Posts by BobHopesColostomyBag

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BobHopesColostomyBag said:

Most mid range places in Vancouver are chain restaurants that serve Sysco food. Like Milestones or the Cactus Club

There's about three places I go to;

http://lecrocodilerestaurant.com/

The best in Vancouver... I go maybe once every month and a half. The staff know me my name.

Probably the best mid price place with a real chef is Le Fleuri at the Sutton on Burrard. There's a big movie studio that rents three floors at all times so you'll see everybody who's anybody visiting Vancouver there particularly at breakfast. Sunday morning breakfast is the best time. Buy a bottle at their wine shop out front and get a wine club card. Then use that at Le Fleuri and you'll get your partner's meal free. It makes me laugh to think people are paying the same for breakfast at Denny's that I'm getting at Le Fleuri..
http://www.vancouver.suttonplace.com/Restaurant_Bar.htm

For Japanese food I like the Kamei Royale.

http://www.kameiroyale.com/contact-kamei-royale.html

Hmmm.. those places seem a bit too upscale for me.

I would feel weird eating at those places by myself, especially if I'm walking in with t-shirt and jeans.

My entire wardrobe consists of Abercrombie & Fitch cargo shorts, Hanes beefy T shirts, Saloman approach shoes, and a Patagonia R Series pile jacket. My photograph on my NEXUS card makes me look exactly like Senator McCain.

I go wherever i want. i'm too old to give a shit what people think of me.

I would say that Crocodiles is pretty upscale.

Probably if you want a good meal I'd say go to Le Fleuri and get a wine club card. It's an awesome deal.

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Where are the best restaurants in Downtown Vancouver?

I'm not looking for expensive places.

I want a good variety of mid-priced restaurants. Similar to East Village, Manhattan.

And what kind of cuisine is Vancouver known for? Seafood?

Most mid range places in Vancouver are chain restaurants that serve Sysco food. Like Milestones or the Cactus Club

There's about three places I go to;

http://lecrocodilerestaurant.com/

The best in Vancouver... I go maybe once every month and a half. The staff know me by name.

Probably the best mid price place with a real chef is Le Fleuri at the Sutton on Burrard. There's a big movie studio that rents three floors at all times so you'll see everybody who's anybody visiting Vancouver there particularly at breakfast. Sunday morning breakfast is the best time. Buy a bottle at their wine shop out front and get a wine club card. Then use that at Le Fleuri and you'll get your partner's meal free. It makes me laugh to think people are paying the same for breakfast at Denny's that I'm getting at Le Fleuri..
http://www.vancouver.suttonplace.com/Restaurant_Bar.htm

For Japanese food I like the Kamei Royale.

http://www.kameiroyale.com/contact-kamei-royale.html

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BobHopesColostomyBag said:

http://www.vancouverreflections.com/featuring-the-shaw-tower-coal-harbour-vancouver/

I know a guy that lives in this building. I also ran into a judge that was selling his place for $400k in there. It's an awesome place..

That place must have some awesome views.

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How about this place?

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/apa/2982765277.html

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=161+West+Georgia+Street,+Vancouver,+BC,+Canada

Is that too close to the Downtown Eastside bums & druggies?

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I'm only considering the Coal Harbor magenta area.

The Denman magenta area is too far from the Skytrains, Gastown, Granville District, Yaletown, etc.

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BobHopesColostomyBag said:

The West End (not the West Side) tends to be infested with cockroaches. It's as densely populated as HK so that just happens when you mix in old buildings jammed in with the new. They'll come up your drains.

Coal Harbor...yeah that's nice. If you want to live near Stanley park then live West of Denman not east of it. But you'll pay a lot more there.

You should look at the south end of the Cambie Bridge..

Cost is no object.

I would live in the magenta areas if you want to live the way you say you want to live and be relatively happy peaceful and price is no object

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You are full of shit. Vancouver hardly gets any rain from May - August. Stop being an asshole. I am coming to Vancouver, and you can't stop me.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/CAXX0518

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Vancouver

I'm just trying to help you dude. If i was going to leave NY i'd go someplace like Santa Fe or something but if you want to come by all means do so. Vancouver is "no fun city".

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it's cold and rains there only 11 months out of a year, the rest is all warm and sunny

Bullshit.

Even though I've never been to Vancouver, I've researched the city extensively, and I know everything about the place.

I'm coming from NYC, which generally gets 4" of rain per month.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USNY0996

Vancouver only gets significantly more rain from Nov-Feb. Four months per year.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/CAXX0518

You can't bullshit me. You can't stop me from moving to Vancouver.

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What month?

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I don't recommend buying Under Armour stuff online, if you've never tried them on. The sizing & cut can be different than what you normally expect.

Best to go to an actual store, and try the various sizes, and see what size fits best, and whether you find it comfortable.

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Where did you buy the Under Armour?

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So what do they actually make? How much French stuff is in your house? Software? TV or music programming?

French companies rank as leading firms in each and every major strategical economic sector[15]:

AXA is one of the world's largest insurance companies; Air France is the world's largest airline company in incomes; L'Oreal is the world's largest cosmetic company; LVMH and PPR are the world's largest and second-largest luxury product companies respectively; GDF-Suez is the world's largest energy company; EDF is the world's largest utility company; Areva is a large nuclear-energy company; Veolia Environnement is the world's largest environmental services and water management company; VINCI, Bouygues and Eiffage are respectively world's 1st, 2nd and 4th building and public work companies; Michelin is the world's pneumatic leader; Lafarge is the world's largest cement company; JCDecaux is the world's largest outdoor advertising corporation; BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and Societe Generale are respectively the world's 1st, 6th and 8th biggest banks in assets in 2010;[16] Carrefour is the world's second largest retail group in terms of revenue; EADS is the world's second largest aerospacial company; Total is the world's fourth largest private oil company; Danone is the world's fifth largest food company and the world's largest supplier of mineral water; Sanofi Aventis is the world's fifth largest pharmaceutical company; Publicis is the world's third largest advertising company; PSA is the world's 6th and Europe's 2nd largest automaker; Renault-Nissan is the world's leading electric car developer among major automakers; Accor is the leading European hotel group; Alstom is one of the world's leading conglomerates in power generation and transport; Pernod Ricard is one of the world's biggest producer of distilled beverages (owning the former Seagram distilleries).

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BobHopesColostomyBag said:

Under armor tends to be worn by douchebags.

Jes sayin

UnderArmour is worn by athletes.

You are a bitter old man in Vancouver.

Don't get me wrong...it's the best...all the NFL players wear it...but it's kind of like wearing a board shirt when you're not surfing.

Only douchebags wear it casually..

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The funny mortgage products caused it. Nobody was talking about it at the time (2005-2008). Nobody.

What a bunch of uneducated motherfuckers- the borrowers, the builders, the politicians, the media, and the Frontline hacks who can't use Google.

When did Ben's Housing Bubble Blog and Mish start talking about this? When did I realize the connection between irrational investors, tent cities, and Hondas while ranting to Auric Goldmember? It might have been (publicly) as late as 2004.........

BIPFT said:

And the color on right is actually printed through? Not painted on the surface?