It totally snowed.

It snowed here over the weekend. Here are a few pictures, some more are available on my new photo album.

This was the view from our apartment. So much snow!

The boats down at the harbour.

The Burrard St. Bridge as seen from English Bay.

 

Reruns from Barcelona, Paris, etc.

Little did I know that Europe would not have decent internet access.
Actually, I probably should have guessed that in advance. Anyhow, as a result, we didn't actually get any posts or photos or silly movies up here during the last week and a bit. However, we did take meticulous notes of the entire adventure (and by meticulous, I mean we wrote some words on the back of a napkin while trying to pour sangria from a tiny bottle). To pseudo-preserver the chronological order of the entire event, we will be reposting the adventure, but it will have been time shifted by two weeks.

Until then, I'm going to try to figure out a good place to host images and the like. Currently, I'm debating between Flickr and Picassa Web Albums. Flickr clearly has better features, but Picassa has tighterintegrations with blogger, gmail and the photo editing/managing tool that I use (i.e. Picassa). If anyone has any strong opinions one way or another, I'd love to hear them.

It's my first day!

Yesterday, I went out for lunch with a couple of folks from work. The waitress at our restaurant was very nice, but it was her first day.
I know this because she told me.
She told me "Hi, My name is Donna. Please excuse me if I make any mistakes, it's my first day."
She told me this as she poured me a glass of water to start my meal.
Except she didn't pour me a glass of water. She held the glass in her left hand. She poured the water with her right. The glass in her left hand stayed empty as she poured 300 mLs of water onto my foot. Then she put the empty glass back on the table, smiled, and left.

"Thanks Donna." I said. Yes. Thank you for the shoe full of water and an empty glass.

But no matter -- you're excused. It was your first day.

A new camera

The Wife got a new camera last Friday. It's pink, and pretty and has lots of cool features, but we haven't figured out how to take decent pictures as of yet. Our results our spotty at best. Literally. And from what I can see on the rest of the interweb, it's the camera's fault not ours (but there's something to be said for personal ineptitude -- we can probably improve things a bit).