As a kid I’d always loved making trips to the mainland to see family, with uncles, aunts and cousins over there we seemed to head over at least a few times a year. Always a treat, and getting to the ferry terminal at Swartz Bay is still exciting as I know there’s no turning back. As a young adult I’d often make day trips to the mainland just to explore, sometimes Science World or Granville Island, sometimes downtown, sometimes utterly lost. Most of the time we didn’t care, as long as we made that last ferry home. I almost followed a girl to Vancouver once – it’s for the best that it never happened, as things seem to have had a way of turning out okay…
The industry on the Fraser is really fascinating to me and something I find really beautiful about Vancouver. Victoria is a harbour city too, so we have some light and heavy industry on our waterways and it’s something that’s really important to keeping our local economy healthy. Most of these jobs are well paying, and I worry sometimes about the residential development that is happening around our waterways.
Obviously, the restaurant scene in Vancouver is pretty big and the industry as a whole is something I like learning about. The last few years I’ve been putting myself out there a little more, food festivals, blogs and the like, meeting new people and building some networks in the industry. I love to talk shop, and pretty much every where you go you’re bound to run into a cook.
This week I went over with some of the people from work for the GFS fall food show, which is always great. Not just for the displays or samples (!) but to meet with other people like me who do what I do, to reacquaint with old friends and colleagues and make some new ones. We had coffee at Thomas Haas and took in a killer burger and poutine at refuel. Our server probably noticed the bags under my eyes and suggested a ginger ale with cherry bitters. It hit the spot and I enjoyed spending time with my co-worker and chatting with the boys in the kitchen before heading back home.
Grape Escape
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