by Kurt Heinrich | Jul 7, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Every once in a while you come across an interesting little pearl of wisdom online. This time it was thanks to @marcellam who posted this little doozy. Turns out, over on the other side of the world, there are a few theme parks catering to a particular type of...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jul 5, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Happy summer to all you Gumboot readers. As you may have noticed, are lovely posts aren’t coming quite so fast and frequently as usual. There’s a couple reasons for this: 1) It’s summer and when summer comes, people go on vacation, things slow down...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jul 2, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
The Setup – Editors’ Cultural Editorials The last couple of weeks have been big news in the world of soccer. Who would have thought it. Italy and France, super powers of the European and World soccer tournaments out in the first round. France fell out of the...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jun 23, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
Recently, I got a ticket. It wasn’t for bad driving. It was for bad riding. On the way to my weekly soccer practice, I was cruising the bike route towards Andy Livingston Park. It was a sunny day and I was thinking about my upcoming practice and whether or not we’d...
by Kurt Heinrich | Jun 16, 2010 | 1000 Community Stories
For the next month, you’re not going to find a better place to watch the World Cup than on Commercial Drive. The old “Little Italy” of Vancouver is already buzzing. Many of the local cafes are open from 4:30 AM onwards so you can watch the games live...
