Vancouver. It's close. We know it well enough to not feel like we need to rush around looking at new things. It was raining, we were exhausted. Again. So I can …
Vic might have one of the worst birth dates possible, so every year it's a challenge to think of something good. He's moody about it and a usually a bit …
I spent most of yesterday in bed with a fever, hopped up on Nyquil, Dayquil, and cough drops. My exuberant spring fever of Sunday was replaced with the real deal. Overweight …
When we go to Vancouver, we always stay in the West End, a slender peninsula crammed with high-rise condos, hotels and sky-scrapers. Perhaps, officially, "downtown" Vancouver is elsewhere, but the …
I'd never heard "Nixon in China," an opera considered by many to be among the few modern classics. I certainly thought I knew what to expect: a pulsating, driven piece …
I was definitely a side kick on this trip. Up for the Madonna concert, tickets were so much money, that I opted not to go, but rather bum around town …
Harrison Hot Springs is an odd town. It's hard to find anything about it other than the Spa, which sits at one end of the beach front. There are a …
With work on the East Coast, my skiing weekend in Vancouver got compressed to one day. Not that I'm complaining, as it was easily one of the nicest days for …
Last week my pal Pam called to take me to Vancouver. Ostensibly, I was to read the map and, if lucky, act as a second lens to her assignment: fill …
Vic and Mieko are ski-bunnies. Cypress Mountain, site of the 2010 Olypmic moguls and free-style, was their 5th weekend in a row skiing. RAD-i-cal! There is little to complain about …
With a trip each direction for us, and my newly rented house in the center of Seattle, I'm now officially long-distance dating. My phone bill doesn't reflect this, though the …