Science is cool, and so are beavers

Stephanie playing on a ski simulator, and some pissed off kids waiting behind her for their turn




Trying to figure out what goes where, if only I had my trusty nursing friends with me. Oh, this one too.


Today was my last full day here. I went to the Vancouver science center with Stephanie. The place was full of school groups, aka field trip central, but we still had too much fun. Both of us felt like we were 12 years old again. One of the new exhibits was all about fear, and why we feel fear. Did you know the chances of getting bit by a snake are higher than getting into a plane crash? Yeah definitely learned that and a lot more today.

The last thing we did at the science center was watch an OMNIMAX movie about beavers, and let me tell you, beavers are really REALLY cool. Hit that for a preview of how awesome they actually are.



The theater was similar to an IMAX theatre, except it was shaped like a giant golf ball.

After we came back to Stephanie's place we played frisbee with her boyfriend John, in a field that, according to John had 'minimal junkies'. He was right, we only saw two. There was however, an asian couple playing basketball in a court close to us, the man said to the woman "Last person to score buy sushi tomorrow"... Funny? I think so.

yadda yadda yadda home slices

I'm on a boat, or I was. It ruled

Tired, half way up







I've been here almost a week now. The past few days have been excellent to say the least. My sister, her boyfriend, his roomate and I all bought tennis rackets. One of their friends willingly taught us how to play. The tennis guy was pretty sick, and he brought us back to his house after for drinks/ food. I plan on playing a lot more tennis when I come back.

Two days ago we went to the Capilano suspension bridge in Vancouver. Everyone who worked there was dressed up in clothes from around 100yrs ago. We still don't know why, but are assuming that they are trying to recreate the time of when the bridge was originally built( Really it just looked like a bunch of pissed off students working their summer jobs).

After the bridge we went to Grouse Mountain, and we were all determined to hike up it. The actual hike was called 'The Grouse Grind', and was probably one of the hardest things I've physically done ever in my life. It took just under two hours to do, but at the top of the mountain there was a bunch of things to do. We missed out on the lumberjack shows, but we did see a bear ( in an enclosed area), and a wild deer roaming around.

Yesterday we spent the entire day kayaking, which is much, muchh harder than it looks. We found a small island and hung out for a while. Stephanies boyfriend was about to attempt a cliff dive, but chickened out because he said 'the water was too cold'. pfft. The kayak back was really rough and at times I thought we were going to tip. Today we all have sweet life jacket tan lines.

Cheers homies

From plane to skytrain

Found that shirt in a vintage store, almost bought it for alex





Last night after I got in, we ate at 'Cactus Club" for lunch. It was similar to moxies, but to the power of 10. The patio was amazing, complete with a fountain water fall thing to look at. Last night we took a walk to get a slushie, (into the bad part of town) and saw about 10 crazy cracked out people. Apparently they all hang out on one street near a gas station.... Anyway

Today we went into Vancouver via the skytrain. Which was totally rad because there was a pretty sick view of mountains for the entire ride. We did some shopping. There was a bunch of used/ vintage / indie clothing stores. Also, I'm not entirely sure why but there are bird statues all over the city, Stephanie and I have started taking pictures in front of them. When we were really young we did the same kind of deal with giant decorated Mr. Potato heads in Rode Island. I think we have found around 9 so far, and are absolutely determined to find every single one! Later on we took the skytrain to the waterfront, saw a hippie reading, and a cruise boat from France.

Tonight we might go bowling

cheers

Plane, luggage, etc

Airport chill

So I decided to be a copy-cat, and steal Johns idea and blog about my trip. Currently I am sitting in the Vancouver airport bar area, drinking a cosmo and waiting for my sister to arrive to collect me. The plane ride was pretty legit. I slept mostly, using an adbusters as a pillow. It worked better than you think it would.  I also bought some twizzlers. That is all for now my friends. 

cheers 

Why Seniors frequent The Michigan Diner

Open Tuesday-Sunday, the Michigan Diner always seems to be packed full of seniors for dinner. Why all of the seniors of Tecumseh gather at this place for dinner seems to be a mystery for most,  however I have done a little research to uncover the secret. The Michigan diner has a menu catered towards seniors and can be found by clicking here . With liver and onions, meat loaf, and 2pc broasted chicken dinners all under $8.00 it soon becomes clear why so many are flocking to eat at this Tecumseh diner. Nonetheless, I was still clueless as to what 'broasted' chicken actually is. In my head I make the assumption that there is a 'broasting' setting on the oven and that is how the chicken is cooked. Having said that, I have again taken 30 seconds of my time to google 'broasted chicken', according to ochef.com, 

"The Broasting process makes chicken that has the taste of fried chicken, but is moister and less greasy.... Pressure fried chicken has up to 44% more moisture than the leading brand of open fried chicken, and 4-% to 70% less fat and fewer calories."

I'm going to assume that most seniors want to eat less fat to reduce blood pressure or any other health jazz that Nurse in training Alex would advocate for. Thus giving seniors another excuse to eat at The Michigan Diner.

the token Ouellette 4-way lights dbag

Ouellette st. Windsor, Ontario. By far one of the most frustrating streets to drive down, heading towards the downtown area. No matter what, there always seems to be someone stopped, randomly on the street with their 4-way lights on. Don't these '4-way lighters' realize that Ouellette is a busy street and requires the use of both lanes to avoid  obnoxious traffic jams. It's bad enough that a bus will stop every 16 seconds in front of you, now some 'dbag' who thinks they are important enough to have every car going down the street go around them. They think it is okay because their 4ways are on. Listen token 4 way Ouellette st. stopper, its NOT okay. You are annoying and most likely unimportant.I encourage everyone to give the stink eye to those stopped with their blinking lights, etc. Parking lots and driveways were created for a reason, use them.