Flatiron building, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. I was *way* too busy Christmas eating and drinking and watching the Extras finale, but now that that is over with, I finally got around to uploading my pics from NYC. Flickr photoset
Month: December 2007
why yes, I do (heart) NY
I’m back from New York! This was my first trip to NYC since 2000. I don’t know that the city has really changed all that much, but I think in the intervening years, I’ve gone from being a Saskatchewan kid living in Toronto to a pretty committed west-coast urbanite. I say this not because I…
Tofino in Winter
Tofino by Day, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. View from the house Janelle rented in Tofino. I’m looking out at this right now. Life, as they say, sometimes does not totally suck.
Rocky Balboa (2006)
Well, we made it to Tofino. Off-season Tofino. Which is much cheaper and less crowded than on-season Tofino — Janelle rented an entire house with a spectacular view of the harbour for less than a hotel room in high season. There’s not much to actually do in Tofino in the middle of winter, except cook…
The Mist (2007)
Not sure how much I’ll be posting in the near future, since I’m beginning a working vacation — or ‘workation’ — today, and won’t be back until Festivus. Today I’m at Whistler for a machine learning conference; tomorrow, I go to Tofino for the weekend with travel-buddy Janelle; then to Victoria to catch a plane…