For a few weeks now (maybe even months), I noticed that I had lost (to a certain degree) some confidence in myself. I was mentally tired, exhausted, even sometimes grumpy. I did keep a very busy social life but I started to think that I was depressed and spent a substantial amount of time re-examining what was going on in my life.
However, this week (and particularly the past couple of days), I have been feeling very much like myself again. I have listened to “Bye Bye Brasil” by Bossacucanova on my iPod non-stop, and I have had a chance to socialize a lot with my close friends like old times (e.g. not worried sick that I wouldn’t have enough time to finish my projects). I did American Thanksgiving with a group of friends, did dinner with another group of friends and have scheduled dinners with K and M (independently, as M’s birthday was last week and I owe her a celebration; and K really wants to try Ethiopian food). Furthermore, HZ and CS had me, BS and JH for dinner the other night (chicken fajitas), and we had an amazing time. Clearly, this couple (HZ and CS) are made for each other. They complement each other so well it’s amazing. My friends BS and JH also hit it off, and I am really very lucky that they may hang out too. I am very lucky, really, because I have the group of friends that I do.
I spent some quality time with J as well, and we had great conversations (as we usually do). But one thing I noticed when I was talking to him and it really stuck with me was that, even though my knee hurts, my serve is totally nowhere to be found, and I didn’t hit as hard as I usually do, I feel very happy with my volleyball. I feel happy with my work and at peace with myself. More than that, I feel myself again.
I know I can do things, I know I am talented and I know I am very gifted, not only in terms of my capabilities and my own work, but also in the social and family realms. I have friends who care for me and love me very much. I have a family, I have a great life and I am successful. I feel like I am myself again. I feel like I am the Raul I used to know.
It did take me a while to realize this to its full extent, and to feel like a star again. So, to my loved ones (friends and family), my loyal blog readers, my former students, everyone who has a place in my heart and in my life, I can summarize how I feel in just one sentence:
I won’t do a long review because honestly speaking, “Because I Said So” was the worst use of my time and 1 hour and 45 minutes of my life that I will never get back since I attended a public lecture by a renowned urban sociologist (which was as well another 1.75 hrs I’ll never get back). This movie sucks so bad it’s not even funny. I am sad that Gabriel Macht, Lauren Graham, Tom Everett Scott and Piper Perabo (actors that I had some degree of respect for) chose to do this movie. The only good thing is that I discovered that Mandy Moore sings, indeed. She has a powerful and strong voice. But the movie is terrible. See for yourselves if you want.
I lost my cell phone a few weeks back. A few days ago I was making a list of the reasons why I needed it. And I’ve come to realize that I need it because
I do have a social life.
Said social life is quite busy.
I need to be available to friends and family.
I sometimes need to phone people and there are no pay phones near by.
I need to be able to text-message my friends.
I need an alarm clock (I don’t own one because my cell used to be my watch).
I need a watch (I don’t own one because my cell used to be my watch)
Simply put, I can’t live without a cell phone in this age and day. Although I know a couple of friends who don’t own one, I luckily have quite the social life and can’t be incommunicado.
So, I am surveying phone plans and stuff. Suggestions gratefully accepted.
I don’t want a long-term plan, so either it is a plan that I can get out of quite easily and/or it is pay-as-you-go.
I do need unlimited incoming calls because people call me quite often.
I want to spend as little money as I can.
I don’t need data capabilities but I need voice-mail and text messaging. Caller ID would be nice.
I want the most basic phone (e.g. I don’t want a super sophisticated handset).
My good friend Nomade Moderne introduced me to Bossacucanova earlier this year, and to be quite frank, I was a bit shocked about how similar some of our musical tastes were. Mixing bossa nova with electronica and a bit of jazz here and there, Bossacucanova brings you amazing music. This is my very favorite song (although unfortunately I haven’t been able to find the YouTube clip for the version I have on my iPod (from the album Brasilidade). The first clip I found is the actual song but it’s not the Bossacucanova version. The second clip is a snippet of one of Bossacucanova’s concerts (Samba de minha terra).
I regret having recommended Las Margaritas to John and Rebecca. Honestly, it used to be much better. But the place has gone downhill. I went there with L, W, K and R for brunch a few weeks back, and the first thing I noticed is that their brunch menu is totally non-existent.
