I live on an island. There’s no getting around that, especially when I need to visit my parents, friends, work on the mainland. It’s a big chunk of my day when I travel so the experience better be a good one. Did I mention I also don’t have a car? Generally my routine involves Pacific Coach Line…
ALDO vs. The Bay: Who’s Putting Their Best Foot Forward?
Every once in a while a man needs shoes. It’s not often. It’s not rare. But it does happen. And I mean nice shoes, not those $30 or less type. We can accept that as males that there are occasions to look a little prettier…and that’s the situation I found myself in. I hadn’t gone to ALDO…
Shaw Cable: Efficient, not Perky
Sometimes in your life, you have to streamline. Seems to be my mantra these days. Do I need it or want it? The debt has added up over the years…school, travelling, questionable life decisions. One of things I didn’t think I could do without was my cable TV. I grew up on TV and still pay attention…
Best Buy and Sauce Restaurant and Lounge: Shhhh LISTEN!
“Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth,” Chris Tucker, Rush Hour. You’d think this would be common practice in customer service…you know, listening…but as with most things it’s not so common. I recently experience two scenarios that would not nearly have been as painful if the service staff at both Best Buy and Sauce…
Ali Baba Pizza: Slice of Service
There’s nothing like wandering the streets of your city (in a good way) and slipping in to a pizza place for a slice. I don’t know why but it tastes different than if you order in or go for dinner. Maybe because it tends to cost less…though today I’m not talking about a “2am 98…nope, 97-cent dried-out…
Over the Game or Over the Newspaper?
Sometimes you want to lounge over a coffee and a newspaper, sometimes you want to hang out at a sports bar. Well fine, for the wanna be jocks and the pseudo intellectuals I thought I’d take in a couple of Victoria eateries: Union Pacific Coffee and Podium Sports Grill. THE ORDER: The Union Pacific is a place…