Author Archives: db

Dinner at The Sardine Can

Posted on 15 May 2012 by db

The Sardine Can has opened its doors. Open from 3:00 pm daily, 26 Powell Street. We went last night (how could we not, really?). We started with a glass of red. Total tally was three glasses each, working our way … Continue reading →

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Yo, Baby, what’s up?!

Posted on 8 May 2012 by db

So there have been a few things going on since last I wrote. The MD and I went to Victoria at the last minute last weekend, to say hello to some friends and to visit a friend‘s art show at … Continue reading →

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Sardine Can

Posted on 5 April 2012 by db

I know I talk about the Andrey Durbach/Chris Stewart restaurants a fair bit. It’s because I love eating at them, and have done for some years now. I have celebrated more birthdays at Parkside and Cafeteria than anywhere else, the … Continue reading →

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St Patrick’s Day

Posted on 17 March 2012 by db

I am more Irish than anything else (rebellious and all), and like whiskey in many forms at least as much as the next guy, but fake Irishmen and and an excuse to be sloppily inebriated en masse (and crowds, generally, … Continue reading →

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Ensemble

Posted on 8 March 2012 by db

So I’ve been an enthusiastic user of Open Table since I found it a few years back. It simplifies making restaurant reservations and saves you from miscommunication and all kinds of good stuff. I have it on my phone now, … Continue reading →

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Squash, bread, cheese and a slowcooker.

Posted on 26 February 2012 by db

  Oh and some bacon. I saw this baked pumpkin recipe in my new Dorie Greenspan cookbook, and I kind of mashed it up with a few other recipes and because my kabocha squash was kind of too small to … Continue reading →

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Tales of the Cocktail II

Posted on 19 February 2012 by db

So the Main Distractor and I went to Tales of the Cocktail last year. Did I mention it? maybe not. Not the one in New Orleans, but the little cute mini-one they started doing here. We had a blast: stayed … Continue reading →

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Oh, and

Posted on 3 February 2012 by db

Remember my friend who does the art, her Cat and Canary blog is over there on the right…. She made me and the MD this super-awesome greeting card, and I meant to post it once everyone had received theirs, and … Continue reading →

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For the Cure, or for an agenda?

Posted on 2 February 2012 by db

The Susan G. Kamen Foundation’s defunding of Planned Parenthood has thrown a lot of people for a loop, and has incensed a whole whack of liberals, and with good reason. They are withdrawing funds that have heretofore been earmarked to … Continue reading →

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Dining out

Posted on 28 January 2012 by db

So right now it’s Dine Out Vancouver, the Tourism Vancouver answer to Restaurant Week, a way to get bums in seats during the quiet January-February stretch. It’s a way to try new places, perhaps spendy places you normally wouldn’t go, … Continue reading →

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