Blues and Haikus

This Sunday I will be on stage at this lovely event at the Waldorf Hotel on East Hastings. I will be sharing some of my recent writing. It’s a risk since most of what I’ve done lately is read terrible writing at Say Wha?! and made fun of my cringe-worthy

What Elda Taught Me

I don’t know if it’s the time of year, or the age I’m at but I’ve been doing a lot of thinking recently. Thinking about where am I going, what am I doing and where I want to be. Ya know, life angst. I know many of you reading this

How to Live in Vancouver

If you follow my blog you’ll remember that I recently wrote about living in London. Since I wrote it, I’ve been thinking about the city I live in right now: Vancouver. When I was fourteen years old Vancouver was my mecca. I would come here on spring breaks to visit

Say Wha?! at Olio Festival

Did you miss the last Say Wha?! show? Really? That sucks. Oh wait, lucky for you the show was live streamed and is now up online! Yay! Many thanks to Ryan from RJZTV for live-streaming the show and for being so speedy posting it online. Here I am starting the

How To Live in London

Dear Sara Bynoe, circa September 2008 You have just moved to London, England to do a MA in Creative Writing. You’ve sold practically everything you own and packed up to live a new adventure. First off you deserve a BIG HUG, that was brave. Now, I want to tell you

Temple

Remember that scene in Anne of Green Gables where Anne talks about praying in an open field? No? Well, here it is: CHAPTER VII Anne Says Her Prayers “Why must people kneel down to pray?” If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I’d do. I’d go out

Checking Stonehenge Off My Bucket List

A bucket list is an inventory of things to do and places to visit before one kicks the proverbial can out of life. I do not have said list, but if I did, I suppose going to Stonehenge might be on it. I was in the UK, I had access

Olio Festival Presents Say Wha?!

Thursday September 22 is a very special day. It’s the last day of summer (boo hoo!), it’s the first day of the Olio Festival which celebrates the best local and international independent talent in music, art, comedy, skate & film but, most importantly, September 22 is the next Say Wha?!

September Shows

Holy moly September is going to rock. It’s basically the month of all my shows times two. Here’s a quick run down: Friday, September 9 – Say Wha?! at the Vancouver Fringe Bar 8-10pm Saturday, September 10- Teen Angst at the Vancouver Fringe Bar 8-9:30 Saturday, September 10 – Literary

Edinburgh Fringe – FOAD

That’s right, this is happening. Really soon. Today I’m flying to the London. I’ll take the train up to Edinburgh to hang with my awesome friend Daniel-Ryan Spaulding and even hang with the Literary Death Match people on Monday night. It’s going to be a very exciting time! Wish me

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