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Some bunch of months ago I ordered this book from Australia. It's a collection of abandoned and re-purposed Pizza Hut buildings. The Pizza Hut buildings are quite iconic, and very easily recognized, but as the franchise evolved, waned, changed focus, the strip mall Pizza Hut thrives while the stand alone restaurants became obsolete. And so they became other things, and the Pizza Hunt guys photographed the old buildings.

It's a lovely surprise when a book you order five or six months ago shows up on your porch. Number 191 of 650. Good stuff.

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Strathcona starter home. Love the colour.

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Harrison Hot Springs.

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Fraser and 41st.

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Avery.

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Hard to capture, the rain settling in at dusk on a weekday night.

(metaphor, of course...)

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My good friend Mr. Weeds makes his own BBQ sauce and ribs leaning towards a Kansas style. So very good.

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Ashley Shadow opened for Black Mountain at the Commodore tonight. Such a good show.

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Oscar.

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I couldn't stay in Portland but a little bit of Portland came home with me. I put this in the grinder this morning but won't have a chance to try it until tomorrow. I've had it before, Stumptown coffee, and it's amongst the best I've tried.

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Just spent a few days in Portland. It's a lovely town that I've liked since 1992 and read about it in Kunstler's Geography of Nowhere. Portland wasn't an accident. It was very much planned by people who get it.

And now I'm back in Vancouver.

It's not so bad.

We have an average income of $43k, and cheap houses everywhere. (seriously, look at that 2006 vs 2016 million dollar house graphic)

It's good to be home. But I'm lucky because I own a house here. I have good friends here considering moving away because their house where they've rented for 7 years is about to be sold. Him and his wife have two kids. They've been looking for a place to move for over a year, they've known for a while that their two bedroom needed to be a three bedroom. They can take a major pay cut and live in another city and still have more disposable income because of more affordable rent.

Home.

Sometimes I like it here. Sometimes it's hard to see what's happening to this city. Driving up Cambie or Granville south of Broadway is hard because so many houses are being knocked down and turned into condos. I could never afford to live there anyway. Even the condos are way more than I can afford.

Kwan Luck. I've never eaten there. I feel like I should because it won't be there for long. Corner lot on Kingsway. That lot could hold $10 million worth of condos. Easy. Probably more. Numbered days.

Oh yeah... rest in peace Mr. Clark.

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Bellingham, WA.

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Dive hotels in Portland.

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Rob. Parkland. Rob was the lucky candidate to test some lights and a newly painted backdrop wall so I could shoot Fond of Tigers.

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Second Narrows. I see the same things too often these days.

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Going to sell this thing. It might be the 10th Anniversary of me owning this 10th Anniversary bike. Though I think it's 11 years old now.

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You know; nature. You can walk in it.

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Bike ride to Iona Beach.

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Sushi for dinner with this chick.

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Fabricating GPS mounts for motorcycles.

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Home.

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