The Old Spaghetti Factory in Gastown was one of the first restaurants I went to when I first came to Vancouver in 2003. I used to love going there for the old style atmosphere (is this grandma’s kitchen or a family restaurant?), and for the huge, affordable meals that left me stuffed to the max [...]
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Posted on March 15th, 2010 in Downtown Vancouver, Restaurant Reviews
Today was my girlfriend’s birthday, and that meant it was time for me to once again find a more elegant than usual restaurant for us to have a nice, romantic dinner. We had already been to top notch places like the Bacchus, Sandbar, Carderro’s, and Cloud 9, so I thought about maybe finding a new [...]
Posted on January 12th, 2010 in Current Issues, Downtown Vancouver
This is the third and final part of my personal account of my experience with bed bugs, and how I finally got rid of them. To read my detailed account about how I discovered I had them in the first place, check out part 1 – my personal experience, and for some more detailed knowledge [...]
Posted on January 02nd, 2010 in Downtown Vancouver, Vancouver Events
This year, I decided to check out the Polar Bear Swim for the first time since I’ve been living in Vancouver. Usually, I would just wait for the news and watch it on TV, but thought I’d do something a bit different this year. After all, I am living just a 10 minute walk from [...]
Posted on December 16th, 2009 in Current Issues, Downtown Vancouver
Just about anyone could have bed bugs and not even know it. I had no idea that I had them, and there were so many of them before I finally had to admit I had a bed bug problem, that obviously, they had been living with me for a while. Bed bugs come in many different sizes [...]
Every year, visitors and residents alike get a nice visual treat while driving or walking down Burrard Street. It is the annual Christmas light display at the front of St. Paul’s hospital. It seems to take them a couple of weeks to put everything up, and they start early, like around Halloween. I’m not entirely sure, [...]
Posted on December 01st, 2009 in Downtown Vancouver, Observations
When I first came to Vancouver in early 2003, one of the first things that surprised about this city was the high number of homeless people and panhandlers on the city streets. Homeless people are the ones you often see sleeping on the sidewalks, and they are quite pitiful and usually harmless. Panhandlers, on the [...]
