Vancouver Special: Lists

Custom List: Recommended Links

Thu, 04 May 2006 15:16:15 GMT

Recommended Links

Artstonishing
Art and Graphic Design Extraordinaire at Kat's site
Nerd Toys
Space to buy my old Star Wars & other toys! Tons of stuff..
telnet:hobbes.gawd.mb.ca
This BBS ran back in the days when I lived in Winnipeg, and theoriginal Sysop has continued to run it through telnet. A taste of home for me, though it barely gets traffic. Check it out to see what we did before the Internet :-)
Janet Panic
Local musician I "discovered" by accident looking for demo websites in an HTML class on tables. Her music is fun and funny.
Togarashi
Blog of long time friend, Jason Armstrong. He owns Bistro 2210 in Calgary. Visit when in the cowboy city, it's top-shelf.
Ray's Space
Ray is the only true hippie I know. Open your spectral horizonswith Ray's personal spiritual journey (or whatever)
Life With Lizzie
For my best friend, you'd think she would write more.. but Pam has something GOOD to say every time.
Sea Urchin Scratches
Lorra, former student turned friend, needs to have more contentfor her non-friend circle!
Fred and Christine
This is an old work friend of mine, Fred, from CDIS. Fred writesentries in his blog the length of my personal emails. Put some time aside for this site!
SimHL
Be the General Manager of a simulated hockey team!
The Linguist
Learn English by listening to audio clips and reading translations. This is where I work...
The Rio Theatre
A beautiful new theatre at the corner of Commercial and Broadway.
Tarumi Days
Old friend Erin's blog. She has another one too, but I don't know which one she'll update yet!
Amongst the Romans
Lynn's blog (mother of Erin). A Canadian spy in America!
The Tyee
Vancouver liberal intellectual online newspaper

Blog list: Restaurants

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 02:29:27 GMT

Restaurants

Addis Cafe
2017 Commercial Drive * Ethiopian * AWESOME food for $9-$11 fortwo!
Clove
2054 Commercial * 604-255-5550 * Not inexpensive, but intense. Great servers, great cultural variety
Wazubees
The definitive Drive restaurant. Chicken Wazubwich is my all-time favourite. Staff have been around for ever, great bunch.
Lombardos
120 - 1641 Commercial * Best Pizza - better than Marcello's, better service, better price.
Stella's
1191 Commercial Drive * Their food is better than their website. The burger at lunch is awesome. Across from Fets, beside the park.
Fets Bar and Grill
1230 Commercial Drive * Awesome quesadillas and a great environment.
Zesty Cafe
920 Commercial Drive * Cheap, awesome breakfast - open at 9!

Book List: Book List

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:55:27 GMT

Paul Graham: Hackers and Painters
How Hackers are like Painters? This is my next read... I read the Unpopular Nerds essay off his website. Read the "RE" at the end...
Stephen King: The Dark Tower VII
The conclusion of Mr. King's Epic Dark Tower Series.