i never imagined we would be cooking for 7 germans… and with our household being somewhat vegetarian, we needed a freaking delicious meal if we were to please everyone.

enter: greek lasagna!

i give this dish about a 8/10. it’s eeeeeasy to prepare/cook. it’s a little bit pricier than your average lasagna… and it’s one of the only meals that we didn’t feel the need to add sweet chili sauce to before consuming.

I find myself in Seattle for the weekend. Not just any weekend.  Possibly the most important weekend in any Canadian’s life.  If you’re not Canadian, check out this (SPOILER ALERT!) and if you are Canadian, then you know what I’m talking about.
So it’s 11:45am and Sam and I arrive at Buckley’s.  If it isn’t for the fact that I am wearing a dark blue sweater, I would be feeling completely out of place.  There are no spare seats so we stand awkwardly between some tables, we order two ‘cheap local …

The Olympics are going on and Leonard Cohen, K.D. Lang type hallelujah.  That song is awesome but it’s a bitch to stand there and wait listening to that shit in your head with no bus coming.  Ironic as a mother fucker.  I waited for a good five seconds with no one at the bus stop before I thought, “screwed.  I’m screwed.  People have just been just picked up.  Vamos.”  So walk walk walk down to the next stop Boom another bus goes by half way on the step.
So the rain …

Yesterday we biked 40km to find a fish-mongers. It was a long day.
Upon arriving home with our 1.5lb bag of mussels, we noticed the hordes of people spewing out of the pubs, bars and restaurants along Broadway. It turned out that Canada was playing America in the men’s hockey… Kind of a big deal.
We scurried home to drop off our dinner and rushed back out to catch the last period of the game. It was CAN 2 – USA 4 with 5 minutes left in the game …

The Vancouver Police are out in full force right now with the Olympics in full swing. Here we chat to one of the friendly young cops out on the streets.