Vancouver!

Greetings from the West Coast! I'm drinking my coffee and looking out of Bryan's enormous new loft windows at a crane building one of many new apartment buildings going up, a beautiful blue sky, littered rooftops and apartments sporting the beloved red and white maple leafed flags of this neighborly country to the North. Below the street is pretty quiet, but later this evening there will be a healthy mix of bums, business folk, hipsters and dogs walking towards their respective homes. This is day two in Vancouver and so far I like what I see.

The loft is in Gastown, apparently on the line between total sketchiness ("zombietown") and the toursity niceness of Canada Place and Water Street, lined with souvineer shops, Persian rug stores and overpriced restaurants. Within a few blocks we have the excellent shopping and eating area on Granville and numerous sushi stops on Robson. It is jokingly easy to find my way around here, after dealing with the disorganization of Boston streets for so long.

There is already a growing list of restaurants I must experience while I am here. I'm trying to think frugally, but this is a girl who likes to eat good food, and good found seems abundant! Yesterday, Mozilla kindly treated me to lunch at a very chic lunch at Salt Tasting Room, a place I hope to return to more than once. Cheese, bread, dips, wine. This is what I live for!

So far I've met Bryan's funny coworkers and his adorably sweet friend Emilee, the self proclaimed "unofficial welcome wagon". If they are any indication of the kind of people in Vancouver, I think it is safe to say this is a pretty cool place.

Moose is very good company while Bryan is at work and seems to like his new digs and new bone.

Now it is time for some more exploring!