Archive for January, 2008
Elements and Gastropod
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008I have two contrasting dining experiences to write about.
On Saturday evening we had dinner at Elements Urban Tapas on Main St in Whistler. They do small plates rather than tapas, and suggest three plates between two people to start - you can always order more. They don’t take reservations, and the atmosphere is classy but [...]
Demo boards; and friends on a powder day
Monday, January 28th, 2008Yes, we went to Whistler again. Of course we did.
On Saturday we had an overcast day with light (by Whistler standards) snowfall, which refreshed the slopes nicely after a dry, sunny week. We had a fairly leisurely Saturday - a slow start, and then we spent the morning trying out snowboards from the Showcase demo [...]
Whistler freeride camp
Friday, January 25th, 2008Last weekend Dave and I signed up for the Quiksilver freeride/ freestyle camp. (It’s only called Quiksilver because they sponsor it and you get a free T shirt.) It was $140 each for the two days of the camp (because it’s Discover Whistler 40% off at the moment), which is a pretty good deal already. We weren’t [...]
Cooking, snowboarding and learning Japanese
Monday, January 21st, 2008This is another ‘quick update’ post… briefly, last weekend we spent two days shopping and cooking in order to fill our new freezer with convenient week-night meals. On Thursday we started our second term of Japanese lessons, and it was a bit of a shock - the standard is much higher and the pace much [...]
Whistler powder
Thursday, January 10th, 2008There is So Much Snow here at the moment and more to come! It’s good and bad news though - the storms have also brought high winds, so the avalanche risk is through the roof; and the closed in weather has meant some challenging riding conditions.
On Saturday Dave and I used our Fresh Tracks tickets [...]
Weekend on the North Shore
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008[Originally blogged on www.powderrroom.net]
What with having Whistler season pass we haven’t been visiting the North Shore mountains much - having to pay for day tickets, pah! - but the weekend after Christmas we did some exploring.
Vancouver has three local ski hills on the North Shore - from West to East, Cypress Mountain, Grouse Mountain, and Mount [...]
Quick update
Monday, January 7th, 2008Just a quick update as I’m quite behind on blogging.
We had a quiet ‘holiday season’; Dave even worked on Christmas Eve. We went out for a drink with Kate and Graham that evening, although almost all the bars were shut.
On Christmas Day we opened our stocking presents, then I cooked a huge breakfast (OK, Dave [...]