All Bow to the BBQ God
You couldn't BBQ in a West End apartment with no private balcony. (and you often
can't
Commuting
Getting to work suddenly took longer.
Drawbacks
One quickly learned that hot water in a house was not unlimited.
New Neighbours
Besides meeting your new human neighbours, if you had pets they had to meet
their counterparts. This was back in
Settling In
Newton's Law of Cardboard Boxes: No matter how many times you write what's in
the box,
Moving Day
Anyone who has ever moved a household – and haven't we all? – knows the agony of
loading and hauling.
Moving to the Suburbs
I left the West End and moved to Marpole in 1983. I hadn't lived in a house for
Ballet Student
Circa 1980. This was a woman I worked with at the Vancouver School Board who
studied ballet and wanted some
Sideways Stephen
I spent several weeks during the summer of 2009 scanning old negatives that had
never been printed. This is one