Joy, Auntie Cris, Auntie Fely
Thanksgiving Dinner was at Dad’s this year, since he and Sofie are the only ones with the space to accommodate people. They bought a larger condo upstairs from the apartment they were renting, and it came with an electronic stove they can’t figure out! I was glad everyone who was invited [...]

Oooh, recovery is in order for me today. Went out with Erich last night and got home after 3am. I met up with them at Elixir, a Parisian-style bistro in the new Opus Hotel on Davie Street in Yaletown, then it was briefly to the Roxy on Granville, then to another new place called Lucy [...]

Back from seeing my final opportunity to see another VIFF ‘02 film. The Festival finishes tomorrow, but Erich and I can’t see any evening shows, because there’s only one, and it’s sold out! I was relieved to get in tonight — Granville Street was buzzing and there were long queues. My favourite short films (see [...]

It’s nearly 2am, and I think I’ve finally got rid of the BugBear virus off the office computers!

You found me!
Today I took Mister Michael to Maple Ridge to check out Laity Farm, a place I read about in Queue (an insert in The Vancouver Sun newspaper). It’s a couple of turns after driving 7 kilometres east of the Pitt River Bridge — when’s the last time I went out that way??? — [...]

I’m still a bit stunned. Just returned from seeing a film at Pacific Cinematheque called ‘Under Another Sky’, part of the Vancouver International Film Festival. Here’s the synopsis, pinched from the VIFF site:
Under Another Sky [Les Chemins de l'Oued]
Samy (Nicolas Cazal�), a young beur (French of Algerian descent), is just the driver; he doesn’t [...]

Back from a bike trip around Stanley Park… I saw an amazing sight in between Siwash Rock and Second Beach — a seal perched on a rock! In fact, I thought it was a rock on top of a rock, but it turned out to be a seal, lying very still, with his tail up [...]

Crashed and burned last night… I was non-functional by the end of the working day. But I did manage to get my Linguistics readings done, amazingly enough. Photos from the weekend will soon be uploaded!