Happy Year of the Rooster, folks!!!!

[raincitygirl]

Enjoy the Lunar New Year festivities if you celebrate. And even if you don't, drive safely tonight. Remember to watch out for people setting off fireworks and firecrackers.

In other news, I feel like I should DO something for Dine Out Vancouver, but I'm not sure I have the energy to actually organize something. Dine out Vancouver is a special thing that runs in Greater Vancouver from January 20 - February 5 this year. Participating restaurants offer a special 3 course prix fixe menu at a price point of either $20, $30 or $40 per person, depending on the fanciness of the restaurant. Beverages, taxes and tips are extra, but it's still a darn good deal. I've coordinated dinners with friends in previous years and it's always been fun.

At least all the snow has melted. After a solid month of snow and ice, I don't want to see another snowflake ever again. I live in Vancouver for a REASON, people.

Comments

[millari]

Dine Out Vancouver sounds cool. We had something like that in the town in Massachusetts where I used to live. I never thought of doing a group get-together for it like that, though. I kind of wish I had now. Sounds like a really cool idea.

Maybe just put out a mass email to your friends, asking for ideas. Let them do the work for you a bit, and then once they come up with something, you can agree to make the reservation. Or let them do that too.

I know from my experience in a group of gamer friends that sometimes a group event just needs someone to spark the idea, and then others happily take over the planning part.

I am now in a land where there is never ice and snow, and I must say that I'm enjoying it. I also love Vancouver, ever since I visited there in 2008, and I'm surprised to hear about snow there! I went in October, which was a great time to buy a flight from all the way across the country because everyone thinks it'll be cold, but it was perfectly temperate.

[raincitygirl]

Well, one friend and I did manage to get to a Greek restaurant local to us on Friday, Feb 3 which turned out to be participating in Dine Out Vancouver, but we ended up not actually eating from the special menu. That particular restaurant is known for big portions, and we never eat a 3 course meal there.

A land without ice and snow, that sounds awfully pleasant. But does it have earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, etc? There always seems to be a tradeoff of some kind.

Vancouver usually gets maybe 2 or 3 days of snow a year, and it's usually rained away pretty quickly. These past few winters we didn't get ANY snow. I guess Mother Nature was saving up. We got about 5 weeks of snow, starting early December and ending early January.

Then this past Friday morning, it started snowing again, and has snowed on and off all weekend. Aaaarrrggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!