Archive for February, 2008
Sunny Vancouver with Caroline
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Our friend Caroline has been staying with us, and she brought the sunny weather with her. She had a day on her own on Friday while Dave and I toiled; but I was pleased to see the blue skies and think of her out there enjoying them while I sat at my desk.
On Saturday, after [...]
Split boarding
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008A couple of weeks back, three friends and I spent two days split-boarding with Whistler Mountain Guides.
Split boards (as you can probably guess) split down the middle so that you can transform them into skis. When in snowboard form, there are metal plates going across the board that you can slide ordinary snowboard bindings onto [...]
Not the best weekend
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008I still need to post about the hockey and the split boarding, but just to keep current:
Despite both being under the weather, we drove up to Whistler (I know, I know) on Friday afternoon. Unfortunately there was a serious accident just north of Squamish so traffic ground to a halt, but luckily we found the [...]
Holiday with the boys
Friday, February 15th, 2008Quick update: yesterday Dave and I went back to work after a lovely holiday in Whistler and Vancouver.
Stuart and Andrew arrived on 29th January, and Dave took three days off work while I toiled for a wage. They were very jet-lagged and had some moochy days in Vancouver shopping and eating, plus a cloudy no-vis day [...]
Bistro Pastis
Friday, February 1st, 2008For our second Dine Out Vancouver experience, we went to Bistro Pastis. This time we took Stu and Andy with us. It was a much nicer atmosphere and friendlier service than Gastropod, but the food was still only OK. I must say, I’d think Dine Out Vancouver should be seen as an opportunity to really [...]