Crepes A-Go-Go is a little restaurant down our street. The crêpes there are succulent but something is missing: the maple syrup!!! To be fair, it's buried somewhere in their menu, but it's certainely not on the table, between the ketchup and the salt.
Waste collection is privately run in SF which means that "garbage day" is different for everyone. The entire street is never full of garbage!
Defined in the urban dictionary as a “young person whose parents are wealthy and have set up a trust for their son or daughter. The trust fund ensures that the child will be taken care of financially for life.” Paris Hilton is a prime example.
I came across this question tonight as I was filling out a survey for "fun". They've gotta be kidding!!!
(Ok the screenshot is too small, argh. Click on it)
On a scale of 1 to 5 where "1" is absolutely critical and "5" absolutely somewhat important, how important would you say your computer is to the daily operations of your household.
1 Absolutely critical
2
3
4
5 Absolutely somewhat important
Here’s a good reason to limit yourself to one child: His/her sibling(s) will not be as intelligent.
This is the kind of theory that has been around for years. Robert Zajonc, a social psychologist, is famous in many fields for his birth order theory of intelligence. Benefiting from their parents’ exclusivity, firstborns interact with adults more than any subsequent offspring. Until a sibling comes along, firstborns grow in a highly intellectual family environment. Secondborns, on the other hand, interact more with their sibling than their parents and so forth.
When I cited Zajonc as a reason why I did not want more than one child (if at all), my gynecologist laughed it off. Who’s laughing now, doctor!?!
America's obesity problem is not just a myth. In fact, the
To cater to their costumers, stores carry larger sizes more than smaller sizes. In order words, the bell curve one finds is
I’ve had some luck at Banana Republic. Banana Republic usually carries my size and it’s often on sale because no one else wants to buy it!
CBC's Seven Wonders of Canada
1. The Canoe
2. Niagara Falls
3. Pier 21, Halifax
4. The Rockies
5. The igloo
6. Old Quebec City
7. Prairie Skies
Hé oui, le Vieux Québec is one of them! Quebec City being my hometown, I am a little proud even though I have nothing to do with the fact that I happened to be born there. Before the big move, we visited my family and stayed at Hilton Quebec. The views from our room were spectacular (wish I hadn't forgotten my camera!).
On the right, l'Assemblé Nationale.
And on the left, le château Frontenac.
Quebec City is full of amazing restaurants but my favorite by far is Le Saint-Amour. I wish it wasn't so far!
Neither of us felt like cooking tonight so we grabbed sandwiches and cheese from the local deli store and walked to the Golden Gate National Recreational Area for a picnic.
A couple of weeks ago, we needed to get cell phones (we have no landline). For each cell phone, we were asked for $1,000 deposit! It is outrageous for a piece of cheap plastic that is normally free. No credit and no social security number is apparently a bad combination. So when the husbter got a social security number, back we were at T-Mobile. The deposit was now $250 for each cell phone. It’s progress, I suppose.
Then we applied for a credit card which was promptly denied because of “Few revolving accounts opened long enough to establish credit history” along with “Not enough accounts opened long enough to establish credit history”. Even more frustrating is the fact that they don’t even look at assets or income. It’s solely based on past history.
Our solution was to get a
We spent the day in
For the long weekend (Memorial Day in the US), we decided to do our first road trip. Our plan was to drive down to Monterey, CA and do the 17 Mile Drive. We rented a car Saturday morning and headed South.
We stayed at the Embassy Suites Hotel which had a nice view but reminded me of an all-inclusive resort in Cuba. Bad food and poor service. When we woke up Sunday morning, it was still cloudy.
California in the rain is just not as nice so we changed our plans. We decided to make the best out of it and drive inland. We went wine tasting in Carmel Village and then drove back to San Francisco on Road 9 through Boulder Creek and Saratoga. Good times!
San Francisco is full of independent coffee shops. To help them reduce costs and increase profitability, BriteVision invented ad-sleeves. The sleeves are paid for by the advertisers and free to BriteVision customers who no longer have to purchase their own cup sleeves. Although I have only seen them in SF, they are available in other states. 
Inspired from Pulp Fiction, here's the “It's the Little Differences” series.
It’s going to be a mish-mash of observations on how life in the
Let me preface by saying that people in San Francisco don't take as much pride in their home as people in Ottawa. The reason is simple: They live in the city, not in their home. The weather is always nice. People walk everywhere. Restaurants and coffee shops are packed every single day. The result is that apartments are old and outdated. However, they are perfect for urbanites and I am willing to trade all the stainless steel in the world for that kind of lifestyle.
Without further ado, here's our apartment!
(Kinki's giant scratching post by the window. He loves it!)
