Yaletown Dad

Losing my cool….

yaletowndad — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:34:34 +0000

I haven’t lost my cool yet, I’ve just been a dad.

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But I’ll still be posting here, I promise……

Now playing in daddy’s iTunes: Paradise – Coldplay

Paradise – Coldplay

yaletowndad — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:34:26 +0000

Please don’t confuse me with a real Engineer…

yaletowndad — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:26:55 +0000

I heard a joke once that went something like this:

“What does an Engineer use for birth control?”

“His personality.”

Why is this relevant? Well because I passed my Inter-Provincial exam for my 4th Class Power Engineers ticket a couple days ago. This ain’t the kind of Engineering certificate that comes with one of those fancy pinky rings, well unless I’m willing to devote another 6 yrs of my life to it. Some of which would include Employer changes, geographical changes and tonnes of personal sacrifice. I’ll go for the next class up and see how it goes, but as far as I am concerned now the 3rd will be as far as I go.

Just please don’t confuse me with a real engineer.

Still, it keeps me employed where I am happy and provides a great lifestyle for my family and I. it’s nice to be grounded.

Meanwhile the snow has been falling here and it’s time to go skiing. Mt Seymour is open and I can’t wait to get up there with the family. I have 8 days off coming up soon and plan to spend a lot of it hitting the slopes.

Been out with the camera lately and have to say I am starting to get a bit better at this gig, especially with my lovely wifes post editing skills in Aperture:

Well off to work for another OT night. Looking forward to the weekend off.

Now playing in Daddy’s iTunes: Barbra Streisand – Duck Sauce

Jew Berries….

yaletowndad — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 04:57:01 +0000

Jew Berries, Chocwit Baboos (You gotta shake it), tatoes, o-gurt, trees and ginger. To Sage these references make perfect sense, but if you actually needed to get them for her and did not know Sage-inese you would be fairly hard pressed to satisfy here. For the laymen the translations are blue berries, chocolate bottles, tomatoes, yogurt, broccoli or cauliflower and beer. Of course it was dad who spoiled her with chocolate baby bottles, but when you don’t have the built in hardware (Hannas) to feed her you go with what works. I guess I had to post a few of her words here so I don’t forget them.

And speaking of the things unforgettable – potty training has been fun. “I did it , I did it, I gets the chocwits!”

Movember…..

yaletowndad — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:04:25 +0000

I haven’t been an actual registered participant until this year, but I have coincidentally grown a moustache around this time of year for the last 2 or 3 years. Well this year I went for it and decided to go for a full Paul Sr. Orange County Choppers handle bar stache. I also officially registered at www.ca.movember.com , you can see the team I joined here:

Movember Team Farzads Barbershop

Please donate if you can, it’s going to a great cause, fighting Prostate Cancer, something more and more men are facing and one close to home as my father in law tragically suffered from it.

I guess I’ll do OK growing one as well as I am blessed (or cursed) depending on your view with rich, black and coarse facial hair. I guess it’s genetics as my dad has been a moustache man as long as I can remember. Even when I remember him shaving it off, usually around my parents anniversary, he would have it grown back within a week.
Here’s my dad, he doesn’t like posing for pics usually:

Dad

And here’s my last years stasche:

Tragically my masterpiece was cut short and just when it was coming in to it’s prime by a hockey puck on an errant clearing pass out of my own teams zone during a hockey game, it honestly felt like getting hit in the face with a baseball bat. I couldn’t shave around it so it all came off:

Any ways it’s shaping up to be a good month, my work load appears to be light, if all goes well I will have my 4th Class Power Engineers Certificate on the 24th and hopefully a mountain full of snow to go skiing on.

Here’s a pic of the Rican with one of her best friends Royal Carriveau (Chief Corey’s daughter Her Royal Higness) to end on a better looking note:

Sage and Royal

Now playing in Daddy’s iTunes: My Feelings For You – Avicii and Sebastien Drums

The New Domestic

yaletowndad — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 04:05:17 +0000

Just adding another Daddyblogger link:

The New Domestic

Another local dad doing the blog thing, I read it, you should too.

Pugliot…

yaletowndad — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:54:13 +0000

He’s like a Pugliot and a Shonkliot (Sage’s nicknames for him). Otherwise know as Hank. And one of Sage’s best friends. He’s a part of the family, a very hairy part of the family. He loves camping, here’s a shot of him in the trailer:

Shonkliot

Wow it’s been a busy year, especially with work. I’m actually on vacation as I post this but you would never know. I was called in to work last night in an “emergency”. Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person who answers the phone when work shows up in the call display. Oh well, atleast it helps us build our little family home. There’s nothing like doing your regular job for double the pay.

