Tale old as time, a modern day Beauty and the Beast experience (I’m Belle). I may not be as beautiful or as smart or as graceful as Belle, but I’m a brunette who loves reading, so close enough. After all, this is real life, not an excellent movie. The Tinder Prince I had just moved to the quaint little village of Sunninghill, where I was working at a French restaurant … [Read more...]
How to Say “I Love You” in Different Languages Around The World
One of the things I love about living in Richmond, BC on Canada's West Coast is that I have neighbours that speak many different languages from around the world, giving me the opportunity to learn and regularly hear many different languages. Now while my adoption of different languages is quite rudimentary, one of my favourite neighbours, Glenda, has quite a phenomenal grasp … [Read more...]
Vote for Love
Our Dream We have a dream! No seriously, we do. Our dream has always been to hopefully spread a little more love and understanding through this big wide world of ours by sharing adventures and experiences in different cultures around this rock that we call Planet Earth. Due to the name 'Roamancing', some people think we are on a quest to find our single storytellers, like … [Read more...]
Deer Lake Park: An Awesome Outdoor Music Venue & Burnaby, BC Local Treasure
Among many other benefits of traveling anywhere and making connections while you do it is gaining a sense of perspective that helps you to more concisely appreciate your home. But sometimes, you don't have to travel very far to accomplish this. I'm talking about local treasures. These are the places, the events, the venues that make our home special to us, and where we make … [Read more...]
Visit England’s London 2012 Fan in the Van Search
After having been a part of Vancouver 2010, as a local Vancouverite, writing about the cultural side of the Olympic Games (Cultural Olympiad), I have to say it was a pretty amazing world wind of an experience, and that's coming from somebody who was not thrilled with how we, as locals were being treated leading up to the experience. Somewhere along the way, I thought rather … [Read more...]
