Christmas Day 2015
We are enjoyiing our first permanent Canadian Christmas Day and 17th wedding anniversary in Vancouver today. After several days of...
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...
Kanji for 2015
The kanji character 安 “an,” meaning peace or safety, has been chosen as the character best representing the sentiment and events in Japan...
Still loving my AMG
This is still one of my favorite reviews of my car.
Being a building manager for a week
We have been renting a condo in Vancouver for the past 18 months as we complete our relcoation here. The building where are living is...
Wreck Beach
This afternoon I walked down to the beach below our new condo (coming January 2016) and surprised to discover it is part of Wreck Beach,...
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...
Closing on a new condo
Today we completed the due diligience on a condo we plan to purchase in Vancovuer. The deposit has been paid and we expect to take...
Air Quality
Yoshiko mentioned recently that she finds the air in Vancouver to be cleaner than Japan, especially since we are living close to the...
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...
