We found a house! Finally. And today I’m moving this: A bit more than the four boxes and two suitcases with which I arrived in #vancouver. That all fit in the back of a coworkers Mazada, with room to spare.…
Month: February 2013
Such was the scene at the Aberdeen Mall in Richmond foe the Chinese New Year countdown. Little hard to see, but that is part of the dragon dance performance. Tricky to get a good shot without elbowing the necks and…
Remember how the temporary place I was in last year flooded, and how I had to start looking for an apartment sooner than expected? Fast forward a year, and switch out “apartment” for “house” and that’s about the only difference.…
House hunting, it turns out, is more taxing than apartment hunting but also more fun as there are other with whom to share the experience. You can collectively laugh at the absurdity of a neighborhood as you drive out without…
So far this winter has been the opposite of last year. It was colder in #vancouver than it was in #chicago! And it rain. Every. Day. Made me wonder if I had made a mistake. Sure, Chicago is miserable in…
There was this tweet yesterday: Just realized tomorrow is my one year anniversary as an actual @goclio employee. — Gwynne Monahan(@econwriter5) January 31, 2013 And then this amusing Twitter exchange on “fake” v. “real” employee. So today officially marks my…