Chapter 370: In Which I Go To Vancouver and Into the Heart of Blue Yon Belly
Last Wednesday morning, after a bit of a late start, I hopped into my car and drove 130 miles north to visit the fabulous Jeci of Blue Yon Belly! Not only is she as sweet and kind and smart as I knew she would be, she was the consummate host, putting me up for the night and taking me around the town in my favorite mode of transportation–by foot! After lunch at a nearby tavern, we meandered along the seawall:
to Stanley Park, where we took a walk on the trails and saw the swans in the lagoon:
(it wasn’t all misty like that photo and also, swans are bigger than I realized!). We also saw peeping baby ducks sunning themselves on a rock; Jeci took photos of them so let’s keep our fingers crossed that she posts those!
I saw my first inukshuk:
We were very tired after our almost-3-hour walk, so we bought cheese and crackers and went back to her place, where we sipped on homemade wine, ate a snack, and had a gabfest with her very funny friend, Catherine (Katherine?). At 8pm, we met Jeci’s awesome husband, Kieran, at Capones Restaurant & Live Jazz Club :
where we saw this “Ally McBeal” actor having dinner and drinks with a young lass:
After more wine and laughter back at the condo, we slept. The next morning, after a delicious breakfast of coffee and pastries fetched by Kieran and then goodbyes to said working man, Jeci and I wended our way to the little boat that ferried us over to Granville Island:
where we had lunch at the Cat’s Meow before I reluctantly headed back to Seattle before the rush hour hit.
The weather in Vancouver was gorgeous, the city was spectacular (and chock full of sushi restaurants, of which I am greatly jealous!), and Jeci is a delight. I cannot stress enough how much I have enjoyed all of my blogger meet-ups. I love being connected in this way and for this reason above all, I have decided to keep blogging. Ciao for now!
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By “young lass” you must mean “clearly a working girl.” Emphasis on the girl part. (Smarmy!) You also didn’t mention how I was the least cool of the group about our celebrity sighting, what with all my pointing and braying “That guy?!?”
It was absolutely lovely meeting you. Kieran and Catherine also enjoyed meeting you and everyone said how nice and funny you are. Hugs to you!
And, uh, yeah. I obviously haven’t posted the pics yet. Um…You didn’t happen to see my camera cord when you were here did you?
Jeci, oh noes, maybe Nermal is hiding your camera cord?
And yes, I struggled with wanting to say that the girl that actor was with was probably, uh, purchased, but I was timid of sounding libelous. But cat’s out of the bag now–meow!
What, are there no photos of Jeci and Shannon together?! There had best be, or head will roll. ROLL! Like… rolling things!
Anyhow… I’m so glad you guys met. I am completely jealous, of course, but in a good way. If there is a good way to be jealous, that is. Honestly, I’m so pleased you two hit it off and had fun and wow isn’t Vancouver pretty!
Here’s hoping that all three of us will one day get together. One day before we’re all using walkers, I hope.
I just LOVE Vancouver. It’s in my top 3 of my favorite cities. Do they still have those cool bronze (?) statues by the water along Stanley Park? Glad you had a good time!
Wow. What a beautiful city. And you take some fab photos. I’ve met two blogfriends IRL, and both times, the women were exactly as I thought they would be. I’m glad your experience was so positive.
PS: I miss Ally McBeal. The old ones, not the last few seasons.
Ooops, I should have put a disclaimer–these are not my photos! These are ones I scrounged up off the interwebs. I didn’t have a camera and Jeci took photos, but can’t find her camera cord, so no REAL photos are happening quite yet!
I adore Vancouver! It sounds like a great trip - and of course I’m thrilled to read you’ll be continuing to blog
Nice shots!
Thanks, you just added Vancouver to my vacation list (it’s still a list, anyways). But seriously Vancouver is a really nice place to visit. Here I go vancouver….