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Lying on my back in the dirt, hand cramping, arm twisted in ways I had never imagined, all this to make a squirrel puppet look more squirrely. All this while Corey barks, “Yes, yes that’s great, but do it more squirrel like!” Here I am imitating a squirrel with a hand puppet and [...]

As July 4th draws nearer, I miss home more. The fireworks, grilling out, hanging out with friends and family, and remembering why the good ‘ol USA is still the best country on the planet.
Seeing as I am in Vancouver, Canada Day is all the rage here (sorta). I find it rather suspicious that “Canada Day” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

After thinking about it and planning for it all spring, I’ve finally made it to Vancouver. I’ve got a lot that I want to talk about, but I’ll start with some basics so my readers at least know what’s going on.
Why am I here?
This one is easy. My girlfriend has been a student at Vancouver [...]

What did I like about Vancouver?
I really liked the walking nature of the city. At least from her place downtown, most anything we needed (with the notable exception of a supermarket) was within walking distance. It wasn’t just the poor college students walking either, everyone did. For some reason I really liked this concept of [...]

For the uninformed, I spent March 1st – 7th in Vancouver (yes, the one in Canada). Why go to Vancouver? April is there, of course.
It was a good trip overall. Obviously the main focus of the trip was to see April but I also got to experience the city and get a feel for life [...]