Happy birthday Roland!
This was a pretty great Roland 6.0 release. Happy that I’ve known you since the 4.x days.
Here’s to many more releases!
Boris Mann
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Went to Slo Coffee on Fraser today. Nice place, was packed but also pleasantly cool with good air conditioning.
I had a hibiscus espresso tonic and Rachael had an iced pistachio matcha with oat milk.
My first time having maple blossom pickles (right). Also pictured: house made sea asparagus pickles (left) by Milan.
Milan Werkstatte
I have been eating at Kim House for 20 years.
It used to be on Seymour across from my first Gastown office, is now on Pender at Richards, a few blocks west of #zspace.
#Vancouver #restaurant #Gastown
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Just heard about a new coffee / pastries / ice cream shop coming to Chinatown being run by some rad people.
Just down the hill from #Zspace, super great energy happening.
#Vancouver
Checking out the West of Main Art Walk today. From Main Street to UBC, so not really “walkable” easily, but we’ll be out and about to see what artists are clustered where.
Is open today May 25th as well as tomorrow May 26th from 11a to 5pm.
#Vancouver #art
Artists in Our Midst
Artists in Our Midst
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We went to VANCAF (the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival) today.
It’s at the Roundhouse today and tomorrow (May 18th & 19th). Absolutely packed, lots of great art, prints, stickers, pins, books and more. Recommended!
#art #vancouver #vancaf #event
Vancouver Comic Arts Festival
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Wasp nest in the rhododendron outside our apartment window.
Photo is zoomed in so a little digitally crunchy looking. About the size of a fist.
Took care of it by blasting it with water. Unfortunate, but right outside the windows of the whole building.
Played a round of disc golf at Little Mountain for the first time in a very long time.
It was nice to be out in the sun and walk around and shake the dust off a little.
#discgolf #vancouver
VanCity Disc Golf
Little Mountain (QE) — VanCity Disc Golf
This is Arthur Erickson Place, renamed after the architect who designed it.
Yes, brutalist AF
#Vancouver
Arthur Erickson Place
Arthur Erickson Place
This is the start of a new era for Arthur Erickson Place. It is where timeless architecture meets forward-thinking design – reimagined for a sust...
Car rental drop-off means a breakfast sandwich and cappuccino from 49th Parallel Lucky’s
I now have the power to make my own espresso tonics in the office. Dangerous!
New office dog friend, Edie.
Morning coffee at Nemesis, with strategically framed Harbour Centre in the background.
I have a new coworking desk. Haven’t had space here in #Vancouver #Gastown for 8 years, and before that was somewhere in the area for 12 years.
Harbour Centre - Wikipedia
Spent the evening at a music show by the Elliot Freedman Group.
It was hosted by Notional Space, a gift economy run venue that is a unique private home in my neighbourhood.
I love what Mark & Yumi are doing with the space. We need more like this.
#Vancouver #EastVan
Notional Space – Fostering Community in Unceded Coast Salish Territory
Today is my birthday.
This picture is from 49 years ago. 1975, summer, Eagle Cliff Beach on Bowen Island. That’s me being held by my mom.
I had an amazing intro call with part of the Besonda team this week.
It’s a non-profit focused on co-op based cohousing for BC.
I’ve been feeling that something like this needs to exist, so it’s amazing to find an org like this getting started!
#coop #cohousing #BC #housing
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Island Compass Group - Powered by Expedia
Expedia Cruises offices located in Nanaimo, Parksville and Duncan.
It’s Fat / Pancake / Shrove Tuesday so I’m making Eierpfannkuchen for dinner.
Simplest recipe: 2 eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 cup flour. Pinch of salt, pinch of sugar.
I’m just getting started in the pancake mines.
#FoodWiki #German #pancakes #FatTuesday #cooking
Shrove Tuesday - Wikipedia
Eierpfannkuchen: Boris Mann's FoodWiki — A wiki of ingredients, stores, restaurants, food and more.
My mom made spaetzle for lunch, and had this “Landfrauen kochen - Traditionsrezepte aus Württemberg” cookbook.
Translated “Farm women cooking - traditional recipes from Württemberg”, which is an older Swabian region of Germany centered around Stuttgart.
I watched “Union Street” tonight, a documentary about Vancouver’s historically black neighborhood of Strathcona.
Rather than being focused on displacement, it features a number of great local makers.
The Georgia Straight has a write up. Recommended!
#Vancouver #EastVan #movie #Strathcona
The Georgia Straight
“Union Street” documentary about Strathcona’s Black roots is a must-see for every Vancouverite
Here’s how to watch it.