Been here for two straight months now (traveled a lot for work and really moving from Jan-March), and have noticed some things I hadn’t before, and that I have gotten used to since moving here.
Author: Gwynne Monahan
The view from the ferry (above) was fantastic Friday afternoon heading up. Takes two ferries, and a ling, winding road to get to Powell River. Reminds me a lot of Michigan. We arrived and went to dinner, watching the sunset…
Last May, I came up to Vancouver for a visit, see what it might be like to live here. I had the opportunity to take a trip up the Sunshine Coast to Powell River. It’s a small town in the…
An office mate and one of her friends invited me out to see The Avengers last Tuesday night after work. I agreed without really thinking about it, something I’ve been doing often whenever someone asks if I want to go…
Acquiring furniture, pots, pans, flatware, dishes and pretty much what you normally take for granted, is a process. The most logical way is to shop online, especially since I have no car. Except that requires a credit card and there…
Blue skies. Sun. Gentle breeze. Mountains. Softball field. Just as I envisioned Vancouver to be.
In my quest to meet people, I have acquired a Social Dictator, and joined req leagues of some office mates. The basketball req league hasn’t worked out well, mainly because I joined before I knew I would be moving sooner…
Hearing snippets of conversations in different languages on the bus, walking around Vancouver, reminds me of my first two instances of hearing a foreign language in a non-academic environment.
This has been rolling around in my head for awhile now. Monet paintings are composed of thousands, perhaps millions, of tiny dots. From a distance, it is beautiful. Up close, it’s downright ugly. This seems to apply to a number…
Last week, I think, some of my office mates were abuzz with the grand opening of a new IKEA in Richmond. Richmond is a suburb of Vancouver. Think of, say, Schaumburg, Illinois. Easiest and best way to get there is…