[youtube id="y__wCfVcobc"] All right. First things first. You can't park for free ANYWHERE in this city, and definitely not at Stanley Park, so this is a big damn deal. This is the Ghost Train, kiddos. This is special. Apparently parking is free anytime the Halloween or Christmas train is … [Read more...]
You Won’t See This on Pinterest.
One thing I respect about toddlers is their unwillingness to simply go along with something you think might be fun. "You want to take me to a farm and take pictures and I am to smile? HOW ABOUT NO." I get it. I don't like the outdoors either, especially not the rural outdoors. The wifi is … [Read more...]
The Leaves, You Guys.
Maybe it's because my current state could only be described as "deliriously over-tired," but this afternoon when I was walking home I just kind of noticed it's now fall. The leaves, you guys. The leaves! They struck me, bright and every colour, as if vaguely poetic in a way that is sentimental but … [Read more...]
Saturday Morning.
Not a bad start to the day. … [Read more...]
It’s Not So Cold on the West Coast
If you've seen How to Be a Vancouverite, or if you are one, or if you know any of us, you know how uniquely weird we can be. We effing love kale, and it's a joke how much that isn't a joke. If you've ever been here or moved here or tried to make friends outside of work or school, maybe you know how … [Read more...]
Coffee and the Art of Cupping
Are you like me? Can't start the day off without enjoying a cup of coffee? I usually wake up to the aroma of a fresh brew as hubby gets up earlier than I do. It's a comforting smell that is much more effective on me than any alarm clock. I love a full-bodied coffee, or like hubby says, "the one … [Read more...]
33 Acres
I don't know what happened, but all of a sudden Mount Pleasant is getting microbreweries and they're allowed to act like bars and life just improved considerably. British Columbia, with its draconian liquor laws and high taxes, has traditionally been a bit of a buzz kill for those of us who just … [Read more...]
Pretty City, I Will Love You Forever
Remind me of this in November, when I'm itching to run away to anyplace else. … [Read more...]
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
I am very excited, because there's a new Farmers Market on Sundays just two blocks from home. It's walking-while-carrying-30-pounds-of-toddler distance, and it's right beside the playground we already go to every Sunday. It is the most convenient Farmers Market that ever happened anywhere … [Read more...]
Catching Crabs.
One of the things I love about living on the coast is the access to all the seafood I could possibly eat, more or less for free. Spouse and his friends fish for trout and salmon, so our freezer is always stocked with whole and smoked pink fish; if we feel like clams, it's not a long trip … [Read more...]