Category: Outings

  • Fresh St. Market

    So, an Instagram ad for salmon and berries one day special caught my attention, and I looked up locations. I was going to be downtown anyway so decided to check out the one near the bottom of the Granville St. Bridge across Pacific. But then I remembered the parking is horrible down there, so picked the Kitsilano location instead. Nothing to the east or in my neighbourhood (hopefully that is a yet!). 4th and Macdonald, I slipped into easy parking in front (Pay by Phone) and explored this new-ish to me market. Very nice, the produce and meat look top quality, I picked up one of their roasted garlic tomato soups for lunch (it was delicious and not salty like most supermarket soups), and stocked up on berries and sockeye salmon to take home. The salmon is from Haida Gwai (I asked). It looked amazing and was very reasonably priced. Alas, only a one day sale, but introduced me to a lovely new market and if I want to make trek to the West side, it is totally worth it. No rewards club though. https://www.freshstmarket.com/

  • Sundays are for strolling

    Sundays are for strolling

    Sundays are meant for strolling.

    Checked out Gastown and Water Street today, closed to cars on Sundays this summer. I had forgotten how many cute shops and cafes there are in that block, and for those with a sweet tooth, a Lees Donuts which is weirdly never busy like the Granville Island location which always has a lineup. It’s across from the Steam Clock which seems to be still one of the main attractions in the area There were lots of tourists back and forth from the World Cup festivities wearing football jerseys And what looked like lots of cruise passengers too