While waiting to be shown an apartment… I prefer public transit and/or walking. Same was true in Chicago, and it’s a necessity here in Van since I don’t have a car. Unlike Chicago, though, Vancouver is not flat. That seems…
Author: Gwynne Monahan
Here are my Evernote notes…and it sounds like two dogs are trying to kill each other outside. Lot of barking and hollowing. Decent high rises in Van. 26th floor and decent view. Buildings more spread out than back home. Not…
Well, shortest Evernote to date, maybe: It’s true. I sold it months ago, to a good home. Friend of the family with a son looking for a practice kit to take his chops to the next level. Lately though, I…
I’ve moved to a sports desert. Kind of knew that already since Vancouver is a one-sport town: hockey. Oh. Wait. Check that. Canucks hockey. But since cable providers have the major US networks, like NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox (who…
Yes, indeed. I do have pictures. Like this one, of the Robson Square Ice Rink: It’s pretty cool, actually. Despite appearances, it is outside and has this nifty kind of dome over it that changes color with the lights underneath.…
Evernote is kind of like my Neil Peart journal, it seems. I don’t jot things down in a physical journal anymore. I create notes in Evernote. So here are notes from the bus: So here I am, on the 25…
Noticing a trend yet? I’m a big Evernote fan. And while I’m stuck in the data roaming black hole, I’ve come to rely on it even more heavily. So here’s what I jotted down while waiting to board the flight…
“You look good.” “You sound good.” Or “you sound happy.” Heard those often the last couple of days, which I didn’t really think much about at the time. The “look good” comment usually was followed up with an inquiry, which…
Being accustomed to the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA, I arrived at the Vancouver airport way too early. Like, way way too early. On Sunday. I was through security in the blink of an eye. So I pulled…
Being tired, all the time, that is. Apparently it has something to do with weather and/or elevation and/or time change, but when people first move here they are tired all the time. I thought it was just the time change.…