Vancouver - Well I am here in Vancouver, which isn’t really that new ( I lived here for the summers of 2000, 2001 and a few months in 2002). However, this time around I made notes:

1. Skytrain - slow and small but scenic. Come on. Get a proper subway system if you want to be taken seriously. The trains on the Sky Train are about as big as the monorail in Disneyland.

2. Cheap Sushi - I appreciate getting some tempura pieces, small piece of teriyaki pork, spicy salmon maki, gyoza and sashim for 12$.

3. Microbrewery - okay. I had oakanagan Pale Ale (i think) and some Russell brand beer. Neither of which are as good as what they have in Ontario.

4. Downtown Vancouver after 11 pm. The smell of weed in the air along the Granville street is so freakin high, its goood.

5. Aggressive Panhandlers - man we had one guy follow us for a block asking for stuff. That is pure aggression.

6. Downtown - rather empty. I guess Toronto will always be more poular, but Vancouvers downtown seems a lot more steril. Not much people anywhere really.

7. Transpo - I asked the bartender for good public transportation tips to Granville Island, from downtown. she was like ‘take a cab’. Thats not good public transpo planning…

8. 24 Hour eateries - not as many in Toronto. I kept on wandering about, wanting to find a 24 hour pho place where I lived. Nope.