Things I will miss about Vancouver

After much thought and consideration, I've decided to leave Vancouver in November for some more travelling. I am really looking forward to spending 2 weeks seeing a bit more of Canada, and then it's on to South and Central America for 2-3 months...but there are definitely some things I will miss about Vancouver....here comes another list:

1. Riding my bike over the Cambie bridge to work every morning - beautiful.
2. Potluck dinners.
3. The wonderful friends I have made, who helped me make a life here.
4. The patio on a sunny afternoon and the vegetable garden at my place.
5. The biking culture here - everyone has a bike, the bike lanes and streets are excellent, and of course, Critical Mass.
6. Fireball - tastes like heaven, burns like hell.
7. Cheap and fresh fruit and veggies.
8. Food - Foundation's fantastic veggie fare, Slickety Jim's bennies, The Dutch Wooden Shoe Cafe's amazing pannekoek and Budgie's Burritos.
9. Craigslist - anything you want, you can get....and I mean ANYTHING.
10. Being able to see the mountains from right in the middle of downtown - pretty amazing when there's snow on them.
11. Great thrift stores.
12. Awesome hiking and lakes so close to the city.
13. How helpful and friendly people are...most of the time.
14. The smiley bus drivers - yes, these mythical creatures do exisit in Vancouver.
15. Danger Knife. Although I'm taking this particular backyard game with me, and I plan to spread it to the far corners of the earth. All you need is a frisbee, 2 poles, a section of grass and a couple of friends with drinks.

And just because I'm starting to second guess myself....

A few things I won't miss:

1. Tax never being included in prices and having to tip for everything.
2. Not being able to get a flat white.
3. Expensive alcohol...in fact, expensive everything.
4. The difficulty of finding somewhere to watch a rugby game.
5. All the homeless people.

So as you can see, the things I will miss about Vancouver (and there are so many more than what I've listed here) outnumber the things I won't....and hey, I will still have 2 months left of my visa come February when I will most likely finish my trekking about....so Vancouver may not have seen the last of me yet!

Wasting valuable company time

Because it's almost Monday....and because I have a lot of downtime in my job and, let's face it, I'm a big fan of lists and the movie High Fidelity - I am going to give you my Top Five Entertaining Websites for Wasting Time at Work.

www.fmylife.com
Think you're having a bad day? There are so many other people having worse days than you. Other peoples' pain makes me feel better.

www.failblog.org
Random pics and videos of...well...epic fails.

www.funnyordie.com
This website is the brainchild of Will Ferrell, Judd Apatow and a couple of other funny dudes. My personal favourites are, The Landlord with Will Ferrell and the series of Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis videos.

www.textsfromlastnight.com
We've all sent random and/or inappropriate texts after a few drinks....now they're on the internet for all to see - be careful who you drunk dial. Apparently they're turning this site into a sitcom....only in the US of A.

www.craigslist.org/about/best/all
Craigslist is a website in Canada where you can buy and sell stuff, find a ride somewhere, or a place to live, meet random people - and laugh at their ads. Gotta love the guy who's looking for an 'assistant to help in texting duties'.

Have a great week!

Guest blogging

I haven't posted in a while as I was chosen to be a guest blogger for one of the regular blogs on www.stuff.co.nz which is pretty exciting. So I've been working on a blog about flatting over the last week and it went up yesterday. Check it out at:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/blogs/the-girls-guide/2827954/Share-and-share-alike