The prices have gone up, and for a simple mango salad, I wouldn’t pay $8 bucks (anywhere). The service was absolutely terrible. I was going to order the Huevos Rancheros (which in the standard format are over-easy). But I don’t like over-easy eggs, so I told the waitress that I’d like to see if they could do my eggs scrambled and without cheese. She bluntly and rudely said “we won’t change our menu for you”. I was totally stunned.
Then she basically dumped my glass of Coca-Cola on the table, and continued showing a really rude attitude. Of course, when I paid my part, I gave her a very minimal tip (I would have not left any tip but I was with my friends, who did tip, so I felt somewhat obligated).
With Las Margaritas, it won’t be “debut y despedida” but absolute farewell. I am NOT coming back here, and I will not recommend it ever again. At least not until the restaurant owners have fired this woman, revamped their brunch menu and instilled some sense of customer service on their staff.
UPDATE – I still think Las Margaritas is horrible, but somehow my Spoonback code hadn’t been inserted. So here it is. And I totally disagree with the >70% “like it”. As you can see from the comments below, this restaurant sucks.
Truth be told, I should’ve written this restaurant review earlier this week, but I’ve been so busy socializing that I have completely left it to the last minute. Since I am trying to check a few items off of my list (including restaurant reviews I had overdue, and stuff) I decided to write it now (before I head off to yet another dinner with friends).
While J and I were visiting Victoria, we basically had time to chat over breakfast and dinner, given his work schedule. So our last breakfast together was at The Sour Pickle Cafe. We found this little place while doing a walk around the Victoria core, and I figured it had breakfast so we headed over there.
We had a really great time. Their breakfast special is so inexpensive I almost fainted ($ 4.00 for full breakfast… hello? not even at Bon’s you get that!)… and the service was top-notch. This must be an owner-operated place, otherwise I can’t figure out how they manage to provide such good breakfast. I was also pleasantly surprised that it was so inexpensive (with my budgetary constraints, this was a welcome surprise!).
LF and I were talking about how some people disagree that a food critic is serious when he/she eats HP Sauce and ketchup (a complaint I heard from someone who criticized one of my restaurant reviews). Truth is, I believe that these sauces are important for brunch items. At any rate, I love brunch with friends and I know that some people may hate Denny’s, but truthfully it wasn’t bad. It was actually really good.
C, B and KW had asked me if I wanted to do brunch with them on Thanksgiving Day, so I agreed and when they picked me up, they suggested Denny’s. We had done brunch there before so I had no complaints. This time I tried the meatloaf and it was really good. My friend B got a bit of debris on her sandwich, but I think that was an accident. So, overall, I’d say Denny’s is good food for the value.
I couldn’t find UrbanSpoon’s site for Denny’s, so I can’t link there. But here is the link to the website. And the best part, as I’ve often emphasized, that I got to hang out with C, B and KW. I really appreciate their support throughout thick and thin. They’ve really stood up for me whenever I’ve needed. They’ve consoled me, fed me, encouraged me and made me laugh. I am very lucky with my group of friends.
There are a number of songs that make me want to dance and this is perhaps one of my top 10. Janet Jackson has been criticized for a number of reasons (particularly the Super Bowl debacle) but her music is always amazing. This is one of the best tunes she has, IMHO.
Having brunch with close friends is always awesome, particularly after having had a somewhat sad Friday. My great friend LF suggested that we try Mosaic at Burrard, which is the hotel restaurant for the Hyatt Regency Vancouver. I’d never been and neither had she, so we settled for brunch/lunch here.
Naturally, the prices are higher than at a normal restaurant, but bear in mind that this is a top-notch hotel and thus you pay a premium. That being said, this is definitely top notch breakfast. I ordered a frittata and LF requested a chicken sandwich (I couldn’t find the menu online, so I can’t really offer you that).
There were several things that made it outstanding. The waiter was looking after our very need (although coffee refills weren’t as fast as I expected them, but the service was phenomenal nonetheless). We started off with coffee and orange juice (freshly squeezed) and we received a complimentary smoothie, which was kind of funny considering that my mental association looks something like this:
(Smoothie)=(Only Possibly Tolerable Food Item after Horrible Hungover)
And since I had a smoothie last time I had been hungover before meeting LF, this brought good and bad memories (bad because of the hangover). Anyhow, on to the restaurant review. The frittata was great, although I was a bit taken aback by the salad on top of the frittata. However, the bread, the potatoes and the frittata itself were amazing. LF seemed to enjoy her sandwich. She praised the dressing, which luckily was served on the side.
