Zombieblog: Vancouver Adventure: Day 6 and The Missing Day?

Oh geez, here I am again, being lazy and not keeping up with my posts. I need to finish my Vancouver adventure! Only two (or so) more days to go. Kind of sad that it has taken me like 3 weeks to post a weeks worth of happenings, but oh well. Deal with it.

Before I go ahead and resume, I have been thinking of maybe starting another blog. One for art and tattoos, nothing too personal. I just figured that some (or most) people might not care about what my life is like, and would probably be more interested in what I'm interested in. My friend Gwen has one, and that's what pretty much inspired me. Sorry, Gwen! I stole your idea! Also, I hope it will serve as a new source of inspiration for me, cause lately I have been having troubles even picking up a pencil outside of work. I'll post more about that as it happens! Possibly later today!

I was thinking about it, and I don't know how or why I can't figure this out, but I missed a day? On the Monday, we went down to Robson to do more shopping and met up with Erin's friend Willy. We hung out down there until I had to go meet my brother for dinner with him and his girlfriend Christine at their place. I haven't seen my brother for awhile, so I was very excited to hang out with them for a bit. I guess he was pretty busy while I was there, so I only got to see them once. But they cooked up a delicious dinner, and my brother bought some angel food cake for dessert. He showed me what he was learning and working on in school (video game design! Yeah, so cool!), and a new instalment in his short film series. It was very nice! But that's pretty much all I did on monday!

And now, without further ado, day 6 (I think?)!

Erin and I did a lot on this day, we went all over the place. I really wanted to see the campus at UBC, where she goes to school, and she needed to go there anyway to get something, so we spent a good portion of the day there. And oh my god, is it ever a beautiful campus. And huuuge! It's surrounded by forest, and there are so many cool, old buildings too. There is this hidden beach area that you have to get to via staircase shrouded by forest! I felt like I was on a deserted island (or Hyrule), it was amazing! I also discovered how huge slugs can grow!

After the ever so tiring, but amazing, hike back up the staircase, we made our way to the Japanese Memorial Garden. We didn't get to see the garden in China town, so I was very excited to see this one. It was much bigger, and more serene than the last one! Every statue, rock, or bridge had a specific meaning, and they even had a replica tea house! This was definitely one of my favourite parts of the trip.

From UBC, we headed all the way down to Main to do some shopping. There were loads of antique and vintage shops down there, and I wanted to check them all out. We were on a tight schedule though, as we were scheduled for a dinner night with Kat. So, already exhausted from our trek at UBC, we walked up the long road. We found this amazing antique store, filled with taxidermy and skulls, and everything else under the sun! It was incredible. I was very determined to buy a fox skull, but I couldn't justify $200 at that point. Buy I did find a gift for my mom for Mother's Day. It was a tiny little ornate metal box, but it had it's hinge repaired so it was much cheaper than the other ones like it. It still had so much character, and the man said it was probably from the early 1900's-1920's, so it has some history! And my mom loved it, so I did good! Erin and I then searched out this store called I Found. It is a brand that we carry at my work, and it's all deadstock vintage. Mostly old jewelry and findings, but has never been used or sold. And this store had thousands of different charms, beads, and pendants. Lots of them I recognized from my store, and lots of them were new treasures. I bought a few skull beads for future craft projects. Then it was time for dinner!

Dinner took place at a sushi restaurant called The Eatery. I was expecting a traditional sushi place, but it was far from it. It was dark, and hanging from the ceiling were these huge paper mache (or some other material) characters. Among them were Astro Boy, Aquaman, and cthulhu, who was hanging above our table. And none of the servers were Asian! I know that doesn't matter, but they usually are, you know, at a sushi restaurant. And the sushi was amazing. For dessert, I had a deep fried Mars bar. If you ever get the opportunity to try one,DO IT!! It's sooo goood! After being stuffed full of sushi and Mars bar goodness, we headed out to Kat's house so I could meet her new kitten, Bear! And what a cutie he is! We played some Scribblish, and then it was time for the long trek home to sleep!

Whew. It's getting harder to remember exactly what I did and when, so I hope I finish these posts soon! Now, time to work out.