By: The Philosophical Fish|31 July, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . food . photography
212/365 (July 31, 2010) – Quite simply the only place to go if you want authentic, really awesome, not icky gooey over-battered fish ‘n’ chips. And we haven’t been here for them in about 9 years! No excuse! I think we just get into a routine and forget the little treasures. I was poking through another Flickr user’s photo-stream and…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|30 July, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . boating . photography
211/365 (July 30, 2010) – I know that B usually only goes to 15, but for us the winning number was B59. We have been members of a yacht club for almost 3 years now, and we have signed on to almost every available morrage posting in that time. But it takes time and patience to build up seniority, and…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|29 July, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . photography . vancouver
210/365 (July 29, 2010) – Took another “getting to know you” ride on the motorcycle today. A nice leisurely ride out to Horseshoe Bay, then around the corner to Whytecliff Park and back. It’s been years since I’ve stopped in at Whytecliff, probably haven’t been here since we stopped SCUBA diving. It’s such a beautiful little spot, and so close,…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|28 July, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . photography
208/365 (July 28, 2010) – Took the motorcycle for a nice ride this morning/afternoon. Didn’t put a ton of mileage on it, about 60km, but there weren’t many people on the roads I took so it was lovely. Rode out to Deep Cove via Dollarton Highway, then up Seymour Parkway and up into Mount Seymour Park to the ski hill.…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|27 July, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . food . photography
208/365 (July 27, 2010) – Strawberries with cream and a dash of brown sugar. I also love strawberries drizzled with a good (read 25 year aged) balsamic vinegar drizzled over them. Or, put out a dish of strawberries, a small dipping bowl of good balsamic, and a small dipping bowl of heavy cream. Dip the strawberry into the vinegar, then…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|26 July, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . food . photography
207/365 (July 26, 2010) – I love blueberry season…. what’s not to love? Wonderful little packages of flavour that go with everything from yogurt to salmon. Summer pleasures…sigh… And the best part is, after the photo shoot, you get to eat your subject!
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|26 July, 2010|Categories: Just Thinking|Tags: riding
So I’ve been a motorcycle owner for a week now (10 days if you want to split hairs) and I’ve been thinking a lot about riding. I’ve learned so many new things in the past three weeks between the riding course and riding my own bike (and granted, much of what follows comes from riding a scooter in Vancouver for…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|25 July, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . photography
206/365 (July 25, 2010) – No reason whatsoever for this image. We rode the bikes out to Surrey late this morning for an afternoon motorcycle maintenance course at PRS. Had a bite to eat to fuel ourselves for the ride back, stopped in at Starbucks on Cambie at 19th to meet a friend, and then I had to get home…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|24 July, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . photography . riding
205/354 (July 24, 2010) – Well, actually it’s a coffee shop, but since I already drank an iced Americano before leaving home, and had a few moments of frustration on the bike…and hadn’t eaten anything…I decided more caffeine wasn’t a great idea. So water it was. We tried to take the low road out of North Vancouver but managed to…
Read more »By: The Philosophical Fish|23 July, 2010|Categories: Photo a Day - 2010|Tags: 365 . food . garden . photography
204/365 (July 23, 2010) – Hands down my favourite herb, the peppery flavour of basil just pairs so damned well with fresh tomatoes and bocconcini. Pure heaven on a plate. I could forgo the meat and any veg on a plate if you passed me a bowl of tomatoes with basil and bocconcini. Which makes me realize, I haven’t bought…
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