Chopper ride to Victoria

I was sitting at home last Sunday and not wanting to waste a day pretending to get stuff doe on the computer so I packed an overnight bag and got a cab down to Vancouver's waterfront to try and get a standby flight with HeliJet to Victoria. The one-way flights are usually $250 but up until the end of the week they had a standby rate of $75. I'd always wanted to ride in a chopper and this was about as cheap as it's ever going to get. And the ride is 1/2 hr so you get a decent ride and a great view of the city, the Gulf Islands and Victoria. So anyway I made it down there just in time to book one of the 2 remaining seats and was off to Victoria for the night in style!

Old school track of the week

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A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime (With Lyrics) 1991

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Grouse Grind PB

It was Ad's last week in Van and he was yet to tackle the Grind so we went up after work yesterday and hit it. After a decent stretching session he suggested I set the pace as I'd done it a couple of times before. Both of these times I hadn't gotten under an hour so the target we decided would be 50minutes... just to really push it. Within 75 meters of the start Ads took over and began striding up the hill at a crazy pace. As I tried to keep up I felt like a was carrying a bag of cement over my shoulder. When we reached 1/2 way and he began to realise he may have bolted from the gates with a little too much ambition, we got more in sync and stayed closer together. At 3/4 we were out of water but well on the way to our target. Near the end we realised we could break the 45min mark. So we bolted (on hands and knees for the most part) and I fought off the cramps as we reached the summit and came in right on 45min. Pretty sore but pretty damn happy with the result!

Mos Def - Live in Vancouver

We saw Mos Def live at Vogue Theatre in Vancouver last Thursday night. I hadn't been there before but its a great venue where everyone has a great view of the stage and is reasonably close. He didn't disappoint... but I think the show he did in Melbourne with DJ Shadow a couple of years ago was a bit better. The thing that made this show for me was the fact that I managed to walk onto the stage via the backstage door after the show and meet the man himself. Unfortunately he wouldn't take a photo but he did sign my kicks.




















Mos Def - The Embassy



Mos Def - Billie Jean

Old school track of the week

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Nas Foxy Brown Az (The Firm) feat. Dawn Robinson - 1997
(so old they brag about having a Laserdisc player!)

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BC Ferry Buffet

Being a Monday afternoon there wasn't the usual line up for the buffet on board the ferry and after a rave review from the Brent I decided to go for an early dinner/late lunch. It was $19 all in and pretty good value. I had chicken, pork, spinach and feta pasta, prawns, salmon, a decent salad, drinks and desert... and a great view of the Gulf Islands from my window table. For anyone interested, here is a great blog dedicated entirely to the art of the buffet.

Official BC Ferries site - Buffet

Hiking pic. View of the island