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Biking Around Vancouver | Part III

Vancouver Canada

we read that the best way to see the city was via a bicycle! so we went to english bay bike rentals on davie street and rented two bikes for the day ($48 total for bikes and helmets. not bad, right?).

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vancouver is a great city for cyclists since they have so many bike paths! too bad we only lasted 4 hours! we started in english bay

  • circled around stanley park (along the seawall).
  • road past false creek
  • through granville island
  • to kitsilano park
  • then over the burrard street bridge (this one almost killed me)

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vancouver is beautiful, right?

By | June 13th, 2014 | Canada, Photography, Travel | 0 Comments

Vancouver Tourism | Part II

we heard we had to visit grouse mountain (the peak of vancouver) and capilano bridge! we booked our tickets through tourism vancouver for a little bit of a discount.

  • grouse ultimate experience – $49.95 per person includes a free shuttle to grouse mountain, the skyride and eye of the wind (view of vancouver from top of a wind turbine).
  • capilano suspension bridge park – $$31.95 per person includes a shuttle and automatic entrance to see the capilano suspension bridge and cliffwalk!

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so worth it! i repeat, so worth it! the view is breathtaking.

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now onto the suspension bridge!

Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver

the suspension bridge was awesome! we wish we had more time here but we didn’t time it correctly and arrive 40 minutes before it closed for the day.

Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver

the cliffwalk.

Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver
Capilano Suspension Bridge | Vancouver

By | June 10th, 2014 | Canada, Photography, Travel | 0 Comments

Strolling Through Vancouver | Part I

Vancouver, Canada

we heard so much about you, tim horton. we thought we’d try you out before our walk around the city.

Vancouver, Canada

we were staying in yaletown and decided to see how much of vancouver we could walk. our stroll started in sunset beach then:

  • along english bay and second beach
  • through stanley park
  • around lost lagoon
  • finally to canada place

pretty sure we walked over 20,000 steps that day. our feet hurt and we were exhausted by the end of it but it was worth it. the city is gorgeous!

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my red jacket really stood out on this cloudy day…

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hello, lagoon!

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no idea what this blue thing does but it looked cool.

By | June 10th, 2014 | Canada, Photography, Travel | 0 Comments

Granville Island | Vancouver, Canada

i just recently finished going through the vancouver pictures from last year! our first stop was granville island (which is super cute btw)! we lucked out on weather, right?

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we stopped by granville island brewery for some local beer.

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awesome interior, right? we had good time trying all the beer here (get the sampler). good vibe.

Granville Island Brewery
1441 Cartwright St
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R7
Canada

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By | June 10th, 2014 | Canada, Food, Photography, Travel | 0 Comments

Smoke City Market | Sherman Oaks, CA

Smoke City Market | Sherman Oaks

annnd we’re back. we took a break from bbq for awhile after being burnt out after trying gus’ bbq, baby blues, bludsos and lucille’s bbq all in a month to two months. enter smoke city market.

we were thrilled when we walked into eclectic western decor. this has to be good.

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before coming here, we read that the restaurant suggests that you shouldn’t put bbq sauce on their ribs. however, it does provide bbq sauce on each table if you feel so inclined. we ordered:

  • baby back ribs
  • side of potato salad
  • bbq beast – brisket, pulled pork, sausage, cole slaw, hot vinegar (per recommendation)

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alright. the ribs. they were moist but rather tasteless! you would think if the recommendation is to not use bbq sauce, that the meat itself should be well seasoned.

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now the bbq sauce. i personally like a smokey, sweet bbq sauce. therefore, tangy is just not my thing. i did not love the bbq sauce but drenched my ribs in it anyway since it really needed flavor.

potato salad was good.

Smoke City Market | Sherman Oaks

the bbq beast. i liked the bbq beast a lot better than the ribs. but that isn’t really saying much. oddly, the sausage was what stood out in the sandwich.

Smoke City Market | Sherman Oaks

  • food: we really wanted to like this place. the bbq just fell short. ribs were under seasoned and bbq sauce was very tangy. sandwich was ok but still just meh.
  • service: cashier was amazingly nice, energetic and helpful! this was the main reason we really wanted to fall in love with the bbq here.
  • ambience: eclectic, bright, and very western. clean and very well lit.
  • parking: this place is on van nuys (a main street) near all the car dealerships. ample street parking.
  • overall: no our favorite.

Smoke City Market
5242 Van Nuys Blvd
Sherman Oaks, CA 91401

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By | June 4th, 2014 | Food, Restaurants | 0 Comments