Chicago is a great city. I miss it. It’s home. Always will be. When people visit Chicago, they rave about its greatness. And it doesn’t take long for one of two things to happen. Either they say they see why…
Category: Observations
Back in February, I pondered the Canadian concept of vacation and holidays. Today is provincial holiday: BC Day. Considering Canadians get a day off every month, I’ve had two thoughts: they’re lazy, or they have a different, perhaps deeper understanding,…
A couple weekends ago, a friend of a friend and I went for a drive. He had driven me around downtown Vancouver, showing off Gas Town, the Olympic Torch, Stanley Park and North Vancouver, after a birthday party. He thought…
It was the perfect evening for a baseball game. And man have I been baseball deprived. Well, watching in person, anyway. Playing softball has been fun, something to look forward to during the week. But it’s summer! It’s baseball season…
I didn’t pay much attention to this at first because I only heard it used by one person. And then I kept hearing it. Apparently in Canada, you don’t say “Do XYZ,” you say “Do XY Zed.” If you’re an…
I’ve been a bit emotional since I got back, and it’s been bothering me. It’s nice yet depressing to be back. Why? Because it’s hard leaving a place where you are loved, appreciated and missed to return to a place…
Vancouver is full of runners, and practically all of them run wearing headphones or ear buds, listening to iPods. Me? I run in silence.
This past weekend, in Canada, was Canada Day. It was Sunday, and observed by many businesses on Monday. Do I need to say that it rained on Sunday? I was up and ready to head down to the parade. Except…
Last weekend, on my long walk where I developed my tidal curiosity, I saw some big skids throwing what looked like wood boards, running after them, jumping on and either turning like carving in snow or trying to jump obstacles.…
Those lights just right-center? That would be a gas station. A Chevron, I believe, in the middle of the water. It never occurred to me that vessels would need to refuel, or that a floating gas station was possible, let…