A reluctant visit to a lively downtown I was invited to a friend’s book launch party at a little coffee shop on lower Johnson Street on Friday night and was reluctant to go.
Like many senior friends, I am not crazy about driving at night anymore, didn’t think it would be safe to go downtown in the evening after most stores had closed, and to be honest, just preferred the idea of hunkering down at home-sweet-home at the end of the day.
I am not suggesting hanging out downtown after midnight, but a Friday night downtown was an invigorating pleasure. I was glad I went and was able to shake off the fear-mongering residue we have all heard in the past few years. Sadly it is ravaged by hurricanes with a frequency that has the people in a constant state of repair and they are really having trouble keeping up. Some roads are almost impassable as they are filled with ruts, cracks and potholes big enough for dogs to sleep in.
Except, of course, for downtown businesses that will no longer benefit from my spending habits. On the upside, though, they can move to Saanich and be closer to my patronage.Huge carbon footprint from creating electricity Re: “Heat pumps help the environment,” letter, April 20. Issues such as the destruction of natural vegetation in the flooded valleys and resultant loss of carbon absorbing ecosystems and release of carbon from decaying vegetation, and the destruction of habitat for native species.
المملكة العربية السعودية أحدث الأخبار, المملكة العربية السعودية عناوين
Similar News:يمكنك أيضًا قراءة قصص إخبارية مشابهة لهذه التي قمنا بجمعها من مصادر إخبارية أخرى.
Letters April 22: What boulevard space is good for; threat of being shot for admiring poinsettias
اقرأ أكثر »
Letters, April 22, 2023: 'Playoff payoff would be a motivator'It would be interesting if, in pro sports, the contract read 100% of salary paid upon making the postseason and 75% paid during the regular season. This would…
اقرأ أكثر »
Letters to the Editor, April 23, 2023TAKING OFFENSE
اقرأ أكثر »
Letters, April 23, 2023: 'Smith borrowing strategy from losing side'Danielle Smith is taking a page from the Stephen Harper playbook. During the 2015 federal election campaign, at each event Stephen Harper only allowed three…
اقرأ أكثر »
Letters to the Editor, April 24, 2023THE COMPLAINING NDP
اقرأ أكثر »
Bank of Japan may conduct long-term review of monetary easing, sources sayAny review likely won’t have immediate policy implications, and instead focus on structural factors such as lessons drawn from the Bank of Japan’s long battle with deflation
اقرأ أكثر »