I leave Toronto one week today. I can’t believe how fast it’s flown by. Just three months ago I was curled up in our condo cursing the cold and nursing my 24-hour ‘morning’ sickness. Today I am staring out at the sun-kissed waters of Lake Ontario filled with regret. I will miss this city and all its eccentricities — the buskers of St. Lawrence Market, Kensington’s nooks and crannies, Little India on Queen Street — where you’ll find us 3 out of 7 nights a week. I hope to share a few more ‘Signs of Hope’ from Toronto before we hop our plane next Wednesday. 

Priority number one, upon my return to Vancouver (April 18, after our trip across the pond) is hitting up Raw Canvas: a full-service paint-on-canvas art studio complete with wifi, lounge and fresh crema. 

I’m making plans and taking names. Who’s in?

My piece “Celebrating British Columbia’s Unique Cultural Footprints” — an exploration of the successes and best practices of the BC Cultural Crawl — appears in this month’s MUSE Magazine.

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The province of British Columbia wants you to share it.

Help to define moments that celebrate British Columbia’s rich history. Submit an event from our past that has helped to shape our great province. In every community, there have been special moments in our history that have left their mark. These British Columbia Moments are to be celebrated and remembered. Chosen entries will be preserved in a series of 150 engraved stones to be laid in the grounds of the Parliament Buildings in our capital city.

All entries should be a maximum of 50 words; just a sentence or two. The final text to be engraved on the stones will be very brief. A distinguished committee appointed by the Hon. Bill Barisoff, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly will be selecting the final 150 entries. All entries will receive a certificate signed by Mr. Speaker, so be sure to include your contact information.

Don’t delay — the deadline is Friday, December 12, 2008.