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Vancouverite; music-lover; small-time foodie; some kind of news/politics junkie; new wife!! You will often find me at a computer or peering into my iPhone.
The name of the blog comes from the song "Reckoner" by Radiohead. I've seen them in concert nine times in five countries, which is really negligible by the standards of some of my friends.

Tag Archives: Minxilla
Valentine
I took this pic as part of Amanda’s Twelve project.
Distractions
So my sub-head includes the words “easily distracted” and I wanted to share a roundabout example of the things I am so easily distracted by. The Main Distractor and I went to brunch yesterday, a place close by as he … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged Amanda Palmer, elephants, Evelyn Evelyn, hotel fetish, London, luxury, Minxilla, ROOM SERVICE, travel, WGB, William Gibson, Zero History
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Still alive; still eating :D
So the other night, I was riding Enzo down Main Street, after an unsuccessful hunt for espe handbags. Thought to myself, “Self, wasn’t the new Andrey Durbach/Chris Stewart restaurant supposed to open one of these days?” Well, my self was … Continue reading
Posted in food and drink, personal
Tagged Cafeteria, Durbach & Stewart, espe, Main Distractor, Minxilla, Parkside
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La la la!
So last weekend was a couple of things…it was my company’s annual junket, where they treat us to a weekend at Whistler, which is always nice. In addition, Sunday was the MD’s and my 18-monthaversary, so we took the opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in personal
Tagged Internet Fail, Main Distractor, Matriminxilla, Minxilla, rings, wedding
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Still alive
Enjoying the nice weather. Back on Enzo (got my parking back, yay). Got some decent players for my hockey pools. Planning on making an actual turkey in Mr Wolf for Canadian Thanksgiving (his first!) to share with some friends and … Continue reading
So this is why.
I had an eye doctor’s appointment the other day, sent by the guy who checked my prescription. Because my pressure was high (right up there at the high end of normal). OK, I don’t know the first thing about glaucoma, … Continue reading
So this morning,
the Main Distractor and I were on our way to work (drove today, and dropped him off too), and I was saying how my message boards all announce today’s birthday as being me, 43, and god that’s old, and he … Continue reading
Lollapalooza!
So this year, the Main Distractor and I went to Chicago to see Lollapalooza. We should have gone last year, when Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails were playing, but it didn’t pan out. So this year, we went to see … Continue reading
Posted in food and drink, music, personal, tristero
Tagged Chicago, Crystal Castles, Depeche Mode, Hotel Felix, Lollapalooza, Lou Reed, Main Distractor, Minxilla, Tool, tristero, vacation
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Shocking.
I think I haven’t had a proper, you know, blog post, for more than a month. And what a momentous month it’s been, too! The MD and I had our actual one-year anniversary, versus all the monthaversaries we’d celebrated heretofore. … Continue reading
Posted in food and drink, music, personal
Tagged anniversary, Choobie, IKEA, Kam's, l'Altro Buca, Main Distractor, MBV, Minxilla, Parental Summit 2009, Parkside, Planetarium, Science World, Seattle, shoes
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