Lady And The Tramp

There's something supremely sexy about driving a red car. I don't know if it’s the color or the feeling that you get while careening down a long stretch of road, hair whipping in the wind, catching the occasional glaze of an onlooker. Red cars have the power to not only own the road, but the heart of the person driving it. This is true with me and my little red bug- I love her so much, I named her Lady.

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I'm a mother, blogger, and fashion expert who enjoys ethnic dining and esoteric conversations. When not buried in work behind the computer, I can be found working on the next big thing. -Posted by Lyn Valerie

The Air Up Here

I love the air here. A profound statement indeed, I've had the great pleasure of visiting many different countries, and I'd have to say that here in British Columbia the air is much more crisp and refreshing. Its almost as if those who live in other countries are being deprived of quality oxygen; there's no wonder that places in the states have oxygen bars! I suggest that everyone take a trip to Canada at least once a lifetime- its great for your lungs.

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I'm a mother, blogger, and fashion expert who enjoys ethnic dining and esoteric conversations. When not buried in work behind the computer, I can be found working on the next big thing. -Posted by Lyn Valerie

Good Times Rolling

Just heard Let The Good Times Roll on Rock 101 today.  They play Cars fairly frequently.  I also listen to The Cars fairly regularly in the course of life.  Ha ha, no, I don't refer to the noise of vehicles passing by, or indeed to the sound of my own Honda's squeaky brakes.  I mean the group of which I speak in this particular posting.

Queen proclaimed that they were in love with their car.  Freddie famously 'loved' many... nouns.

Golden Ears

Golden Ears Bridge costing $5-million more a year than expected

I use the bridge often, and am always surprised at how low the traffic flow is.  Huge roadway, mostly empty. 

Looking at some of the comments after this article, I'm bemused at people's rage about the toll.  Unless you are coming from Abbotsford, the fuel cost more than outweighs the toll cost.  Coming from Coquitlam or PoCo, same thing.  And those are the two closest cities across the river!  From Langley you'd either spend 2-3x the amount in gas dollars, or have to wait for the Albion ferry, which was more often than not, full.

The gas cost is one thing, but the time saving is astonishing.  From downtown Langley it's about 10-15 minutes, now, to either Pitt Meadows or Maple Ridge.  I can go from Abbotsford to PM or MR in about the same time taking Loughheed from Mission or the Golden Ears, so it isn't decisive.  But from Surrey or Langley--!  Having a business in Langley which requires frequent trips to Maple Ridge, this bridge is a dream-world for me.  Now I just need to register with TransLink....

May 12

On this day in 1941 Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer, in Berlin.  In a sense one could trace this post's genesis to that red-letter day.

Led Zeppelin

Apropos of nothing, Led Zeppelin's song "The Ocean" continues to rock the house.  That is all.

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Happy May 5th Everyone!

From wikipedia:

Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is a holiday that commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at theBattle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.^[1][2] While not an "obligatory federal holiday" in Mexico, it is celebrated primarily in the state of Puebla, and in the United States.^[3][4]

Cinco de Mayo is not "an obligatory federal holiday" in Mexico, but rather a holiday that can be observed voluntarily.^[5][6] While Cinco de Mayo has limited significance nationwide in Mexico, the date is observed in the United States (also voluntarily) and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride.^[7] Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day,^[8] which actually is September 16,^[9] the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico.^[10]

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