November 2011
1 post
October 2011
2 posts
August 2011
3 posts
Dance classes this fall? The best things happen... →
Indeed the best things happen when I’m dancing, which is why I wrote my first-ever post about dance. But let’s let Danny and Vera show off some spirited play. “We like to take care of…
WatchOtto Schulte talks to hanspetermeyer in Hardy Inlet, August 2011
WatchKirby Jacques talks to hanspetermeyer about logging in Knight Inlet, BC
July 2011
11 posts
An Open Letter to the Village of Cumberland re:... →
Dear Mayor and Councillors,
I just had a bit of a shock: Cumberland Village Council recently denied The Big Time Out’s permit to hold the festival in Cumberland Village Park, the festival’s home…
Ankles, feet, and knees... discipline, profundity,... →
Every once in a while I come across something that is both beautiful and somewhat …. off.
Here’s an example, from Carlo Suara’s 1998 film, Tango.
What do you see? I’m…
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Dear #VIMF – I ♥ you! →
Image by hanspetermeyer.ca via Flickr
It’s Monday morning, July 11. The “morning after” Vancouver Island MusicFest. I should be working on other things. Like every summer for the…
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WatchMarleen and George, talking about the NIC-#VIMF shuttle bus.
On the #VIMF2011 trail →
MarchFourth Marching Band (c) Luzia Pimpinella
Today, July 7, 2011, my son and I are “on the #VIMF2011 trail.”
What does this mean?
It means…
WatchRuss, Campground volunteer and big hat guy, at Vancouver Island Music Fest 2011 #VIMF
WatchMinesha (sp?) & Tracey at #VIMF. Vancouver Island Music Fest 2011 #VIMF
WatchCamille at Campground, Vancouver Island Music Fest 2011 #VIMF
WatchKen, on his way to his first shift at Campground Security, Vancouver Island Music Fest 2011 #VIMF
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
3 posts
Mid-Island Food News for May 2011 →
Congrats to my favourite Mexican restaurant: Tita’s in Courtenay [536-6th Street 250-334-8033 + FB] - they turned 11 last month! Congrats also to owner/manager Heather, who’s now been with Tita’s…
April 2011
3 posts
Watch
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March 2011
2 posts
WatchMayor Greg Phelps talks about the Regional Growth Strategy
February 2011
5 posts
WatchMarcelo Soria talks to hanspetermeyer about tango in Hamburg
Locals – the "review dinner" experience →
What’s a review dinner?
I’ve recently started to invite a cast of friends along for “review dinners” – a service I sell to restaurants on Vancouver Island. With my collaborator Anh…
Comox Valley's Dance Quarter, updated →
Image by hanspetermeyer.ca via Flickr
I’ve just updated my map of my local “dance quarter” here in the Comox Valley. The principal activities in this zone of dance are ballroom,…
WatchFederico Farfaro talks to hanspetermeyer about tango Argentino in Berlin
Parksville Uncorked ~ The food industry and... →
Thanks to Hootsuite, my current fave Twitter tool, there’s a cool way to “grab” a search column (or any other kind of Twitter filter), copy the code, and drop into a post. Like this blog.
Most of my food/beverage/fun stuff happens in the Comox Valley, but the Parksville area has this Parksville Uncorked thing happening this coming week, and there’s a bit of a buzz on...
October 2010
6 posts
WatchNatasha Milanovich talks about Bikram Yoga, Part 3
WatchChangeYourLife-Natasha_Milanovich-pt1
WatchSabineRohde-October2010-B
WatchSabine Rohde: Tango, From Hamburg to Buenos Aires to Copenhagen
NGOs, Imagination, and Nancy Lublin's ZILCH: Win... →
I’m a big fan of Nancy Lublin. She writes an inspiring (and inspired) column about NGO / NPO (that’s Non-Govt Organizations, or Non-Profit Organizations) topics for Fast Company…
Emptying my mind: #EuroTangoProject 3 →
I’m sitting in Lorbeth’s, a small resto on Papellallee in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg neighbourhood. The rain is pouring down. Reggae music is playing in the background of this “neu…
June 2010
7 posts
Organic Farming Institute of BC →
More from Cara Pike on “green communications” – in... →
Several weeks I posted an (audio) interview “green communicator” Cara Pike. Cara is the owner of Pike Productions, a communications and public relations company focussed on environmental topics. She…
More from Cara Pike on “green communications” – in... →
Several weeks I posted an (audio) interview “green communicator” Cara Pike. Cara is the owner of Pike Productions, a communications and public relations company focussed on environmental topics. She…
Tim Pringle talks about the Interface 2010... →
Jackie Connelly talks to me about Food & Photography 101 at Tria Culinary in the Comox Valley: Jackie Connelly .. http://bit.ly/b1SZU7
Bev McPhee talks about Revolution 3.0 →
Bev McPhee is a Senior Managing Consultant at IBM Global Business Services and Associate Faculty at Royal Roads University. She is interested in the behavioural changes taking place as a result of…
George Penfold talks to CITinfoResource about... →
April 2010
12 posts
Conscious Capital 5: Thomas Kineshanko of Habitat Enterprises talks about Investors Circle: Thomas Kineshanko i.. http://bit.ly/90JXpK
Leigh Carter talks about local government communications: Much of my work in the past 15+ years has involved co.. http://bit.ly/9dwSVg
Freddy makes a Savoy Cocktail at Avenue Bistro: In honour of Atlas Café’s 15th birthday (April 1995 seems so ye.. http://bit.ly/9XwTwj
Being dad: the job that grows on me: Image by hanspetermeyer.ca via Flickr Being dad is a big job. Probably the.. http://bit.ly/bhjOVK
Living at the Centre of the Known Universe…: I’m a stick-in-the-mud kind of guy. Ask my kids. Ask my friends. .. http://bit.ly/9EJPbX
Mashups: maps, milongas, Palermo en Buenos Aires:
Maybe it was because I couldn’t dance tonight (lingering aff.. http://bit.ly/aAGRzO