coffee with the swede

…overlooking Kits Beach.

clip of the day

This movie is completely ridiculous. Alan Arkin is in it, so consequently it’s also totally awesome. But all you really need to see is this car chase (must be watched to the end to be fully appreciated.)

clip of the day

song of the day

Erik Satie – Gnossienne No1

“from heaven to hell”

How Vancouver looks in Britain

“…what it’s got now is not cuddly, eco-friendly publicity, but blood-spattered streets littered with shell casings and corpses.”

a very long walk in vancouver

Song of the day: Have Mercy — Psychic TV

video of the day

Everything you wanted to know about business card design but were afraid to ask.

video of the day

This is guaranteed to make you smile.

spring…

Kitsilano

nesting

Craig’s List bargoon (average yet cute teak chair — my parents threw all their Danish teak in the trash years ago and judging by the current craze for “mid-century modern” (which is getting a tad tiresome) could have made a few thousand dollars instead) ). Got to check out a brand new glass condo in Yaletown to pick it up. It’s like a crazy vertical suburb down there…

Knitted robot, Jess Hutch.  Travel blanket (still smells like sheep) lugged back from Scotland (ok, in my ma’s suitcase…).