9H: capsule hotel

Well I hope if you travel to Japan you are not claustrophobic!  The 9H hotel is a 9-story “luxury” capsule hotel in Kyoto Japan that provides the minimum amount of amenities you need for a night’s rest. The tiny capsules (there are 125 of them) look pretty futuristic with their clean lines and their Panasonic [...]

the hidden vine

Lately I’ve been having trouble finding eateries in Vancouver that have great staff, with great food and great drinks, and that are great settings for conversation.  I mean you can find one or two of those qualities in a restaurant, maybe three if you’re lucky, but all four?…  that’s going to be pretty hard to [...]

british columbia “the best place on earth”

So I was driving to Ultimate today… you know the game where a bunch of people throw a Frisbee at each other?  No, still don’t know it?  Normally 20 somethings play it on the front lawn of their frat while drinking copious amounts of alcohol… still don’t know?  Well I’ll write another post explaining it [...]

go to mars… for free!

Have you ever wanted to travel to Mars but not in the same shuttle as Lance Bass or Richard Branson?  Well now is your chance! NASA is now accepting names to put on a microchip that will be attached to the Mars Science Laboratory Rover which is set to travel to Mars in 2011.  All [...]

grouse grind

I’ll admit it, I’ve been living a lie these past 26 years.  I’ve been passing myself off as a true Vancouverite but alas it is not entirely true… because everyone knows to be a true Vancouverite you need to at one point complete the Grouse Grind.  And on Sunday it was my first time doing it. [...]