The last couple days have been ones of encounters with an odd collection of familiar faces.
Saturday night we went to the Lion King (as I mentioned we had tix) and wound up sitting in the box seats. To start the second act we had a member of the cast in the box with us, [...]

A perfect day here. We woke up this morning to gorgeous blue sky and a comfortable jacket-free temperature.
Stop 1: The London Eye, that big ol’ millenium ferris wheel thing. At a hefty £29 for the two of us to ride, it had high expectations. Other than being a little greenhouse-pod, the views [...]

Apparently the place to be on a Friday night is the Victoria and Albert Museum. We spent a good two and a half hours wandering through there last night amidst an atmosphere of improvised concerts and organized mayhem. We felt like we were crashing some private function, but it turns out it’s just [...]

I told Karin we’d probably get beans and eggs for breakfast. She didn’t believe me, but I was right. Mmmm… I was right.
I suppose Jess and Martin are somewhere nearby now too.
We took the (rush hour) tube to Victoria Station and (having chosen Official Walking Tour #1 from our new guide pack) meandered up [...]

…or at least that’s what we were aiming for. The plane landed on schedule, we caught the discount train to Paddington Station (and were passed by two Express trains on the way) where we bought some grapes, a pair of Oyster Passes, and then Karin proceeded to get her suitcase caught in the turnstall [...]

The first month (is it the LAST DAY of JANUARY already?) of writing has gone spectacularly well. Hopefully, for those of you following along — a few, because the built-in stats (ie. Big Brother may or may not be watching) are revealing — you have figured out the system.
I explained it last [...]

This is another post about our (soon-to-be) deck, but simply because inspiration often leads to perspiration long before any sort of final product is ever witnessed. A little more than a year and a half ago we were inspired. We were inspired enough that when plotting the details of our (then) non-existant house [...]

One would almost think that grilling, as a summer activity, should be simple and enjoyable. Building a fire in one’s own space, sizzling raw foods to smokey, charred perfection in the confines of a small bite of open air, and savouring that sizzling smell wafting from an elegant steel barbeque should be something that [...]

My earlier frustrations remembering the title of that mentally misplaced novel lead me on a post-work excursion: I hopped the bus akin to normal transporation protocols but spun south on the Skytrain and made a detour back to Metrotown to re-enact the Chapters visit of last night. My efforts were anything but fruitless and [...]

It’s one of those self-imposed long-weekend things.
We each took Friday and Monday off to drive for five hours and visit Alice and Zach. Some of you might even know where that is.
We spent yesterday on tour. Alice, who is enrolled in a local culinary program, was working — so we invaded her restaurant [...]

Our little blue Sunfire just passed the eleven-thousand kilometre spin on her odometer, and we’re rewarding her with an oil change, lube, and tire rotation. Only eleven megameters old and our little gal has already been through a few trials. My, how time does fly.
Oddly enough, I called the shop [...]

Excitement for the morning has included a new office-mate: I arrived to my desk to find a large Canadian goose idly watching into my floor to ceiling window. Besides the pecking on the window and frame, and the sloppy litte messes he has left on the otherwise clean floor of the patio outside, its [...]