It’s just dirty snow, which is what happens in Chicago after it has fallen but not yet melted. There are patches of clean snow still, and of course it is still cold. It’s still March! And the kind of weather…

@econwriter5 you should do a blog post on your motivations for twitter & why you are sour on it now — VBalasubramani (@VBalasubramani) March 23, 2013 Such was the suggestion after my post, Demise of Reader, Rebirth of Twitter, where…

Google is shutting down Reader on July 1. There is no shortage of complaints, petitions to keep it and reviews of alternatives. I myself am a Reader user, and fan. I have a number of feeds I scan every day…

I can’t remember, prior to relocating to #vancouver, when I have not used a gas stove. And I remember finding it a little odd last year while apartment hunting that all the stoves were electric. Same with house hunting. Electric…

Canada has this rule, this asinine rule, that so much of its radio content must be Canadian in some fashion, leaving about 10-15% non-Canadian, which basically means American music. I say it’s asinine because all of the #vancouver DJs only…

I’ve moved into a house with two other Asians and one other white person, all three of whom are Canadian and thus used to Asian cuisine. I’ve mentioned before how I’m used to eating at places where I can’t read…

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…