Champagne Wednesdays

Celebrated Champagne Wedesday a bit early last night with Rich and Erin at Zefferelli’s and then Le Crocodile for dessert (both the solid and liquid varieties). My creme brule was a bit disappointing, especially from one of Vancouver’s most famous French restaurants, but the champagne was perfect, crisp and sparkling. We had a good laugh [...]

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  Every oppprtunity to drink a mimosa was seized.   The palace was oddly devoid of people, which made it easy to find pool-chairs and make Ash play fun games like Papparrazi/beach vacation.   I bought a funny greeen hat that made me feel like doing touristy things, such as writing love notes in the sand with my toe. [...]

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Hot Rocks. Heart shaped rocks. Filing through rocks on a beach called Sombrio. For today’s Champagne Wednesday, I’m raising my glass to a homemade red. Yes, all those of you who’ve suffered through Uncle So-and-So’s special bathtub brew, go ahead and cringe now. But I swear it – one of my dearest life-friends, Jaimie, has [...]

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Do people in Vancouver even know about The Galley? Arguably the best patio in town, if you’ve ever dreamed about belonging to a sailing club, I happily introduce you to this little piece of casual heaven. People in gortex adorn plastic patio furniture with million dollar views reflected in countless pairs of MEC sunglasses. Parents babysit pints of Granville Island Lager while feeding their 2-year olds calamari and salmon. This is unapologetically Vancouver.

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  A few of my favourite Vancouver hot spots for champagne sipping on a Wednesday night: 1) Bacchus Piano Lounge in the Wedgewood hotel – I love the masculine feel of this place. Oversized chairs, wood that’s dark and sturdy, the mature waitresses in their tight, black cigar dresses (I’m not sure if that’s an actual [...]

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Doing careless cartwheels on a beach in San Diego. Christmas 2006.

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