Fook, family weddings are massively chaotic.

I've been quietly amused by the conversation that my mother and I had this weekend. Our trip to Vancouver is steadily approaching, and she asked me what kind of home-cooking I wanted when we finally got there.

"Oh, I really, really miss Chinese food."

It's remarkably funny, only because when I was growing up, I was (and still am, I guess) considered ( Read more... )

Four times a year in the summer, Vancouver has a series of competitive fireworks in downtown English Bay called the Celebration of Light, which the whole city comes out for. Mind you, these fireworks are neat - a million dollar budget per night, set to music. I used to go to these fireworks until I became boring and hermity (okay, and also because ( Read more... )

An article about the dying businesses that are resulting out of the RAV-Canada Line construction in Vancouver.

My Italian cousin Franco has half-interest in a place called Kino Cafe, which sits on the part of Cambie Street that is directly affected by construction and mentioned in the article. If you do a Google search, you'll find reviews - having ( Read more... )

This came to my attention as I was considering the (incredibly) short period of time before Ben descends into the city. It's been said that Vancouver possesses an extraordinary amount of Starbucks Coffee locations - uniquely, two locations are kitty-corner to each other on the corner of Robson and Thurlow on the downtown area. I recall that when ( Read more... )