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Regular Guy Reviewer – Page 12 – All The Reviews That Are Fit to Post
An American in Kelowna – Heel of an Effort for Shoe Bank Canada

An American in Kelowna – Heel of an Effort for Shoe Bank Canada

In the candy-cane lyrics of pop-princess Britney Spears: “Oops!… I did it again.” Did what? Collected donated shoes (women’s, men’s, and children’s) on behalf of Shoe Bank Canada at various sites in Kelowna in our second annual Christmas Holiday promotion.     Based on last year’s benchmark of amassing 803 pairs of shoes, we had a tried-and-true formula for finding footwear by setting up Shoe Bank Canada donation bins in the following locations:  Kelowna General Hospital (three separate entrances), UBC…

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An American in Kelowna – Making the Sail at Okanagan Lake

An American in Kelowna – Making the Sail at Okanagan Lake

Aye Aye, Captain – should we tack the main sail, the fore sail, or the spinnaker?! Nothing better than spending the first Saturday of October out on Okanagan Lake’s whitecaps with two experienced sailors in Greg and Heather of Rutland, BC. They were kind enough to invite us out on this dreary morning for a cabin cruise to nowhere in particular. The Kelowna Yacht Club was our starting point. Around 10:15 AM, we boarded the Tommy Dog – a 25-foot…

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An American in Kelowna – Waving the Server with Volleyball Canada

An American in Kelowna – Waving the Server with Volleyball Canada

Thank You scheduler Hal for having faith, trust, and confidence in a border-crossing whistler from the Lower 48. There I was at Kelowna’s Immaculata Regional High School on Wednesday, September 23rd for three school-ball volleyball matches starting at 5:00 PM. It was A/AA/AAA girls on Court 1. Hal, the boss, had scheduled himself to work with me during my Canadian debut. He was the teacher – I was the student that hadn’t been between the VB lines since October 2013….

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An American in Kelowna – Behr in Mind our Open House was Color-Coordinated

An American in Kelowna – Behr in Mind our Open House was Color-Coordinated

Here’s a question Alex Trebek will NEVER ask on Jeopardy – “whose townhouse in Kelowna combines the wall colors of Caicos Turquoise, Lime Tree, Wild Watermelon, Morning Sun, Azure Lake, Spring Fauna, and Gingersnap on two stories under one roof?!”   Easy answer – “What is the bright and shiny retreat of yours truly and his much, much better half?“ On Sunday, September 20th – we opened our lake-friendly abode to 36 fantastic friends, neighbors, and co-workers for an end-of-summer…

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An American in Kelowna – Shoe Bank Canada Goes Batty and Barefoot on the Boardwalk

An American in Kelowna – Shoe Bank Canada Goes Batty and Barefoot on the Boardwalk

Holy caped crusader – Batman wears a size 10!       That’s what I learned on Saturday, September 12th at the 2nd Annual Barefoot on the Boardwalk fundraising effort put on by Shoe Bank Canada and its slew of volunteers and board members. The festivities took place on a gloriously warm late morning and early afternoon adjacent to Kelowna Water Park and Hot Sands Beach. The “Canadians Helping Canadians” two kilometres family-and-friends march strolled the City Park boardwalk –…

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An American in Kelowna – Csek this Out, My First Job Interview was First Class

An American in Kelowna – Csek this Out, My First Job Interview was First Class

Almost everybody remembers their first.   Mine was on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. I parked on Doyle, walked to Ellis, and climbed the stairs to the second floor of a downtown Kelowna office building. It was 2:00 PM on the dot. I was about to embark on my first official job interview in the Okanagan, a fact-finding face-to-face where a full-time position was on the line, with Jim Csek (pronounced check) at Csek Creative. Geraldine greeted me at front reception…

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An American in Kelowna – Surrounded by Champions-in-the-Making

An American in Kelowna – Surrounded by Champions-in-the-Making

Champions are Made. According to Gini Basketball, that was the T-shirt mantra of the week at the Ganon Baker Elite Camp that took place from August 17-20 at Okanagan Mission Secondary School in Kelowna.     About 120 kids starting at grades 6-7 and all the way up to the first year of university attended the four-day basketball bonanza. These wannabe champions had the chance to receive first-hand instruction from father-and-son camp directors Dino and Andrew Gini, as well as…

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An American in Kelowna – One Year in the “I Do” Books

An American in Kelowna – One Year in the “I Do” Books

July 31, 2014. I remember it like it was………365 days ago.     I had only crossed the border nine days earlier. Kelowna, to me, was a resort-town piñata filled with colorful lakes, mountains, and wineries. Sunshine and blue skies for everyone. Elaine and I were still learning the relationship basics – she liked Colgate toothpaste and I preferred Crest. Uh oh, she trended toward Twizzlers and I was red, white, and blue about Red Vines. Isn’t marriage about compromise?!…

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An American in Kelowna – One Year in the BC Books

An American in Kelowna – One Year in the BC Books

Stop the presses. It’s amazingly true.     July 22, 2015 represents ONE year for temporary-resident Jim in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. WOW – I could write a book about what I’ve experienced in 12 months. But I won’t. This post will do.         Thanks to the lovely and adorable Elaine, it’s been a wonderful and enjoyable ride. We’ve come a long way, baby. There’s much more fun to come under the endless Okanagan sun. Strap yourself…

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