O Canada!

Keelin and I are up here in Vancouver, British Columbia on a short getaway...staying in our favourite hotel on Robson Street, the Pacific Palisades. A wonderful trip so far...easy border crossing, strolls along Robson Street, late lunch at Hon's, a massive and wonderful Chinese restaurant, and then more walks, stopping in at Virgin Records, swimming, hot tubbing, and even a moment for blogging while Keelin is at A Bikrim Yoga session. Then it's off to visit the critically-lauded Design show at the UBC museum down the street. It's nice to be away, when your biggest decision is where to eat!

Thank you Claire for (wo)manning the Brummet-Curran mansion in our absence. I know Colum and Del are being extremely cooperative!

It's easy to see why Claire loves living in Victoria so much. It's a great country for so many reasons. Now, I have to admit they don't make the best wine in the world, and at the record store, the Celine Dion racks dwarf the amount of shelf space dedicated to Miles Davis or The Beatles. But that's a small price to pay for such a great people, and for a city with such a great international vibe. Watching the news and reading the 'papers here is such an eye-opener after the U.S., where our navel gazing only rarely turns outward (60,000 dead and climbing!), and then only briefly before the next U.S. crisis (Janet Jackson's nipple exposed for three seconds!). More later. Jack Brummet on location in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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