Vancouver
Bound
A new
country, a new adventure
I moved to Vancouver, BC -- at least for a while (April - August 2004),
and started school full time - Culinary Arts. Below is a "blog" of
the adventure; or check out the Baking
and Pastry version.
Title/Link |
Topic |
Date |
| You can get there from here -- how we came to Vancouver, and the decision to go to school here. Its complicated... but life's like that sometimes . | ~12/2003 |
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| Middle aged kid from sleepy New England town goes back to school, falls in love | 4/10/04 |
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| The stress of moving to a new country... even on a temporary basis | 4/11/04 |
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| Showing up at a school I've committed thousands of dollars to -- and they haven't finished it yet. | 4/12/04 |
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| We start out with a lot on our... plates | 4/13/04 |
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| The start of indoctrination into "Fine Dining" -- you have to cut nice. | 4/14/04 |
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| More fundamentals | 4/15/04 |
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| We finish the first week, and head for a bar to decompress | 4/16/04 |
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| A new week, a new partner; tempers flair | 4/20/04 |
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| A break from making big vegetables into smaller and smaller ones; FoodSafe weekend classes | 4/25/04 |
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| Two students come to blows... almost. And in this corner... | 4/29/04 |
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| Introducing class dynamo, Fred | 5/5/04 |
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| Four weeks done, eleven to go | 5/10/04 |
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| The "heat" in the kitchen reaches a peak | 5/17/04 |
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| We finally get a day off (Victoria Day), my wife Kathy comes up for a week | 5/24/04 |
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| When we start getting better at the work, the pace seems to slow | ~6/5/04 |
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| Just short of a full week preparing, taking and reviewing an exam | 6/10/04 |
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| Escape from the classroom for a day of pasta-making at one of our student's farm / Bed & Breakfast | 6/15/04 |
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| The caretaker of the church next door to school is first seen with a chainsaw, then brandishing a suspicious doughnut in a threatening manner. | ~6/5/04 |
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| "Sometimes you just think too much". That's a revelation. | 6/17/04 |
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| Since the mid-term, time seem to have slowed... and we're nearing the end. | 6/18/04 |
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| A fabulous way to start a new week | 6/21/04 |
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| Taking in Vancouver by bicycle | ~6/24/04 |
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| Neurotics, junkies, giggly high school students, cyclists, skateboarders, and 20somethings with multiple piercings... what's not to love? | ||
| A summary of the topics we've covered along the way | throughout |
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| Scott's current partner's got a reputation -- and it isn't the best. At least, it wasn't. "Will" this be the class' big success story? | 6/28/04 |
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| This needs a sexier name; but it was an interesting effort. Check it out. | 7/6/04 |
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| This won't hurt... did it? Took forever but over before we knew it | 7/15/04 |
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| The final cooking event is done. Time to pack up the knives, ponder the future, reflect on the past. | 7/16/04 |
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| Aging hippies with musk (smells like pot... or maybe it was pot ) cologne, chat with their brokers on their cell phones, as Woodstock Sexagenarian "Wavy Gravy" tries to be funny. Infants. Invalids, Ancients, Lesbians, Thespians. A blast. | 7/17/04 |
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| It's not the hangover -- hangover's not too bad. Its the sense of loss, that 13 people I interacted so closely with -- well, I'll probably never see them again. | 7/23/04 |
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Fireworks II |
The real thing this time. The annual "Celebration of Light" festival started last night. Have a look. | 7/28/04 |