Would I recommend Mosaic to potential customers? Absolutely. This is a great experience if you come with someone you really like or it is a business brunch. I know that they have brunch buffet but I doubt I could eat that much food in one sitting. One word of warning: it is fairly expensive, but definitely worth the money, particularly if it is (as it was the case) a pre-Christmas dinner.
Since I am leaving Vancouver way too early this year, we had to meet for brunch much earlier than we expected. Nevertheless, it was great fun, and luckily a great place to eat with a very good friends. LF and I have been excellent friends since over a decade, so it’s fun to really talk very openly and about everything with her. Good times indeed 🙂
There is a gazillion of reasons why I enjoy CSI (Crime Scene Investigation) in all its three locations (Miami, Las Vegas and New York). In a former life (well, when I was a child), I wanted to be a criminologist. Being the child of lawyers, I had grown up seeing my parents bring bad people to justice. And I wanted to be helpful for them in their enterprise, so I figured “why not criminalistics and/or criminology”.
My parents, awesome and liberal as they were, suggested that I should take courses in the police academy, learn from books and/or talk to forensic specialists to see if I’d really enjoy doing this for a living. Now, bear in mind that I did a lot of things when I was a child, just because I thought they were fun. I didn’t actually think they would be my career. As I had previously posted, sometimes I just learned a new thing in order to teach it or share it with my friends.
I figured that learning criminalistics (also known as forensic science) would be a fun activity. I even wrote manuals and handbooks (promise not to laugh if I tell you that I wrote manuals on how to decorate a room, how to be a detective, how to set up a library… I was a nerd!).
When I see the reality of crime and crime labs, the realization that I chose the right career (and not one in forensic science) was all much more clear. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t love the CSI shows. One of the great elements that makes C.S.I. a phenomenal show is that it intertwines personal elements within the forensics team (e.g. they have fights, they have romantic relationships, etc.)
I attended a celebration of life today for Dr. Richard Ericson, a well-renowned scholar of criminology. During the program, his wife, Diana Ericson, gave a beautiful speech where she talked (as she was finishing her eulogy of her late husband) about the need for academics and scholars to take care of themselves.
Academia, as many other professions, can really take a toll on individuals. Professors are expected to do research, teach, write, participate in academic life, train and mentor graduate students, write grants to fund their research, sometimes even manage the funds for those research projects, and volunteer their time in many ways, shapes and forms.
Burnout in academia takes many shapes and forms. Often times, doctoral candidates and tenure-track assistant professors take on so much work that their stress overpowers them. One strategy to cope with academic burnout, I would argue, is to cultivate friendships and relationships. Another one is to enjoy humour, like PhDComics.
It was thus very fitting to hear Diana emphasize that young scholars (and also seasoned professors) should be careful and have a balanced life. Often times academic fatigue leads promising researchers and teachers in a downward spiral. That’s true for many other professions, but I seriously believe that academia is greatly undervalued. Thus, I would like to pass Diana’s wise words (not her exact words though) on to you: take care of yourselves.
M’s birthday was on Monday, and I was so crazy busy trying to finish a major piece of work that I completely forgot. It wasn’t until Thursday that she reminded me and I feel SO guilty about having forgotten her birthday like you have no idea. Given M’s sense of loyalty and dedication to her friends, family and work, I feel twice as guilty. Admittedly, I was super stressed. But I should have made sure to send her a birthday email. Luckily I do have her birthday gift already and I’ll take her out for dinner to make up for my forgetfulness.
Had a wonderful American Thanksgiving dinner thanks to the hospitality of M and K. Good friends of mine C and H were also there, as well as three other friends of the hosts. Lots of laugh, good food, and great times. And yeah, I’m still a light-weight. Two and a half glasses of wine made my evening quite the experience, he he he.
One of my best friends, who is now living a split life between Madrid and Mexico City, called me this morning. It was so nice to hear his voice again. We met in Vancouver around a decade ago, and we have maintained a very strong bond despite the physical distance. This friend of mine (CB) is very successful and it was nice to catch up as though no time had passed.
My best friend from high school’s birthday (LEAD) was yesterday, November 22nd. I really did intent to call him but I’ve been running around so much it was pretty much impossible. Oh, well, I’ll have to make it up when I visit.
