Opening up the view
Today I took down the curtains and valances covering and surrounding our living room windows. Frankly, they were poorly installed (held...
Furniture Shopping (again)
We made the rounds to several furniture stores today with the goal of finding some living room furniture that would be available for...
Day 2: Unpacking
Yesterday was a dawn 'til dusk effort to move out of our rental condo and into our new home. Today was unpacking, organizing and getting...
Our new home in Vancouver
Contractually we were scheduled to receive the keys to our new condo yesterday (Thursday) but the confirmation of property transfer from...
The furniture shopping begins...
We are less than a month away from the move to our new condo. We purposely minimized our furniture shopping while in our temporary rental...
Someone wants our new condo
A few weeks ago we found the ideal condo here in Vancouver and closed on the deal. Everything we wanted for our new home in Vancouver and...
Rainy weekend
The autumn weather in Vancouver in October was very enjoyable. As we ease into November and the coming winter months, the frequency of...
Spago & I
My wife Yoshiko spent the month of August with me in Vancouver after we brought our cat Spago with us. She returned to Tokyo at the end...
Lemon instead an Apple
I recently ordered an iMac online and patiently waited for its arrival, tracking its progress along the way. It was finally delivered...
Vancouver Martini
During my time here this month I have been pursuing a couple of projects. Neither urgent nor important was to get my act together for a...
