I haven't been on a bike in 5 years. Was moving around Boston a lot, then found my bike had disappeared, then was moving around between cities, and haven't felt like dodging cars or figuring out where the next bikeshare station was. But today I rented a bike in Vancouver, from a shop, and took it down a bike path on Victoria, then to the Seawall ( Read more... )

Today had great weather, 6 C and sunny (kind of a drawback given the low angle, my eyes would prefer overcast), so I set out. Got sushi at Sashimiya across the street (and appreciating the open door). My apartment building seemed to get yet another fire alarm, but I shrugged and left, hoping my home would still be there when I returned. Headed ( Read more... )

Well, kind of. And of course it's a 5th story studio condo, not a house, but whatever.

I haven't been out since my last entry on account of Unseasonable Winter. -12 C for days, snow in a city not used to it, plus all the omicron stuff. And it looked like I do have groceries to last the month. But today was up to a balmy -7 C ;_;, there's yet *more ( Read more... )

I finally took transit!

Turned out that Google Pay doesn't have a special deal with Vancouver, it's just that the local transit will take any contactless credit/debit card on the buses etc. So I could just pay with my credit card. Neat! But there's a 20% discount if you pay with a Compass Card, so I walked to the nearest train station to buy one. ( Read more... )

I made it!

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