My great friends C and B managed to sneak a visit with KW, since she’s visiting them for American Thanksgiving. Since C and B will have a ton of friends over for these holidays, I know that it’ll be a complete madhouse at their place. But we managed to do lunch together (at Denny’s of all places, and it was quite good) and then we did coffee on Granville Island. Spending time with C and B and KW is always really fun, and I got to meet JN’s mom and brother too. Very nice people. I still can’t believe I’ve done so much socializing in the past day!
On a funny note, while walking around, KW noticed a really cute guy and when I turned left to see who she was talking about, guess who it was? One of the Ashmore twins! I am not sure if it was Aaron Ashmore or Shawn Ashmore (I would probably guess it was Aaron since the Screenwriters Guild of America is on strike, and perhaps Smallville is on hiatus — thus giving him some time to walk around Granville Island’s Market, but I’m not totally sure). He is strikingly handsome in person (I have met other actors in person and they are usually not as good looking in real life as they look on TV). And the funny thing is (oh beautiful laid-back Vancouver) that nobody really seemed to care that he was a TV star. Everyone let him do his thing (he was hanging out with friends of him, apparently). Ah, to live in the West Coast…
The next few days will be crazy so don’t expect content to be posted very frequently. But I’ll keep you on the loop, I promise.
Admittedly, I prefer sunny skies with freezing weather to cold rain and clouds. But would The-Powers-That-Be mind increasing the temperature, say, to 7 oC? Thank you. On completely inane news, my place is a complete mess. I managed to transform my clean and neat place into a total pigsty. Also, I’m definitely a poultrarian.
The best way to destroy a great song is to make a cover out of it. The original song by The Kinks is great, the Van Halen cover is ok, but OMG look at the Boyband remake and you’ll have to agree with me that it absolutely sucks.
During my recent trip to Victoria, I had to wake up at the ungodly hours of 5.30 am, 6.30am and one day, 6.00am. Thus, I am somewhat not surprised that I woke up today at 7.30 am (even though technically, I went to bed after midnight). And I didn’t even complain about the noise upstairs. It was a natural wake-up call.
I know for a fact that my brain requires between 5 and 7 solid hours of sleep or otherwise, I won’t be functioning. However, it was funny to discover that I had grown used to an early rise. As a matter of fact, yesterday I was so tired by 11.30am that I started wondering what was wrong with me. Well, nothing is wrong, but if you think about the fact that I had been already up for 5 hours, I shouldn’t be all that surprised.
Can people really switch sleeping patterns and habits that they have had for many, many years? I tried to do this switch in 2002, and then again in 2004. However, it really didn’t work very well. There were times when I was sleeping 3 to 4 hours, because I was teaching first thing in the morning (6 am) then came home, had breakfast and went to work. Furthermore, I needed to prepare my lectures in the evening, so often I would go to bed at 2 am.
J and I were talking about our former capacities to work all day and night to finish projects, and how through time, we seem to have lost that amazing capacity to work. But the truth is, I think that as people grow older, their physiques are unable to take as much pounding as we used to impart on them. Now we need more sleep, and more regular hours of sleep.
All in all I am not that upset about this apparent behavioral switch. I’ll see how long it lasts.
I had bad memories from Victoria, Vancouver Island in general and Sidney (also known as Sidney by the Sea) thanks to my ex (who hails from North Saanich). However, I had the chance to spend a few days on the island with my close friend J, so I decided to re-create my memories and build new (and happier) ones.
So we started off our visit with Sidney. We arrived late during the day so we had to basically do a walk around and then eat lunch. The place where we had lunch (Cafe Med) is very cute and the service was really nice. Brunch wasn’t really expensive at all. I personally love everything about Sidney. Even though it appears as though it’s almost a retirement community (lots of seniors), the shoreline has changed and there are new buildings right across from the Cannery.
I was reading that Sidney used to be a farming community, but I can’t really see how. Renowned for whale-watching and its mineral museum, Sidney is the quintessential small town in Canada. You can walk it in less than an hour. I could work there given that within the first two minutes of walking around, I found an environmental services firm. I also found a nice mix of residential and commercial land uses. And being there just brought good memories to me, as well as allowed me to re-create new beautiful ones.
We walked around the Fisherman’s Wharf, and had a nice stroll on the Sidney dock. We didn’t get to have dinner at Bistro Suisse, which would’ve been really nice, but I guess that’ll have to wait until next time we visit. The advantage is that it’s very near to the Victoria Airport.
