Afleveringen
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Your host needs a Spring Break. Episodes of Secret Sunshine will return in April. Enjoy your March, and here's to Spring!
Keep sharing your secrets with Secret Sunshine and let me know what you think about the show. Find me on Instagram (@dom_ideas), or send an email ([email protected]).
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Blair Douglas is a barber at Fade 'N Dye in Roberts Creek. He recently created his own space next door - an extension of the shop. He built it just for him (and his clients).
As he cuts the hostâs hair, we learn why the Sunshine Coast convinced Blair to pick up clippers and shears.
Then, the conversation delves into deeper, often philosophical aspects of barbering, and how Blair's approach to his work goes beyond cutting hair to make clients feel good about themselves.
Book a haircut with Blair at Fade âN Dye with this link.
This episodeâs sponsor is Sunday Cider - a cidery youâll find just off the highway right past Gibsons. Find out more about them online and on Instagram.
Secret Sunshine is produced and hosted by Dominic Girard. The showâs original music is performed and composed by Max Henry.
Learn more about this podcast and how you can follow it, support it, and get in touch by tapping through to the showâs website, secretsunshine.ca.
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My sister, Sophie Olson, has lived in Los Angeles for more than twenty years. When the latest wildfire outbreak endangered her city, I wondered if she'd considered escaping California and head north to the Sunshine Coast. That's because a few years ago, she did exactly that.
Sophie is a dance choreographer and educator in Los Angeles. Find her and follow her onâ TikTokâ andâ Instagramâ .
Follow Dominic onâ â Instagramâ â . You can send the show an email at â [email protected]â . The showâs website is â secretsunshine.caâ .
The podcast's original theme is composed and performed by Max Henry. Sound design support from Gaëtan Harris, at Syrup Sound.
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For over a decade, a squat, square, wooden old building near the corner of Pratt Rd and the Sunshine Coast Highway housed Dave Coyle's Antique Reproductions shop. The store - managed by Jackie-Lee Coyle - felt like the a place that defined the Sunshine Coast vibe. But the shop just closed, permanently, and for both resident and regular visitors alike - it's the end of something special. Jackie shares why it's time for them to go, and how it can be both easy and hard to say good-bye.
This episode of Secret Sunshine is sponsored by Sunday Cider - a cidery off the highway tucked into a grove of evergreen trees. And keep up with the Jackie-Lee and Dave Coyle on â Instagramâ too.
The podcast is produced and hosted by Dominic Girard, with additional sound design by Gaëtan Harris at Syrup Sound. Original music composed and performed by Max Henry.
Find the show online at secretsunshine.ca, and find me on Instagram.
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Is the Coast secretly the best place to experiment with small business ideas? When Jess Price bought Fromagerie de Baie in Gibsons last year, it meant she was taking on running a third small business in under two years.
Now she managesGood Fridays Cheese Co (Insta),Good Fridays General Storeâ (Insta), and Good Fridays Grazing - the lil' charcuterie hustle that started the whole adventure.
Ahead of the cheese shop's official grand opening, Jess explores what motivates a newbie to the Coast to take on so many projects in such a brie-f amount of time.
The cheese shopâs official opening event is on Saturday, January 18th, from 11am to 4pm. Swing by for raffles, giveaways and samples. Youâll find it tucked behind the Venture Village complex.
How many cheese puns do you count in the interview? Let me know onInstagram. And while youâre there, follow theGibsons IGA Instagram account (which makes sense when you hear the episode).
Thanks again to my founding sponsors,The Kube - a sweet shop run by good people. Also, hereâstheir Instagram account.
Additional sound design support from Gaëtan Harris at Syrup Sound. Original music composed and performed by Max Henry.
Find out more about the show, including links to follow the podcast on your podcast player of choice, atsecretsunshine.ca.
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The windows ofThe Station Wine Bar were papered over for most of the year, taunting thirsty locals and visitors with a cryptic âPouring Soonâ sign. Nearly a full year since signing up to open a new restaurant in Lower Gibsons, Alexis Nothstein is still adapting to the reality that a Dream sheâs held for nearly two decades is actually coming true. But is Gibsons ready to welcome a wine bar and help it find success? Alexis will soon learn if this town agrees with her belief that this little place is exactly what the Coast needs.
This podcast exists thanks to the support of Founding Sponsor The Kube. Itâs an artist studio and boutique retail shop in Gibsons filled with unique things you can buy anywhere else on the Coast. Check em out on Gibsonâs Way or visitTheKube.ca. -
Nico Arnett said yes to curating her own ceramics and photography art show before giving her brain a chance to say no. Never mind that her ceramics studio had been mothballed since moving nearly three years ago. Never mind that her realtor career and family life had taken over most of her free time.
Never mind that â eek â this would be her first ever art show. This would be an exercise in putting the weird little brain out there and see what comes of it.
This is a story about throwing caution to the wind, and trusting that the Sunshine Coast community will always celebrate and support anyone taking a creative risk.
Secret Sunshineâs Founding Sponsor is The Kube, a boutique retail shop, art gallery, and art studio in Gibsons. Theyâre hosting Nicoâs art show and helping this podcast get off the ground. Buy art-inspired gifts and gifts that inspire art in store or online atTheKube.ca.
Follow Nico Arnett on Instagramhere, and find her ceramics feed, No. 9 Ceramics,here.
And find out more about the podcast atsecretsunshine.ca.
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My new favourite annual holiday tradition involves meeting up with a few dozen dingdongs like me at the beach on New Year's Day morning. And jumping into the ocean. As 2025 gets warmed up, I take a couple of minutes to reflect on why I wanted to make this podcast for you (and with you). Happy New Year!
