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A 9K Walk Along Icy Roads in Rohde Boots

December 24, 2007 by Rosalind Gardner at 5:16 pm Print This Post Print This Post

Ed and I are in Toronto for the Christmas holidays, and today we ventured out for a walk south along Etobicoke Creek, through Marie Curtis Park, east along Lake Promenade Drive, north up 32nd street to Horner, then back up Westmead to where we parked the rental car. Our walk was about 9 kilometers in [...]

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Banish Stubborn Wrinkles with a Travel Steamer Iron

October 15, 2007 by Rosalind Gardner at 9:33 am Print This Post Print This Post

I HATE looking like I’ve slept in my clothes when I travel, or worse, like I’ve worn the same clothes for the last 3 weeks. Ergo, most of the clothes that I bring don’t require ironing – but (and there’s always a ‘but’) sometimes you just need to have something really nice with you that [...]

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Pho Recipe and Pho T-Shirts

October 1, 2007 by Rosalind Gardner at 7:20 am Print This Post Print This Post

Do you love pho? I do. (Here’s a picture of me enjoying a bowl of pho at the Park Hyatt in Saigon). I could eat it every day for breakfast, just like they do in Vietnam. But our local Vietnamese restaurant doesn’t open until lunch, so I had to learn how to make it myself. [...]

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Sun-Blocking Beach Pullover

January 2, 2007 by Rosalind Gardner at 3:07 pm Print This Post Print This Post

Sun-Blocking Beach Pullover T-Shirt These lightweight cover-ups are comfortable yet effectively block up to 95% of the suns harmful UVA and UVB rays.

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Snow and Ice Shoe Grips

January 2, 2007 by Rosalind Gardner at 2:42 pm Print This Post Print This Post

The road into town from our house is steep, and when covered with ice and snow, extremely treacherous. Because the city of Penticton not only does not clear the sidewalks, but plows snow onto the sidewalks, Ed and I either had to give up walking in winter, or find a better way to deal with [...]

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Convertible Travel Jacket

January 2, 2007 by Rosalind Gardner at 9:50 am Print This Post Print This Post

The G-Man’s Convertible Travel Jacket Machine washable Scottevest three-season jacket designed with Finetex for federal law enforcement agents has 40 pockets to hold all your electronic devices, including ipod and travel essentials, such as water, glasses, keys, pens, and more.

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Electronic Optic Ski Goggles

January 2, 2007 by Rosalind Gardner at 9:36 am Print This Post Print This Post

These goggles use electronic optic technology, which allows the lenses to be manually adjusted from light to dark with the touch of a button. Winner of the “Best of What’s New” award from Popular Science magazine, these ski goggles use electronic optic technology developed for Air Force pilots, allowing the lenses to be manually adjusted [...]

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