And for all of us, urban planners/environmental folks, this is so cool! It’s a complete socio-economic and demographic analysis of Sidney. I will save the PDF file for my future reference should I decide to move there.
So I have some idea of how people get to my blog. Quick summary:
a). Google, and generally for my restaurant reviews. b). Urban Spoon, and generally for my restaurant reviews too. c). Some Googling of environmental issues. d). Local (Vancouver and surrounding areas) bloggers (the usual suspects). e). Bloggers in other parts of the world who know me. f). Friends of mine in different countries (US, Mexico, Netherlands, etc.) g). Colleagues and friends with whom I’ve shared my blog address. h). People who like tennis matches such as the one Monica Seles vs. Steffi Graf (final of the Australian Open 1992, a phenomenal match).
And I want my numbers up. Not that I’m just wanting you to come visit my blog just ’cause. I just appreciate the love 🙂 [and clearly, I’m so brain-dead after my recent effort to publish something that I’m not writing anything substantial – sorry for wasting three minutes of your life :-(]
Since Sodas Diner has transformed itself into The Dunbar, J and I have lost our 50s diner where we have always headed to get burgers and fries. The food at The Dunbar is still good, but the decor is not 50’s anymore. Thus, I wasn’t that surprised that J looked for a 50s diner while we visited Victoria.
And he found one… Rosie’s Diner. Located in the beautiful Cook Street Village, Rosie’s Diner is simply outstanding. The food is very Canadian, I would say. I had a turkey dinner (turkey meat with mashed potatoes, gravy and cranberry sauce) and J had a Montecristo sandwich. Really inexpensive, and their home-made strawberry cheesecake was to-die-for.
I doubt that we’ll be coming to Victoria *just* for the experience of having dinner at a 50’s style diner, but I would definitely bring friends or loved ones to Rosie’s Diner just because it’s a great experience. You can see a photo here.
So I have spent the last three days in Victoria, one of the prettiest cities I’ve been to. The weather has been rather cold (zero degrees right now) but it’s been sunny. At night, the scenic view of the inner harbour is amazing. The Parliament buildings are well lit at night (with energy-saving light bulbs) and the skies have been so clear it’s been a great experience. Plus hanging out with a close friend is always nice.
I had a chance to walk around the city, particularly near Market Square and the Village. Actually the Village looks like it’s been frozen in time. We had dinner at a cute little 50s diner called Rosie’s Diner (on Cook), and then had a coffee at the Moka Cafe near by. If I could, I’d probably move to this area of town. It does have everything you could possibly need.
I also noticed that the prices for dinner, breakfast and lunch are much cheaper than in Vancouver. This leads me to believe that I would probably be much happier here as it would be cheaper to dine out (which I do quite often). However, I probably would exhaust the places for dinner/brunch quite soon 🙂 considering how often I go out!
Located at the corner of 16th Avenue and Oak, Esquires is a cute coffee shop that also has wireless internet. I have had some good coffees here, particularly with close friends. There’s also a nice pastry/coffee/deli shop right across the street (Max’s), but I definitely enjoy Esquires as I can work on my laptop there.
And no, I am not kidding you. I realized this while doing my dishes this evening. I love teaching people new things. The more I think about it, I realize that I kept learning and doing interesting stuff to teach and/or share with my friends or loved ones. This may sound ridiculous, but it’s true. I recall very clearly my conversations with one of my former best friends (we aren’t friends anymore, but that’s another story) and I always wanted to share the new things I had learned.
I’ve done modeling (catwalk and catalogue), bar-tending, competitive volleyball, acting in theatre, contemporary dancing, volunteer with literacy groups teaching how to write and read (in Spanish), and a bunch of other stuff. And the primary driver was to be able to share exciting stuff with people. And teaching is only one of my passions, but clearly it is one I have had since childhood.
And no, the post title does not refer to the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In this case, this would be my post # 451. I was going to make a big fuss about my 300th post, and then I wrote a series of posts and before I realized it, I was posting # 303. Then I thought “I’ll wait until I’m in the 400s” and same thing happened. So I decided to just mark this one as an important post (I passed the 450 mark with the previous one already).
Several noteworthy points that would warrant fuller discussions but that I don’t have the time to delve into.
