First Ride of 2010
Went for the first mountain bike ride of 2010 in Penticton with my friend Geoff. We did a quick rip up the West Bench and down the trails looking over Lake Okanagan. The unseasonably mild winter has left the trails in mint condition. Now if only I could say the same for my fitness…
Grilled Fillet Steak and Leek
This is one of my favourite quick/cheap recipes to make from Jamie Oliver’s website. It’s a great winter dish. Beans always seem to equal winter — except for garbanzo beans — they’re all summer. I almost always forget the thyme (by accident), sub vermouth for white wine, and use a New Zealand sirloin cut from [...]
Canada Hits a Mogul
Canada hit a bit of a mogul today, but we put on a good show.
Seeing our local Okanagan favourite Kristi Richards bumble her final run was a heartbreak, but seeing her pull it together enough to pull a big show last jump and have a smile on her face is what the games are [...]
Vancouver 2010 Opening Ceremony
For all of the hype, for all of the criticism, the speculation, the controversy, for all of it I have only this to say — the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics moved and inspired me.
It wasn’t the star studded cast, nor was it the show. It was the fact that Vancouver, and Canada, [...]
Living it Smalltown #2
The pizza shop in Naramata always has the best sandwich board messages. I’ve had a fairly rough week and running into this sign seemed like a fortuitous encounter. Despite the misspelling of ‘quitting’ I had to pull over and take a picture.
Living it Smalltown #1
This morning I had to go to the worst coffee shop in town to mooch the bestest fastest internet to send a file only to find that they no longer have this super speed internet connection.
The stale muffin and acrid americano were hardly worth a 50.0kbps upload speed.
Before I leave, Strange Irish Hobo Guy from [...]
Christmas and the Smorkin’ Labbit
Money can’t buy happiness.
This past Christmas the best gifts my family gave each other were more or less meaningless crap that had no purpose whatsoever.
Case in point, I buy my dad a fairly nice watch. He pretends to like it, but honestly I don’t think he really gives a shit. He will probably appreciate it [...]