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Nice weather we’re having
So I hope you took advantage of the ridiculously good weather on Saturday, followed by the merely pleasant Sunday. And I’ll have no more complaints about the weather until it rains again, okay?
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Quite possibly the best Chinese food in Metro Vancouver
Here’s the quick recap: NY Times reporter Jennifer 8. Lee wrote a book about Chinese food, and picked Zen Cuisine in Richmond as the best Chinese restaurant outside of China. The reviews have been fast...
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Eat it, Vancouver!
Oops, that should be EAT! Vancouver, my bad. May 23-25 at BC Place Stadium. It’s a festival of food, and I really, really like food.
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It’s a bike! It’s plain, it’s Superweek!
Photo by Kris Krüg It’s BC Superweek, the fastest 10 days in cycling. This weekend is the 3-day Tour de Delta, Next weekend is the 3-day Tour de White Rock, and in between are the legendary Tour de...
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It’s Berry Season
Despite being a manly, athletic, dog-owning guy’s guy, I also enjoy picking wild-growing fruit. And ’tis the season. What is in season now are the early berries like salmonberries, mild in flavor and...
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Waste not, want not
Photo by Buzz Bishop Update: I, er, should have at least noted Jeffery’s July 14 post describing these melons in their natural environment. My fairly good friend and local media personality Buzz...
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Requiem for a used sporting goods store
First, let me preface this story by saying that the Vancouver Sports Junkies is still open. But unlike the now-closed Port Moody store, I can’t easily walk there. For my part, I remember that Sports...
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Strange new PNE discoveries
One food vendor (the funnel cake people) was selling deep-fried Oreos this year. I could not resist. Alas, it’s two great tastes that are wasted together. The dough was quite puffy; I think a crisper,...
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1) All you people lining up outside Anton’s on Hastings in Burnaby: stop it. Go next door to Bombay Bhel and enjoy some very nice tandoori dishes. The bane of tandoori is creating dry, stringy meat...
View ArticleWalk with the illuminated dead tonight
It’s the Parade of the Lost Souls on Commercial Drive (Grandview Park) this evening. Assemble at 6:30 pm, parade at 7. Shut-ins and the antisocial can watch the live stream.
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