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The New Age-ing
Series of articles in The Vancouver Sun beginning September 17th, 2011. What are the implications for SCARP’s teaching and research programs?
SATURDAY: Building age-friendly communities
MONDAY: Staying healthy and active
TUESDAY: The aging workforce
WEDNESDAY: Housing options
THURSDAY: Managing your money as you age
Learning to Quiltscape with Plu Dorcey
In recent years Plu has been experimenting in her quilting with ways to portray landscapes that we have seen while travelling the waterways of Europe on Tempus Fugit and the Pacific Northwest on Carpe Diem. The techniques she uses in these quiltscapes have come from her experience in watercolouring and using a wide diversity of both traditional and modern methods of quilting. On October 8th, 2011 she will be teaching a course for the Vancouver Quilters Guild on Quiltscape Techniques
Dijon In the Sky With Diamonds (2009)
It Was Delicious While It Lasted
Plu and I first learned about elBulli, the extraordinary restaurant made famous by the innovative chef, Ferran Adrià, when he was interviewed by Charlie Rose in 2009.
Now Tempus Fugit is moored in Gruissan we are only a couple of hours from where elBulli is located, 30 kms south of the French border with Spain on the Mediterranean coast in the town of Roses. We had thought we might go and at least look even though the restaurant is booked a year in advance and reservations are nearly impossible to get without someone who can give you an in. Now Ferran has announced that the restaurant will be closing in July 2011 for at least two years, we will have to make any visit quickly after we arrive in Gruissan next June.
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