Pear tree- will write up in the near future.

Villa del lupo- wonderful Italian restaurant http://www.villadellupo.com/menu.html … located right near BObj as fate would have it. The restaurant is actually a very charming, nicely renovated 2 storey house that’s situated a couple of doors away from the firehall on Smithe. Very easy to miss as it looks like a regular house, except for the menu posted out front.

Service is excellent (e called the waiter “pretty”), terrific wine list, and wonderful food. We had the summer sampler menu- 4 courses that contained 2 entrees for $60. Food is excellent. Everything was done perfectly, and one of the best Italian in town. Overall, we would rank it right up there, maybe a shade or two below Bishops. We’ll be back for the Osso Bucco. 🙂

Cru- http://www.cru.ca/ Located next to Memphis blues, it’s a very small chic restaurant with a floor to ceiling cool ambient blue entranceway. The tables are rectangular with modern looking loveseats on either side, sort of like a booth. Our waitress was familiar, in fact she was one of E’s highschool classmates… who we saw working at Bridges and Banana Cafe in South Surrey. (No, we’re not stalking her). She has a cool name like Tesula. If I’m on a plane and the wings have ripped off, and a calming voice was needed to settle the passengers… her voice would be it. E later told me that it was her ‘restaurant’ voice and she didn’t talk like that in real life. :-

The food was very good. You can either have the 3 course set menu for $36, or do the tapas. If it’s a hot day, try the cool beet/cucumber soup. It’s the soup of the day, so it may not always be available. Entree- Halibut was quite good. Beef strip loin was very tasty, but a bit chewy. Had to watch that you cut across the grain. Recommend the oysters (japanese sushi vinegar), the Foie Gros was very yummy and the Creme brulee also very good. I tried the Sumac Gerwertz and found it to be different from other Gewertz’ I’ve had. Very strong and dry. Basically had to have it with food. All in all, a very good call by Uncle Henry!

Here’s our first mighty blog entry. When blogs started to become popular a few years back, I never really got into it. Not sure I saw the purpose of an online diary, but now I see it as a Wiki page for friends and family. Since I use Wiki quite heavily at work, it’s kind of a natural tool for me to use, but just wierd that we’re writing about our personal lives. I also guess we’re using Windows Spaces cuz it’s free…

So we’re officially a week away from baby. I guess Evonne’s nesting instinct is starting cuz we’ve turned everything in our townhouse upside down. The big thing was moving the office from upstairs to the breakfast nook in our kitchen. While moving the desk down the stairs… I pulled something in my back, and the first thought was “wow, I’ve never pulled that muscle before… owww!” Second thought was “supporting e during labour is really going to hurt with this bad back” No target or driving range for me 🙁

Anyways it’s all moved downstairs and hooked up again. If you ever get the chance to pull your computer apart- USB cables, microphones, scanner, printer, power cables, speakers, KB/Mouse, etc… it’s staggering the amount of hardware it takes just to surf the web, download and listen to music, and email. I had a lot of fun zap strapping cables together so it’s not a rats nest. I guess the same goes for the home theatre system.

Ok, so e is doing well. She has a non-stress test later this week. We’re not sure why this is scheduled, but it’s a measurement of the baby’s response to stimulus. So baby is on a heartbeat monitor… and a noise to wake baby is introduced. Heartbeat should then go up… or something to that effect.

Today we’re going to clear everything off the upstairs floor, vacuum the carpet, and shampoo the 4 years of cat puke, drink spills, hairballs, and other yummy items. Hopefully with the hot weather everything will dry quickly. Thanks to Uncle Albert for lending the cleaner to us.

Other items of note- I have a flickr site- http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_river_otter/ that we’ll be posting items to.