Best recipe of the past couple of weeks: Ma Po Chicken (the actual recipe is for Ma Po Tofu, but I ended up changing tofu cubes for chicken breast cubes). This is tonight’s dinner. I made rice (strangely, basmati rice) to go with the Ma Po Chicken. Thanks to B for the recipe and the ma po sauce!
Question of the week: Why didn’t anybody think of calling an interpreter to help Robert Dziekanski? He was Polish, why would people assume that he spoke Russian (but of course, you would have to have some degree of cultural training and language skills). Getting an interpreter would have been my first reaction. I had talked to my good friend Sara, who is a professional interpreter (English-Spanish), and she mentioned she asked herself the same question.
Strike of the week: We just emerged from a civic worker strike recently and now the Screen Guild Writers of America are on strike. If you watch Vancouver-shot shows, such like Bionic Woman, Smallville, Supernatural… you may be in for lots of re-runs.
There are important issues that should be discussed at length, but I don’t have the time at the moment, as I have an important deadline for Monday. But I hope you’re having a good weekend!
There are few things in life nicer than having brunch with a close friend at Arms Reach Bistro in Deep Cove (North Vancouver). For me, Deep Cove is the epitome of calm, beautiful, peaceful. It’s a small community within the North Shore that has very pretty panoramic views of mountains, Burrard Inlet and Indian Arm.
There are many things that you can do in Deep Cove, but two of the activities I have enjoyed the most and that bring me some of the most beautiful memories are, respectively, having brunch near the water and walking around Deep Cove and the community of Panorama.
We arrived to Arms Reach Bistro thinking that we wouldn’t be able to do brunch. However, they d have brunch and the food is amazing. They also have one of the best martinis in town. The staff were extremely friendly, particularly a beautiful young waitress who was born and raised in Deep Cove. She gave us the full 411 on the community… “Deep Cove in a nutshell”.
Arms Reach Bistro is the type of place you would take someone you care very much for, or an out-of-town visitor, for brunch/lunch or dinner and then a nice walk around the shores. I absolutely love Deep Cove, had a wonderful time at Arms Reach Bistro and would gladly come back any time. It is even accessible via transit. The map is located here.
This is a multi-event post, so please read carefully.
Community Meetings to Discuss Regional Growth Challenges (Organizer: Metro Vancouver) (Vancouver and Electoral Area A) When: Nov 19th, 7-9pm, Where: Vancouver Public Library
In November and December 2007, we will be hosting meetings to talk about regional growth challenges. How can growth be accommodated on a limited land base? How will we provide the housing that will be needed for a growing and aging population? How will we keep Metro Vancouver prosperous and competitive in the global economy? How will people and goods get around in the region? How can we develop in ways that reduce our greenhouse gas emissions?
A Discussion Guide is being prepared to provide a starting point for the consultation process. The guide contains an overview of the issues and outlines the goals, strategies and a number of implementation options.[Metro Vancouver website:] http://www.gvrd.bc.ca/growth/strategy-review.htm“
Green Drinks: When: Wednesday November 21st, 5:45pm onwards Where: Steamworks in Gastown (Skytrain: Waterfront Station)
A monthly gathering of anyone interested in ‘green’. Green Drinkers are from all ages, backgrounds and groups – non-profit organizations, academia, government, small business, big business, self-employed, volunteers, students, concerned citizens…and everything in between.
Average attendance is 60, with new people stopping in every time.
Interested in meeting a group of friendly people having lively conversations about all things green? Then join us for drinks!
There’s no agenda or other formality – it’s just a chance to meet regularly to chat, debate, socialize and connect with others in Vancouver who are passionate about environmental and sustainability issues. Whether you’re keen on green building & design, sustainable energy, organic gardening, or something else entirely, you’ll find like-minded people. Please feel free to bring your business cards, brochures, info sheets, magazines and newsletters to put on a table for people to take away with them. Do make sure to take whatever you left on the table with you when you leave. [Green Drinks Vancouver]: http://www.biothinking.com/greendrinks/index.php?country=Canada&city=Vancouver]
I was first introduced to Cocteau Twins through my ex. While we are no longer dating, I took a liking to the wonderful voice of Elizabeth Fraser and the Cocteau Twins. This is one of the songs I like the most. As you may know, sometimes her words become gibberish. But that’s irrelevant. Their music is great. Although I wouldn’t recommend their music to people who are feeling blue.
