Vancouver Part II

I figured it was about time I wrapped up our Vancouver/Seattle vacation from SEPTEMBER...terribly overdue, I know. So....

On our second day in Vancouver we took the Skytrain downtown (Vancouver has a stellar public transit system). En route, we stopped for a stroll through Olympic Village (though it was deserted when we were there). We continued via Skytrain downtown for an afternoon of wandering. We walked all through downtown, explored the convention center(s), grabbed some lunch, more wandering, sought refuge from a downpour at Starbucks (accompanied by tea and gin rummy), then met up with a friend of F's (a VC native) for a whirlwind city tour and an amazing dinner at Naam - probably the most amazing vegetarian restaurant in the world.

{bridge to Olympic Village}

{downtown! public transit!}

{wandering}

{a matrix of cables}

{big jump at the convention center}

{fist pump!}

{quintessential Canadian-flag-waving-in-the-wind shot}

{convention center}

{downtown}

{olympic sculpture near convention center}

{F got arsty}

{dragon}

{tea time}

{giant crab sculpture..in Kitsilano I think..}

{the Chan Centre of Performing Arts at the University of BC}

{inside the performing art center}

{first trip to Naam!}

Weekend

I went up north this weekend, sans Francis, to keep an eye on the chillun' (aka my younger sisters) whilst my parents flew off to Boulder, CO for a weekend of celebration*. We decorated the family Christmas tree all ghetto fabulous-like, I got to see more of an old friend, and we each endured some rainy dog walks. We's kin. (You can thank the torrential rains for the lack of photos).

{mantle garland}

{gold ornament}

{gold ornament on tree}

*A HUGE congratulations to my lovely big sister Tory for completing her masters for nursing! Woot woot!

My kind of chart

{found here via here}

Abstract City

Artist/illustrator Christoph Niemann (New Yorker, New York Times Magazine) keeps it real during the holidays making dough art with his sons.

{found here via here}

Donut

This is exactly the kind of dessert table I'm talking about. Seriously.

{via 100LC}

The weekend a sister came...

Last weekend (last last weekend) my sister finally came to San Diego with a friend for a visit, in celebration of her 18th birthday. We walked through Little Italy, we rode bikes to the zoo, she got her hair did, we had a bonfire, we had an impromptu Kristin Wiig skit marathon, and I changed their lives forever with Extraordinary Desserts. It was awesome. Upon their departure, F and I took advantage of the summer-like Sunday and played beach frisbee on Coronado. Fin.

{walking to Little Italy}

{Burger Lounge}

{the biggest dog of all time}

{paper chain + ceiling fan on full speed = paper chain spiral and multiple
attempts to stand up within said spiral}

{FAIL}

{FAIL 2}

{laughter ensued}

{suicidal primate at the zoo (seriously, look at the rope around its neck!)
we were all holding our breath}

{kiddos}

{soon to be family}

{a quite irritated, but gorgeous lion}

{bonfire}

{quesadillas + bonfire}

Is it Friday yet?

Just a few essentials I wish I could afford from Needy Supply.

Literature

I've been rereading some old lit favorites from back in high school and am appreciating them on a completely different level.

If you haven't read any of these, I highly recommend them.

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