Tag: Granville Island
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Uncomfortable New Social Phenomena
There is what I believe to be a relatively new to the Westcoast and very unpleasant social phenomena going on that I am not at all comfortable with; people who walk towards you and do not move aside or make any effort to go around you who therefore walk right into you. My Sweetheart and…
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A Foodie Tour of Granville Island Public Market
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Day Tripping to Granville Island for Gallo Mussels
On Sunday we took the twins to our favourite place in the city, Granville Island. Unlike the brave souls who engage in the blood sport of finding a parking spot on Granville Island, we park a block away and walk down to the Market. Although we often like to go to Granville Island to soak…
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Alexandre Bilodeau Wins Olympic Gold
Wow, what an incredible day today it turned out to be! We ended up at Granville Island to absorb the Olympic atmosphere, but before that experience Annalie and I trekked off to meet Friend Terry at Quan’s Kitchen for weekly our Sunday feed. And then when we came back home we installed the big girls seats in…
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Twins, twins, everywhere are twins
Our weekly Sunday breakfast excursion turned into a family event this weekend. Caragh, Story and Annalie made the trek to Quan’s Kitchen with me this week. Caragh was a bit nervous about having the kids in a restaurant but I was totally comfortable with the experience due to my weekly outings. And the funny thing…
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Choices and plenty of fish
I was reading the Vancouver magazine the other day. They have a profile of the nerd (uber-rich nerd that is) who started up the website, plentyoffish.com. The guy is worth millions…all from Google Ads. What the hell…don’t I look genius…I start up a website to talk about being the Papa to twins. I suppose in business…
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Launch from the Planetarium
Today was a day well spent. Up early and out of the house early…around 11am. Drove to Vancouver and did a little people watching while sitting at Four Brothers Pizza enjoying a coupla slices of pizza pie. Commercial Drive is the bomb for people watching. I love being able to keep a running commentary going about…