When you feel your eyes welling up with emotion the one thing that tips you over the edge is actually talking about how you’re doing with someone. Yesterday after work I started texting my husband to see if he was walking home or taking the bus while I faught off some tears. As soon as [...]

What is there to write about when you’re momentarily uninspired? You write about the weather (and in this town, transit and construction too).

Influenced by Keira’s lust for Jugo Juice as of late, I headed over to my nearby location to pick up a Berry Blast and a wrap for lunch. Along the way I [...]

I woke up with sun beaming through the bedroom curtains. The voice at the local radio station coming through my alarm clock said it was “frigid” outside but the warmth radiating from my window was quite comforting. As I was getting ready to head out this morning my mother called and said it’s a “white [...]

Yesterday was deemed the most depressing day of the year. If your winter SAD has kicked in or your holiday bills are catching up to you, that classification might be justified. But here in Vancouver RIGHT NOW, the sun is shining, yes, there’s SUNSHINE.
I propose, just for a day, just while there’s no cloud [...]

It’s that time of year when you just want to overdose on Peppermint Mochas then curl into a ball and nap until March.
Photo credit: kk+ on Flickr
Being in Vancouver, our sun doesn’t rise until after you arrive at work in the morning, and it sets well before you head out the door, bound for [...]

It’s the second of December, there’s Christmas trees up everywhere you look (staring politically correctness in the face) and Metro Vancouver is covered in snow. When we were in Iowa last week we swore up and down, “no, it doesn’t snow like this at home.” We were wrong apparently.
Our snow was not only shaken [...]

With frozen rain and slushie precipitation in the forecast what else would a good Vancouverite do than brace for school closures and abandon their cars at the side of roads when there’s a call for such treacherous conditions?

Local news outlets have already composed their “school closures” posts on their websites, and with that first [...]

For some reason I am terribly nauseous this morning, and before you whip out the ‘jump to conclusions mat’ let me state that we were completely sober for the TCC podcast last night AND no, there won’t be the pitter patter of little Bollwitts around any time soon. I’m just SUPER woozy and woke up [...]

Quick mini weather rant since my umbrella post was so well received. What’s with people not turning on their lights when it’s dark and rainy out?

Man I’m glad I’m not a regular driver out on the roads otherwise this would irk me even more.
Now, the weather outside might be absolutely gross but [...]

The topic of “Umbrella Etiquette” in Vancouver is a dead horse and I’m about to give it another kick. For years now bloggers have published their own “rules of umbrella use” for public spaces, streets, and walkways:
February 6, 2004 - Craigslist - NY: Official Rules Of Inclement Weather Umbrella Etiquette (found via LucLatulippe)
November 3, 2005 [...]

As Vancouverites, we accept 10 months of rain and mild weather. We come to live with the fact that if there’s frost on the ground, no one can drive properly and if it’s rainy from October to June… at least there will be sun in July and August. This year I don’t think Mother Nature [...]

Tomorrow night perhaps Vancouverites will be able to catch an anticipated meteor shower. My husband’s always been fascinated by astronomy and me, well I just think the little I know about it all is still pretty neat.

Photo credit: jon rawlinson on Flickr
It’s surprising how many more stars you see in the sky once you [...]