Sunday, November 19, 2006
Friday in Vancouver
On Friday, my wife and daughter met me in Vancouver. After I finished Drupal training, I met them at the Georgia Court Hotel—a very confortable establishment—where we got squared away for the evening.
On Friday night, we went to my brotherr’s place for home-made pizza and then we headed off to his church for “Family Fun Night” which was involved a craft—banging nails into ice filled tin cans to create lanterns. I think that my daughter enjoyed the exercise and it gave her a chance to spend time with her cousins who are seven and three.
The next morning we slept in as late as possible and then joined my brother and his kids at a great kid’s book store on Broadway. We ended up buying more than we really expected and then went for sushi across the street. The street also had a great produce market.
Later in the afternoon we went to IKEA as there isn’t one close to us in Metro
Denver and again, spent more money than expected. Then again, we did get a chance to look a lighting fixture called “FARTYG” which made the excursion well worth while.
That evening we congregated for a steak dinner. Sean, my brother, has terrific butcher in his neighborhood so we got a nice cut of beef, some bread, and a couple of bottles of wine. We sat down to dinner with a whole load of folks:
Me
My Wife
Our Daughter
My Brother
His Wife
His Son
His Daughter
My Dad
And
My Mom.
The kids had a blast playing in the evening. We got to the Radisson and had to get up at 4 am for a 7:05 flight. Ugh.
On Friday night, we went to my brotherr’s place for home-made pizza and then we headed off to his church for “Family Fun Night” which was involved a craft—banging nails into ice filled tin cans to create lanterns. I think that my daughter enjoyed the exercise and it gave her a chance to spend time with her cousins who are seven and three.
The next morning we slept in as late as possible and then joined my brother and his kids at a great kid’s book store on Broadway. We ended up buying more than we really expected and then went for sushi across the street. The street also had a great produce market.
Later in the afternoon we went to IKEA as there isn’t one close to us in Metro
Denver and again, spent more money than expected. Then again, we did get a chance to look a lighting fixture called “FARTYG” which made the excursion well worth while.
That evening we congregated for a steak dinner. Sean, my brother, has terrific butcher in his neighborhood so we got a nice cut of beef, some bread, and a couple of bottles of wine. We sat down to dinner with a whole load of folks:
Me
My Wife
Our Daughter
My Brother
His Wife
His Son
His Daughter
My Dad
And
My Mom.
The kids had a blast playing in the evening. We got to the Radisson and had to get up at 4 am for a 7:05 flight. Ugh.
