vancouver
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Morning coffee at Nemesis, with strategically framed Harbour Centre in the background.
I have a new coworking desk. Haven’t had space here in #Vancouver #Gastown for 8 years, and before that was somewhere in the area for 12 years.
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Spent the evening at a music show by the Elliot Freedman Group.
It was hosted by Notional Space, a gift economy run venue that is a unique private home in my neighbourhood.
I love what Mark & Yumi are doing with the space. We need more like this.
#Vancouver #EastVan
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I watched “Union Street” tonight, a documentary about Vancouver’s historically black neighborhood of Strathcona.
Rather than being focused on displacement, it features a number of great local makers.
The Georgia Straight has a write up. Recommended!
#Vancouver #EastVan #movie #Strathcona
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Found out that Glorious Organics Co-op is going to have a new drop off location for their CSA boxes at Mucker Next Door this year.
Sign up on the website to get notified when they open for new membership.
#Vancouver #CSA #EastVan #coop
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Dinner at The Pie Shoppe tonight.
- Salad to share and some nice olives
- “The Kent” pizza, charred pineapple, spicy coppa
- Slice of Raspberry Rhubarb pie.
Updated opening hours, added pizza as cuisine for #OsmVancouver
#Vancouver #restaurant #EastVan #pizza #pie
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A list of of 22 bakeries that make delicous bread in Vancouver, by Scout Magazine.
#FoodWiki #Vancouver #bread
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Trying out Phở Jade “the place for noodle soup lovers”.
It’s got a pretty big menu. I tried a large bowl of pho with all the meats to get a baseline.
It’s good! Fragrant floral broth.
#Vancouver #EastVan #FoodWiki #pho #restaurant #Vietnamese #OsmVancouver
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Turns out it’s Timbertrain’s 10th anniversary — and they’re doing a giveaway raffle if you subscribe to their newsletter.
This is my #EastVan local and before that the #Gastown location was our afternoon macchiato stop.
#Vancouver #coffee
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Rachael got started shovelling, I finished it off and did the sidewalk.
I took the second picture where you can see it’s snowing enough to start covering things again.
#Vancouver #snow #BCStorm
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Went to Jang Mo Jib on Robson for lunch. Had Gahl Bee Tahng with all the fixings. It’s a nice second floor space!
#FoodWiki #Korean #restaurant #Vancouver
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Some fun packaging at the Sungiven Foods at City Square. Sungiven is pretty great, with stores all over Metro Vancouver.
Photos are of Soda crackers (sea salt) aka shark edition, and (chive) aka caveman and dinosaur buddy.
I didn’t buy candied olives, but I did buy candied plums.
#FoodWiki #Vancouver #grocery
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Went to the new Oidé Coffee location at the Waterfall Building near Granville Island.
Black sesame pastry is very tasty!
#FoodWiki #pastry #Vancouver
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Went to Tall Shadow Bakery both days this weekend.
Saturday was later in the day and lots was sold out. Tried their pizza pocket pastry & a giant square of cornbread.
Sunday we went early to try the “pop tarts” pastry. Filled with berries, not to sweet. Tasty!
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Spent the afternoon wandering Main Street. Had lunch at Coco et Olive, of which the most amazing part was this slice of chocolate cake.
More on the FoodWiki
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First swim of the year at New Brighton Park. Sun setting at end of day, Burrard Inlet & north shore mountains behind.
We’ll try for a couple more dips this week while temperatures are high.
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Got out for a walk in Pacific Spirit Park. It was warm (finally!) and the light was dappling through the green everywhere.
On the way, an awesome lunch at Simit Bakery on West 4th. Got the Turkish breakfast - no photo, but recommended!
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Went to the Vancouver Art Gallery yesterday. This giant wall mural by Lauren Brevner & James Harry was amazing to see in person.
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Dude Chilling Park in the fall
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Rachael won an overnight stay prize pack from VanMuralFest and the Robson BIA. Finishing our downtown adventure with a nice breakfast at Forage.
