The eye of the beholder

I met this guy nearby Science World at False Creek today while he was setting up this little two-wheeler for display. It turned out that he was taking commercial photos for the promotion of this electric scooter.

It's a Motorino XPr.

It looked kinda nice, but I would want a scooter with a little more umph, especially to keep flowing with the Vancouver traffic.

Wochenende!

So, die erste Arbeitswoche ist um, und Sonja gefällt es noch. Inzwischen liegen auch schon einige Wohnungsbesichtigungen hinter ihr, aber das richtige Objekt war noch nicht dabei. Dienstag abend ging es mit Kollege Vijay, Freundin Carol und ihren Vermietern Ivan und Debra ins Boathouse, wo wir Lobster, King Crabs und Shrimps in Massen vernichtet haben.

Für Freitag hatte sie sich mit Bob, den sie über ihren Motorrad-Blog kennengelernt hatte, und seiner Frau Yvonne zum Sushi-Essen im Tanpopo getroffen. Für heute nachmittag hat sich Sonja mit Cliff (dem Zehenlosen) und Anna zum Kaffee verabredet und für morgen ist Frühstücken mit Hagen und Petra geplant. Soviel 'social live' hat sie in Calgary in den letzten Monaten nicht gehabt... Es tut gut, nicht ganz allein an einem fremden Ort zu sein.

Meeting the pink croc man

There is this guy, the world calls him Bob(skoot), he is a rider, writes a blog, knows a lot about photography and lives in Vancouver. He is known to wear pink crocs on occasion, and to socialize with complete strangers. We met on the internet, we connected and finally met in person.
Yesterday he picked me up for dinner after work, and took me down the scenic road towards Richmond, or so he said. Funny though, that this detour would include a complete unintentional visit to the local Beemer dealer. Here's Bob checking out my new bike (I wish...).

Since we had a little time left before we got to meet Mrs Skoot, Bob introduced me to his riding buddy John, who is a true adventure rider, and rides whenever and wherever, his newest project being exploring the back roads to Bella Coola.

It happened to be Mrs. Skoot's birthday (thanks for not telling me, Bob...), and her choice was the Tanpopo, a great Japanese all-you-can-eat Sushi restaurant on Denman in Downtown Vancouver. First I was a little shy to try raw fish, but the tuna and salmon was excellent indeed. We had a wonderful time, and my head is full from all the recommendations and information I got, like my belly is full of Sushi. Thanks, Bob and Yvonne for making me feel welcome to Vancouver. I hope we can do this again some time.

Happy Birthday, Mrs Skoot!

Oh, and here's Bob's posting.