My bus driver reads Whoopi!
Buses are an essential part of my life yet I know so little about the women and men who ensure I get home safely every night. But today that changed. When I boarded my bus this afternoon I noticed the...
Tag: Vancouver
Khan
NEWS: Housemate won’t name wireless connection after the cat!
Today Housemate bought a new wireless router to replace the old piece of junk which has some issues with connection speed. When he set up the wireless account for our apartment I enthusiastical...
Burnaby
Chatting with Scientologists and Conservatives at Burnaby Hats Off Day 2010
Once a year the city closes off Hastings from Boundary to Gamma for the annual Hats Off Day celebration. It’s pretty cool. There’s a parade, kiosks, vintage cars and tons of interesting pe...
The Yaletown cupcake hunt
“I want cupcakes!” I demand. I’m hanging out with my friends Jess, Paul and Michael. We’re walking their dog Buster when I am overcome with an insatiable craving for cupcakes! There are a few chain ...
Vancouver Life
Y2K compliant DVD player at the Salvation Army
If you ever need to feel old or irrelevant there’s perhaps no better place to hang out than your local thrift store where items that seemed so marvelous and useful in your youth are unceremoniously st...
Food and Lifestyle
Housemate’s McDonald’s necromancy
The other day while running errands Housemate decided to bring home some supper from McDonald’s. It really was a thoughtful gesture. Housemate is always buying me McDonald’s. He’s really cool t...
People
Shantel, Nathaniel and the ghost
Something kind of spooky happened the other day during a visit with my good friend Shantel. We were having a conversation about my father, a somewhat intense one at that. I’m thinking of doing some wr...
Taking the city bus from Vancouver to Seattle
Have you ever considered taking the city bus from Vancouver to Seattle? Not the Greyhound, car, or Amtrak but public transit. I considered it, found out it was possible. I was curious to see how far s...
Vancouver Life
Kathy Griffin in Vancouver!
I saw Kathy Griffin tonight! I really enjoy her comedy and identify with her act. Like myself she’s so obnoxious, inappropriate and pisses off a lot of people. But instead of rushing to an ADHD ...
Burnaby
Snow in Vancouver!
Well, it’s a snow day in Vancouver. Vancouver is unique among Canadian cities in its perceived inability to deal with snow. There are so many Easterners (Canadians as I call them to differ...