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An American in Kelowna – Reaching the Seven-Month Mark and Feeling Lucky

An American in Kelowna – Reaching the Seven-Month Mark and Feeling Lucky

I woke up exactly at 7 this morning realizing that it’s exactly 7 months today that I arrived in my exact location of 1470 Ethel Street.  Guess I’m feeling lucky. The number 7 is a heavy hitter in the gambling world – slot machines often offer three 7’s as the big payout. Then there’s James Bond as 007, the 7th-inning stretch, 7 seas, 7 continents, 7 dwarfs, 7 deadly sins, 7 brides for 7 brothers, 7 colors in a rainbow,…

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An American in Kelowna – What’s in a Name?!

An American in Kelowna – What’s in a Name?!

Hello to all my American friends + family (in the lower 50) and new acquaintances in Kelowna, British Columbia and Calgary, Alberta. Everyone else around the world – Bonjour, Salut, Ni Hao, Konnichi wa, Ciao!, Guten Tag, Hola, Shalom, Mahalo, and many more. “An American in Kelowna” – is a cinematic salute to the 1951 film classic “An American in Paris” starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. In this award-winning flick (voted in 1952 as Best Picture by the Academy…

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