"There was something touchingly homespun about her that made you think of violet soap and a summer flag stop in a birch forest. There was no France outside the door, of course. Those mincing movements...Sunny nonsense." -The Seaport Vladamir Nabokov

It rained today in Vancouver- which made for a romantic day involving Nabokov.

I also went out this morning with Jackie to go to the bookstore-  but after getting there I realized that I didn't have anything I needed to buy so I waited outside. And then we went and got breakfast...at Vera's Burger place (the funny picture I took yesterday) and i got a Lamb burger and the sign is true- you CAN'T BEAT Vera's meat. It was FANTASTIC! What a great breakfast.

After that I came back to my apartment and hung out a bit. It was raining in Vancouver today so I rocked out on the internet (was sad Mr. Heller didn't make an appearance online) and some phone calls and then went to the gym with my roomie Jackie.  Afterwards I came home and curled up with Nabokov, and then at about 6.30 headed out to dinner with Jackie and one of our floormates Bertrand.

Bert (as I will call him) lives down the hall in a studio and had a BEAUTIFUL flat screen T.V.  We went out to Maloney & Sons pub which is at the entrance to campus and I got what could best be described as a "whiskey sampler" where I sampled five of the seven whiskeys they had and ordered chicken fingers with this FANTASTIC honey mustard sauce. A bit buzzed we wandered down to the corner market and purchased chocolate I got a 3 Musketeers which was delicious but will count for 26 minutes on the elliptical tomorrow. Then we went to Berts and watched Batman Begins (I had never seen it before. Liam Neeson is HOT).

So all in all a pretty mellow day. I failed to report yesterday that here in Canadia I am ALSO being eaten by bugs. I took a photo of a particularly severe one on my neck...but I have them all down my back and legs. I guess I'm just really tasty.

 Oh! And here are pics of my room...yup it's a mess already and it will probably stay that way. To the left of me is my closet. Feel free to send me posters/art/postcards to help fill up the walls of here and the main room!

Sarah Steer
2205 Lower Mall #1360
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4

don't worry Moms in my life- with that address no one can find me- just my commonsblock and e-mail box.