Whiterock

So because i was working so hard last week my boss told me to take a half day whenever i wanted so this morning with the shortest possible notice i could muster i asked for a half day cos M had some classes cancelled. So off we go to the retirement capital of the world - White Rock Vancouver. Its out on the ocean about an hour and a half south by bus and you get driven all around the houses to get there and its great crack. quiet enough spot but very pretty. we got kind of an overcast and cold day but enjoyed the out-of-city excursion - the first under our own steam since we got here.
M, earlier, thinking about retiring at 30.

In other news.....we're off to see Franz Ferdinand next month - mainly because Death Cab For Cutie are supporting them. Then Pinback one of my very favourite bands ever - who were due to play in Dublin last year but cancelled - are playing in a club about 5 blocks up the street in April! So I'm ecstatic beyond tablets. Part of M's birthday present was the "homer's bowling ball" of 2 pinback tickets...... We're off to see Animal Collective next week aswell. Blackalicious and dEUS are playing next month too but M says we cant afford to go and see them :) Local bands Pink Mountaintops and Frog Eyes are playing in a couple of weeks aswell. So its busy busy. I had heard that bands avoid Vancouver when touring but it looks like i was misinformed. Graham just passed me on a link to the Sasquatch Festival in Seattle aswell. Yikes.