Project 289 - Day 241 (Friday 13 November 2009) : The Long March to Takeaway
Back to work today. Back to my normal life today - commuting, washing clothes, making lunches (OK today I bought sushi but I had to walk all the way across campus to buy it. Brutal, I tell you, brutal!), getting ready for the management meeting, re-acquainting myself with my nemesis, Outlook......
No pictures and apart from trying to sleep and succeeding less than spectacularly (I managed 4-5 hours of broken sleep which did reduce the jetlag exhaustion somewhat), and enjoying the company of my two seat companions on row 42 of flight NZ83 from Vancouver, I did very little....


Then back home for a relaxed night of more Farmtown (hmm is there a 12 Step group for this because I may just need one!), picking up the kids from school and Sandra from the train, before a delicious meal of chicken in mushroom and spaghetti squash (I love it!!) and a viewing of "Monsters vs Aliens" which I gave Graham for Christmas (he and Katie opened their pressies early so I could see their reactions) and which was pretty good (says the man who's seen LOTS of kids TV and movies in the last 10 days!! Think I am still sane)...
This is a very funky precinct with views of the City and the Granville Island and Burrard Bridges - got some cool photos with them behind me - and everything from a public food market (where I got the most delicious butter pecan tart @ Staurt's Cakes ...YUM!) where we first encountered what seemed to become an ever growing throng of Japanese school girls, artists enclaves (including the work of the fabulous Peter Kess) and fantastically unique and one of a kind stores. The day was cold but sunny, and it was wonderfully relaxing moseying from building to building browsing, grabbing all sorts of cool stuff like moose-themed fridge magnets, a Canadian toque (pronounced 'tuke', which is like a beanie) and fun kitchen utensils and soaking in a totally unique tourist precinct.






I had a Bellini or two (alcohol at lunchtime is becoming an increasingly large part of my holiday experience... I am such a lush!), ate their spinach, cheese and artichoke dip (mmmmm-yum!) with Ken for my Appy (appetizer or entree) and then had the most sensationally delicious meal - pan-seared scallops in a yellow Indian style curry on jasmine rice. OMG! De-freakin'-lish! I could have died and gone to heaven then but decided that I had to eat all the Halloween candy still at home so I put that event off for another 40-50 years or so...

