’s Anime Expo Lite event, you’ll probably remember the amazing folks from hololive English and their panel. The event seemed to go by in a flash, but a whole lineup of official merch celebrating their AX appearance is still very much up for grabs! Moving onto the figures - we have 100...