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Check out @rachaelashe’s work at The Art Shop upcoming pop up “Wood Paper Scissors: Raw Materials in Art”. Opening is Oct 23rd, runs until Nov 3rd. The space is on East Hastings, next to Strathcona Brewing and Prototype Coffee.
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“[Vancouver has] the lowest property taxes on the continent and most of the people who complain don’t even pay these taxes, but rather pass them on to renters.”
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I need rain gear! Where’s the best place to buy in #Vancouver? What should I get for biking? Bonus points if anything is made in Canada.
Reply here or comment with tips here.
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Had a great get-to-know-you call with @JacobSayles, intro’d by @LeeLefever.
Jacob has a long history with coworking, and we ended up jamming on Community Land Trusts and related models for #Vancouver.
If you’re interested in creating new shared housing models — get in touch!
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Bike Ride to Riley Park and Van Mural Fest at River District
Starting from the north end of Commercial Drive where we live, we did a grand loop and various adventures on the e-bike ... -
Went for a tour of the in-progress @vanmuralfest murals and met animalitoland at 7th and Ontario.
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I’ve written up a bit of a “best of” of a bunch of mainly food / grocery places for North Commercial Drive / Grandview-Woodland. My neighbourhood is a really nice place to live, shop, and eat ;)
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Straight & Marrow is going into the old Bistro Wagon Rouge space, Scout Magazine
Looking forward to trying this new place. Bistro was pretty classic French bistro, the updated room looks spectacular.
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a selection of Hunanese delicacies from Lucky Noodle (via luckyfish)
luckyfish posted a photo: via a selection of Hunanese delicacies from Lucky Noodle friday; spicy shredded potatoes with... -
Class Afloat talk at Interesting Vancouver
Last night I gave a talk at Interesting Vancouver. This picture is the one I used to start the talk - me at 18, half a ... -
powell street festival this weekend, Aug 4th & 5th 2012
All this weekend in Oppenheimer Park. Starts at 11am both Saturday & Sunday. Lots of food vendors, cool demos, Bonsa... -
First meal at Lucky Noodle
Just came back from my first meal at Lucky Noodle, which is a Hunan-style Chinese restaurant at 3377 Kingsway (a couple ... -
Vancity fraud lock means I can't trust Interac
I’ve just had my Vancity Interac debit card blocked for ‘confirmed skimming’. The last time this happe... -
At Northern Voice 2012 on Friday
Just bought my ticket for Friday. Looking forward to it! Especially MooseCamp. Northern Voice 2012 | Personal Blogging a... -
German Dinner Experience at the Vancouver Alpen Club
via germandinner.eventbrite.com I had been trying to put together an "open house" on the 29th. Multiple friends & a... -
Orcas swim into Burrard Inlet
via theprovince.com With this, plus the dolphins in Howe Sound, it feels like we're getting a second chance. That's Si... -
Big Lou's Butcher Shop and Banh Mi Sandwich
This was my third shopping trip to Big Lou's Butcher Shop, on the corner of Powell Street at Gore. Their tagline is ... -
Blossom shopping in Kits
See the full gallery on Posterous Out for a walk around Kits, checking how far the blossoms are. -
Betty Baguette - fresh sandwiches delivered by bike in Vancouver
via bettybaguette.com Seen via @nickmolnar and others. Clicking through to the web page, there is only a phone number. ... -
In Vancouver, middle class people can't afford to live middle class lives
It won’t surprise anyone who’s ever read this blog that I lay most of the blame for this state of affairs on the overhea... -
Ask the Internet about Pho in Vancouver, and get responses like @trevoro did
Best Pho in Vancouver 4 Au Petit Cafe 3 Hanoi Pho (Hastings and Dunleavy) 2 Pho Tang 2 Thai Son (Chain) 2 Pho Huang 1 Le... -
Bloedel Conservatory is slated to be closed
In spite of our efforts to save the Bloedel Conservatory, and despite the possible illegality of the decision to close o... -
Social Crafting at MOV - Jan 21st
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Burned down Slickity Jim's is going to be replaced by a Tim Horton's and a Wendy's /via @nep
Restaurateur Mike Zalman, who lost Slickity Jim's Chat 'N Chew in November, is painfully aware that the cost of opening ...