Short Stack Rock On

Tue 25 Jan

Got up relatively early and went for a jog. Nice to be out on the road, but didn't pick very good route so loads of soot and fumes ingested. Next time I'll head for the suburban hills or the treadmill in the gym in La-Sis's apartment block.

We met a new mom friend for lunch in Dunbar at a cool place called Jethro's. Brunch and burgers sort of place, slightly rock chick/gothic vibe, run by a pregnant punk poppie with nose piercing and hair like Spike from Gremlins 2. By this time I was seriously peckish (leather trim makes me hungry) so I wolfed down a short stack of buttermilk pancakes - not crepes, the type that are 2cm thick and the size of a dinner plate! Delish.

After lunch we were given a tour of all the best places to live in Vancouver by La-Sis - no pressure there. Then went to another friend for tea in Kitsilano, a few blocks up from the beach. Then some window shopping for a laptop for La-Sis and cushions/chairs/mirrors (!) for her flat.

Finished off the day with a coffee- and- cake visit to my aunt, who lives near Granville Island. We met her son (my first cousin) and wife for the first time. Hours of family reminiscing and history and chin-wagging and a most incredible confection invention called Tuxedo cake. Awesome!

Breakfast, brunch, tea, supper and cake. Day 10.