Exploring the little area knowns as Haight-Ashbury is like stepping back in time to 1967.
Hot dogs, screaming fans, cheerleaders and quality sports – is there anything about an NBA game that doesn’t sound fun? I like basketball, although I’ve never had much interest in the NBA bar watching Space Jam a few times. But basketball is a big part of American sporting culture and I wanted…
Getting off the bus stop at the corner of Mission St and 16th Ave in San Francisco didn’t look like a very good idea. In fact, had it not been my destination, I might have stayed on the bus. The intersection is the unofficial entrance to the Mission…
I’m gathering up my things ready to disembark the Coast Starlight when the gentleman at a nearby seat, realising my destination as we approach the stop, starts telling me about San Francisco. “It’s a dirty city,” he says. “And you’ve gotta watch people. Some of them are real snooty.…
Riding on a train has a certain romance – one that has me taking a lot of pictures in black and white. I feel under-dressed in my comfy leggings and hoodie. Perhaps I should be playing cards or reading a book…not using my laptop. Given how cheap it is…
There are an unsettling number of things that give me away as a foreigner.You might think the accent would do it, but with so many Australians in Vancouver, people never know if you’ve been here for 20 years or 20 minutes.I say beanie instead of toque (toook).Housemate instead…
If Meat & Bread doesn’t have an award or something for making Vancouver’s best sandwich – it should have. This was one of my favourite places to eat while I lived I the city.
At first glance, The Social Feed (part of Grub with Us as of July 2012) could be mistaken as a dating opportunity. And when I’ve told people about the concept, it’s the first question asked. Why else join a group of strangers for dinner? While a romance to…
I spent a week in New York and I watch enough Law and Order and CSI to know what a dangerous city it can be. But in that week, the most unsafe I ever felt was outside Yankee Stadium. See I had tickets to the game. Tickets that…
I’m not a journalist because I love to write or because I believe so strongly in the power of the Fourth Estate and the public’s “right to know”. I just love knowing stuff. I love news. I love knowing what’s happening in the world. It’s probably why I’m…