Month: November 2012

Walk to Alberta Street

I need new shoes.  Actually, I seem to be in need of a lot of new clothing all of a sudden, I’m not sure what happened.  At any rate, I took a walk to Alberta Street and Pie Footwear.  Here’s what I saw along the way.

Longtime readers with stellar memories may recall my love for the house that once stood on this lot.  People who need to refresh their memories can click here.  Indeed, the house is gone and holes are being dug for bigger houses and more of them.  If only progress went in the way I wanted it to, namely more houses, but more tiny houses.  And with permaculture landscapes.
 

Autumn carpet.
 
What should I hear from the basement of the house next to the van with the bumper sticker “Drum Machines Have No Soul”?  Someone playing the drums.  Appropriately.
 

Three sentence movie reviews: Looper

First off, let me reassure you that in 2044, women are still wearing high heels.*  This movie constantly surprised me, went to a few dark places I had no idea were coming and was a thoughtful, well-acted,** action-packed piece that I really loved.  That said, given what I know of the people around me who are parents, especially of young children, you might want to do a little research and see if you really want to see this movie before you go.

Cost:  free due to movie passes
Where watched:  Regal City Center 12, Vancouver.  And let me tell you, that theater was the opposite of  a hip, happening place on a Friday night.  I’m a bit worried for its future.
poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2012/looper.html
*I would like to think we will evolve past them at some point, but not any time soon, according to this movie.
**Joseph Gordon-Levitt!  Bruce Willis!  And, totally unexpectedly, Emily Blunt!