FUN.

last weekend i stayed in vancouver for the long weekend. i'd been craving some r & r, and had an even greater craving to spend some time in my city.

my apartment lease started on sunday the 1st, and i decided to have a little gathering of friends before my stuff gets delivered later in september. (i'm still in temp housing in yaletown for those of you who are concerned that i'm sleeping on a yoga mat on my floor. that only happened once, and it was a nap.) saturday morning scott and i drove over to north van to pick up a keg, because if you're throwing your first get together in canada, you better believe it's going to be as american as possible. as a compromise, i did agree to get canadian beer from a local brewery called red truck. i'll admit, canadians know their beer.

safety first!! #redtruckbeer

afterwards, mattie and i grabbed brunch, walked down granville street for some shopping and then spent the afternoon reading and napping by the pool. i've been running wild in vancouver since the moment i landed, and sometimes i wonder how my life will change when the adventure inevitably dies down. even if that happens, i've realized there so much to keep me busy in this city that i think it'll always feel like adventure. i can't wait to move in to my new neighborhood and have so many new restaurants, studios, bars and coffee shops to hang out at. that and the ability to get up to cypress mountain in 40 minutes to ski before work, i think i should be pretty set. (so, yes, vancouver friends...i will buy that cypress season pass.)

saturday night mattie introduced me to her favorite sushi place from last summer, a little hole in the wall sushi place that i'm now totally obsessed with, and then i turned in early to prepare for all the festivities on sunday. i picked up my keys sunday afternoon, then laid by the pool before going to the apartment to prep. the boys came by and built me a beer pong table out of a side table and a wooden plank they found in an alley. thank goodness for candian boys.

saturday night sushi. @annieclaggs @audbeens - get ready

these guys. #love them #BYOTable

we won't get in to details about the evening, but i can proudly say that my canadian friends have a newfound respect for americans.

we had monday off for labor day, which i spent recovering, relaxing and hiding the evidence of the night before.

it was a quick quick work week, including a day long merchant/planning/allocation off-site day with a team obstacle course/relay race and a taco truck lunch delivery; hot yoga and an awesome awesome spin class, beers in yaletown with mattie after work on thursday, and a game time decision to drive to whistler for the weekend to cheer on the gran fondo.

get ready for some rad whistler updates this week!

xo,
caroline