Jessi & I are trying out a new feature on ATG.  We’re going to try and do regular podcasts.  So this week is our first attempt at it and we’d love some feedback.  So please take a listen and learn about how life is different here in Canada Land!
Thanks,
Jessi & Koop
http://koopmandesigns.com/media/podcast1.mp3

Today I decided to make the Barefoot Contessa’s Buttermilk Cheddar Biscuits. I’ve never made biscuits and honestly the only biscuits I’ve even eaten are (dare I say) form KFC. Needless to say, mine will be less buttery but homemade! Of course they’ll be better!
I had to make two batches, the first batch I put directly [...]

I’m an intermittent sports fan. Mostly when a big playoff or world cup or superbowl series/game is being played. I like sports, I really do- cute muscley men running around in matching uniforms, who woulnd’t! But I don’t follow one team religiously or get upset when they loose to a certain other team. Or get [...]

Today CNN did a nice piece on the “Not so Glam life of a flight attendant” It hit so close to home that I thought I’d write my own.

My mother is a flight attendant, she has been for over 30 years. I never thought about how awful her job is because I got all the [...]

14 States and the District of Columbis  banned Hands Cell Phone talking and Text while driving  but now 4 US Senators are proposing a national texting while driving ban.  And if states do not adopt the rule?  They will lose their federal funding for highways.  A study by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, using simulators, found [...]

The first few weeks here in Canada I had a bit of free time on my hands and no TV and no Internet so I spent much of my time reading.  Here are 3 of the books I read during that time.  Of the three I’d say two are worthy of reading but I’ll let [...]

Vanity Fair published this article last week online.  A friend sent me the link and I found the list quite interesting.  Some of the women listed I do not necessarily agree with their inclusion,  but there are many women listed who not only changed how the masses think or talk about sex but made significant [...]

Don’t know who they are, don’t care. This is so cute. I actually teared up !
I’ve been rethinking the whole sappy wedding ceremony bull for a while now (not that I’m getting married anytime soon or anything) and seeing how much fun and how happy this wedding party is makes ME happy!
Take a look at [...]

As many people already know tonight President Obama will be addressing the nation and the world regarding his bill for health care reform.  Many citizens of the United States do not have health care because they one cannot afford it or are refused coverage due to a preexisting condition.  Or worse have it, pay for it, [...]

A few week’s ago, Charla McCutcheon, AKA: Char2D2 released her debut record, Small Vampires.  Charla, herself,  is no new-comer to the music scene.  She previously played with the Vancouver Indy pop band, Bella.   After taking some time and traveling Paris, Charla returned with new songs which found their way to Tegan Quin (Tegan and Sara) [...]