Archive for Coffee Shops and Shopping

Net Cafe Refugees: ネットカフェ難民 or イバーホームレス

I just read an article in Wikipedia about Net Cafe Refugees or put another way, the Cyber Homeless.  These are terms used to describe those people who cannot afford to rent in Japan either because they are unemployed or underemployed and use 24 hour Read more [...]

Men's Fashions

It hard enough buying clothes when you have money. It is even harder when you don't so my tip for you this post Christmas shop if you can is: Take two of your favourite trousers (casual/work) with you, wear your best shoes and find 3 shirts to match Read more [...]

Gene Cafe, 2404 Main

gene cafe The original 70 year old hipster with his brown hoody, sandy white beard, jeans, gold-rimmed Ray-Ban pilot shades and cowboy boots arrived and went.  He was so cool  that even the word 'hipster' carries no meaning.When I arrived in Vancouver Read more [...]

Bean Around the World

What would I do without my mobile office Bean Around the World and Starbucks of course because of their fast internet access.  I'd give you a location for Starbucks, but you just have to do a 360 or walk a block or two downtown Vancouver and find Read more [...]
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