Collection of Thoughts

I am drawing to the end of my stay in Vancouver. As I trekked around today I felt myself once again mulling over the 'moving' decision. Here is my critical eye. Vancouverites are a stylish people, not afraid of a little colour....I like that. They are friendly, open doors for you, 1 out of 15 people make eye contact (pretty good for a city and I actually did a little experiment!). The weather is better than where I have been living for the past 7 years (sorry Rupert, Van wins out on that one) the bus drivers speak sentences rather than grunt, there's the SeaBus....to a Torontonian that's so cool!, great shopping (not that I can afford it), good food (again thanks to the kindness of friends I am able to partake) and a pretty good music scene. On the flip side, it's expensive, I would have to be someone's 'roommate again' and I definitely would not be able to live downtown. Other than that I don't have a lot on the negative side. hmmmmm......I went out to North Van tonight to have dinner with a friend (hence the cool SeaBus comment). It's a pretty nice area to live....not quite the bustle of the area I have been staying...but lots more green spaces and better flowing traffic. Well, I don't have to decide tonight.

Speaking of tonight....weird happenings outside my door! For the past 3 nights in a row as I walk up the street to my apartment, the same two street lights flicker and go out. One after another, but not until I am right underneath them. Eerie! I keep expecting to see Dumbledore from Harry Potter standing off to the side with his magical light Putter-Outer. Ok I admit it! I'm a Rowlings fan from way back. Weird about the lights though.

On to musical subjects. Thursday night I am putting on a casual coffeshop show at Lugz Coffee Lounge located at 2525 Main Street. It's free, licensed and starts around 8:00pm-ish. It's kinda short notice...hope to see you there.

Sall