Managed to stop in at the new Radpower Bikes Vancouver showroom right before closing. Snagged a rear rack & basket for Rachael’s new bike.
When we went for brunch at Forage yesterday, I also bought some of their sourdough starter. Looking forward to waking it up!
Rachael won an overnight stay prize pack from VanMuralFest and the Robson BIA. Finishing our downtown adventure with a nice breakfast at Forage.
I’ve been stuck not really reading much. Gave up on the book I was on, and bought Sue Burke’s Interference.
I loved the first one, and have been happily reading this before bed.
#book #scifi
The Sifter in Atlas Obscura
The Sifter thesifter.org a multilingual database, currently 130,000-items strong, of the ingredients, techniques, autho...Ride out to our usual bench at Burnaby Lake was pretty cold. Got to get gloves and other gear sorted to keep #biking.
The new Rad Mini in white has slightly smaller wheels, and of course no extended rear rack.
Pulled out some old achiote and made a turkey thigh stew plus did a trial run of savoury waffles I’m going to serve tomorrow.
Had these “screw buns” from Dinesty Dumpling House last night, which came with sweetened condensed milk for dipping. So pretty, so tasty!
I wrote a blog post about joining Social.Coop. It’s a co-op that runs “user-controlled social media” in the form of a Mastodon server. If you’re on Mastodon, please let me know, I’d like to follow you there!
Check out @rachaelashe’s work at The Art Shop upcoming pop up “Wood Paper Scissors: Raw Materials in Art”. Opening is Oct 23rd, runs until Nov 3rd. The space is on East Hastings, next to Strathcona Brewing and Prototype Coffee.
Our new Rad Mini got delivered today! It looks cute and small compared to my Rad Runner, plus a few upgrades: it has gears and a bike computer screen, and an improved front light vs the Run
This will primarily be Rachael’s bike, but I’ll borrow it on occasion ;)
I have a cute little like green Bodum charcoal BBQ that we can take to the park at the end of the street. But charcoal is a bit of an ordeal so doesn’t get used often. What about a Scottish made gas pizza oven???
The Ooni: youtu.be/7kzenzsML…
#cooking
I just found out the mystery cheese we bought the other day is Braided Armenian String Cheese. Tomorrow is going to be a good day!
Today was actually a pretty good day. Except! I got another flat in my back tire!
The funky liquid leftover from lemony pickled cabbage with some dried chilies added 🌶 I don’t have room to keep it around. Slices of lemon zest made it more magical over time.
“[Vancouver has] the lowest property taxes on the continent and most of the people who complain don’t even pay these taxes, but rather pass them on to renters.”
I figured out how to properly setup the VSCode Markdown Notes extension for how I’m making my public #secondbrain notes.
Co-op and B-Corps structures are supposed to prevent this sort of thing. @jonrshell posts a thread covering the background of people soon to be in charge of MEC.
I just “finished” revamping my website, and then @bopuc left a link to Simply Jekyll by Raghu.
Pretty sure I’m going to replace what I’ve done with this template. It’s great when the data of your site is just Markdown files.
For people who like that sort of thing, I have a couple of RSS feeds on my site again.
Have a blog? Shill me your feed, I’ve got room for more reading
I wrote up some research on a System76 desktop and new Mac Minis with eGPU.
Anyone want to shill me on a desktop PC setup and/or recommend a Canadian supplier?
Sunset at Burnaby Lake. Was lovely to ride out at end of day with a few warm patches of sun left. @rachaelashe takes my picture as I get hers on the bench with the ebike.
Chilaquiles? Migas? Some sort of Mexican creation for breakfast — tortilla strips, diced onion, fresh jalapeño, eggs, fresh tomatoes. Cumin and salt, and finished under the broiler with some cheese.
I need rain gear! Where’s the best place to buy in #Vancouver? What should I get for biking? Bonus points if anything is made in Canada.
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On the Sunshine Coast near Roberts Creek for a short bit of downtime. This was public beach access down a steep set of stairs by Marlene Road.