Dads Hardhat

Don’t get me wrong I enjoy what I do, and not many people can say that for their respective careers.

Still missing my family though, but making plans for some serious family time this winter. Lot’s of Skiing and snowboarding, even Sage has her Season Pass this year for Mt. Seymour. It’s going to be great year for snow with La Nina and all. I hope it snows 10 feet downtown. Sage has the cutest winter gear this year, can’t wait to use it (hard to get a good pic though as she was not in the mood for posing):

Kids gear is so much more technically advanced now, her Roxy gear even has built in powder skirts. How cool is that?

Done for today, time for some sushi and a Canucks game.

Now playing in Daddy’s iTunes: Swedish House Mafia ft. Pharrell – One

Are you happy today?

yaletowndad — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:04:51 +0000

The things that come out of this little kids mouth. I never realized that kids are truly like sponges. We always used to ask Sage when she awoke from a nap if she was happy, now she asks us “are you happy today?” We always get her to repeat things like “say armadillo” now she tells me to “say amadammo”. She’s a little comedian and doesn’t even realize it.

I know it’s been a long time since the last entry, but between work and life there isn’t much time left for computer. Here’s a pic of the dynamic duo from Mama’s restaurant in San Francisco this year on our annual Cali/Oregon road trip:

It’s getting harder and harder to get a good pic of her, most of the time the “scrunchy” face comes out:

She definitely takes after her parents sleeping pattern and thankfully so, I’ve been working way too many nightshifts.

I can’t believe she’s almost 3. Where does the time go?

Short post for today, have to go to work.

Now playing in Daddy’s iTunes and Youtube: We no speak Americano – Yolanda Be Cool and D-Cup:

Summer of …. fun?

yaletowndad — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:26:50 +0000

This year in Vanhattan we had a pretty bleak start to the summer season, if I remember correctly we only had 3 days over 20c before June 15th. Even for this rainy city that’s pretty weak. I guess while I was working a bunch of OT it didn’t matter what the weather was like because I couldn’t be out there to enjoy it, but now that the sun has finally decided to show it’s face I wish I wasn’t working so much. Short term pain for long term gain I guess.

Whenever humanly possible we get out in this beautiful weather though, and the camera is always in tow, LITERALLY, it’s in our bike trailer with Sage and it ain’t light! Now that I think of it neither is Sage, dads legs are getting a workout. And while I’m on the subject what a cool time we live in, I started mapping all our bike rides with the GPS on our iPhone with the Runkeeper app and it works great, I highly recommend it.

I love being able to capture all these moments in such clarity. This camera was such a great purchase, I don’t regret it for a moment. Can’t wait for my next piece of Pro Glass, probably the 24-70 2.8, and only once I reach the full potential of my 14-24 2.8. And I’ve got a long way to go.

Only a few weeks to go til our big trip down south, time to get Americanized, at least for 3 weeks. Hopefully I’m going to be able to meet up with a guy named Benny Gold in San Francisco and talk about the possibility of opening a retail space here in Vancouver. It’s a venture that I think we really want to try as Michelle has given notice at her job. Finally after 11 years!!! Michelle would be such a great fit as a manager as well, and hopefully our friends Corey and Darcy will come on board.

Oh and I finally succumbed to dressing like a 30 something dad, well not fully but pretty close:

And of course the Tods are the quintessential 30 something dad shoe and always sans socks:

Actually those are my Prada ones but I bought a pair of Tods too, they’ll surface in later posts.

Time to sign out, I need an afternoon nap before my 4th night of 5 night shifts in a row, uggghhh.

Now playing in Daddy’s iTunes: Animal (Fake Blood Remix) – Miike Snow (The video cracks me up everytime I see it)

First Person Shooter….

yaletowndad — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:33:43 +0000

You would figure with the recent Anniversary gift of a new camera (a Nikon D90) that I would be blogging like it’s going out of style, yet I’m so busy learning how to shoot I haven’t made the time. So here’s a short post and a few pics:

The Chief and Darcy:

The Shooter himself:

And my beautiful wife:

Keep in mind I’m just learning how to shoot, deciding what lenses I want to buy and desperately trying to pick the right moments. I’ve always said a picture not taken is a moment lost in time, now I don’t have any excuse. Many new pics and posts to come.

Now playing in Daddy’s iTunes: Strict Machine – Goldfrapp