I went back to the office for work on Friday, to try to catch up with everything, which was really a good idea. One day of working hard, and then back to relaxing! Since I’ve been out exploring new ground all week, and I missed all my plant babies so much, I spent most of the weekend taking care of them. I did just have some stroopwafels purchased from Costco a while ago, and that reminded me of Johnny Can’t Surf:



I had been following their Instagram account for a while, and loved their laid back tone, as well as their dedication to coffee. Since I work in Richmond, and they mostly travel around Vancouver, it had been difficult to find a time to go visit. When H and I biked to MEC a few weeks ago and the truck was parked right outside the entrance on Broadway, I could not miss this chance to try out their coffee and waffle.



Stroopwafels are made with two thin waffles held together by a caramel syrup filling, and it is always (sickly) sweet. It balanced well with the latte that I had, and which I think might have been made with Phil and Sebastian beans. In conclusion, their Instagram shows them in Railtown now, and I think it will be another while before I can visit again. Unless… I can convince them to come to Richmond… It would be great to have more coffee options than Starbucks and Tim Hortons in the area.

Other than eating stroopwafels and drinking Nespresso today, here’s what I’ve been up to:

• watching Archer on Netflix
• looking up Bullet Journal ideas
• browsing the web for sweaters to wear on my outdoor patio (when I get it) this fall:

Sweater on the left from Everlane. 

Sweater on the right, image from Pinterest. 

Patio on the left from Livabl.

Patio on the right from Pinterest.

I am obsessed with loft and studio tour videos on YouTube. I was brought up with very traditional, cautious parents, who didn’t want me going to my friends’ homes or even leaving the house without them. My mom was watching one of these videos with me, and she was pretty shocked at how open people were with inviting the people of the Internet into their homes. I would do it. I can understand how some of these videos just rake in the views! They satisfy our curiosity about how other people live, and inspire us to live just a little better, dream a lot bigger (as big as an NYC studio?).

Here are a few I particularly enjoyed…

Who can afford an apartment like this nowadays, unless it's butt fuck nowhere? Evelina’s:


Poor NY student/artist:


Moving into a downtown loft:


I can’t wait to get my own place. There are a few presales I will be going to check out, and I promise to share my home hunting adventure. I probably won’t be able to afford them on my own, but one can dream. Oh, Vancouver real estate. It might turn into more of a nightmare than a dream.

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