While taking a nice stroll down Commercial Drive to get some breakfast this morning, I was greeted with oh so pleasant horn honking that seems to coincide with every World Cup victory no matter what the team. Here is the scenario, a team wins a game, a group of yokels hop in their cars and [...]
Entries from June 26th, 2006
things to bring home – The Nanaimo Bar
June 19th, 2006 No Comments
I have a pretty big sweet tooth, one that may well be the death of me one day. I blame my Mom for it really, our tastes are pretty similar when it comes to sweets. Anyway, on to the point of this post, The Nainaimo Bar.
The Nanaimo (pronounced Nuh-Nie-Mo) Bar is a little dessert about [...]
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Vancouver observations
June 5th, 2006 No Comments
So I’ve been here (Canadia) for almost two weeks and I feel pretty qualified to make some general, sweeping conclusions about Canadians as a whole. Well that’s probably not fair since east and west Canada are pretty different (they’re all crazy regardless). These sweeping generalizations only apply to Vancouver.
1. People here cannot drive. April and [...]
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