Category: Vancouver
The weather forecasters claimed that while we would get some snow this morning, it was going to be rain by midday and thus the snow would be washed away by the time I had to drive home ((I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – snow belongs on ski hills and in my […]
Got my flu shot at work today. One of the benefits of working in Public Health is that every fall a nurse pops her head in my office and say “Who wants a flu shot?” If you don’t happen to be so lucky as to work in a Public Health Unit or have a flu […]
Since the conference that I’ve been at this week is in Vancouver, I’ve been taking Skytrain. And I have to tell you, I so much prefer taking Skytrain to work instead of driving! I can read and drink my coffee and not have to worry about terrible drivers like I do when I’m driving! Granted, […]
I seem to have developed a thing for obscure soda pops. It all started a few months ago when Devon and I happened upon a hole-in-the-wall convenience store with a sign that says, “We sell American pop” ((Or something to that effect.)). And when we went in, they had all sorts of pop that you […]
As you know from my constant yammering about it, I’m training to run the Victoria Half Marathon and my IT band is not happy about it. I had to run 18 km today – my second last long run before the actual race – and since the hilliness of New Westminster seems to be what’s […]
After a long day of class today ((Macroeconomics, followed by a double dose of statistics, then managerial economics. That be *a lot* of math.)), I rewarded myself by buying a foam roller ((Which will be the subject of an upcoming blog posting)) and then dinner at La Bell Patate, a Québécois restaurant on Davie Street. […]
Picture it! Me and Cath are at St. Augustine’s and I can’t decide what beer to have. No matter! I choose “the Paddle” – which is a wooden paddle on which they place 4 small glasses of your beers of choosing. Photographic evidence: The beers I chose were: Unibroue, EPHEMERE APPLE Alameda Brewing Co, MAPLE […]
So, remember how I mentioned that Devon has some mad bartending skills? Well, he picked up those skills when he lived in the UK, where he just so happened to be a bartender. And while being a bartender in the UK, he also picked up a love of Blavod, a jet black vodka that is […]
Why do people insist on referring to all of the city of Vancouver as “downtown”? I seem to have this equivalent of this conversation on a regular basis: Me: Have you ever been to The Naam (or some other location in […]
I watched the start of one game and the end of the other, but both Cup games played in Vancouver this weekend ended with a victory for the good guys! Truth is, I’m not really much of a football fan and haven’t been since many, many years ago when my Dad and I used to […]