Around my Sister's Domain

One of the good things about being on vacation is that you can sleep in and I am one for sleeping in. The average time I would wake up is 9AM. But we still had enogh time to make coffee. I am guilty of drinking the most in the mornings. I don't feel human if I don't. I was suprized my brother-in-law said that he had three cups of coffee per day while I had over five. However, he does drink espresso and bought me some at the cafe on Grouse mountain.
I found out where the Catholic Book Store was via internet and to my astonishment, it was practically around the corner. I would love to have the internet at home but I can't afford it. I seemed glued to the internet every free second I was visiting my sister. But first we headed towards my brother-in-law's work. He is the boss of Omni and City TV in Vancouver, so he has quite a demanding job and feels exhausted when he gets home frome work. He showed us around his office and I found it to be like an executive office; quite big. We said hello to his co-workers and saw a man giving a speil on the latest news which was the retirement of Oprah Winpray in 2010. I was never a big fan of hers. I thought she got too much fame to begin with but I guess she has helped a lot of people including Dr. Phil. I don't have cable, so i don't know much about television but having it on in my sister's house, I could see the fascination for it. There was so much you could learn by watching documentries.
We watched a documentry on the horse; Sea Buiscuit, which was outstanding to learn about. His rider was blind in his right eye but never told anybody about it in case he was disqualified. He lost one race due to his ailment by one horse coming up along his right hand side. Obviously he couldn't see the horse approaching and he thought he had the race covered but the other horse dashed to the finish line before him and Sea Biscuit's owner had to endure the criticism of losing the race. There was no way he would be disqualified.
I think my sister's favorite shows were about cooking and boy, was my sister ever a good cook. She experiments with ingredients and always tries something new. "We'll turn you into a foodie yet," she said. A foodie, is one who likes food.
At the Catholic Book Store I found many appealing things but could only afford so much. I liked the statues of the saints but were expensive. The store had books, rosaries, statues and vestments for the priests. I thought I could go there on my next visit which would likely be the spring as long as my sister doesn't object. Catholic Book Store are found only in cities. It was just a stroke of luck that the book store happened to be so close.
My sister took me to have some lunch at a backery called Terra Backery. It was situated among construction and some construction workers had lunch there. I thought it was nice that they had a break like this, because everything was so fresh. I had a vegetarian sandwich with a cookiie for dessert. My sister is finding her way around the city and is fascinated with all the informaton she is taking in about the city. To me, it feels like a home away from home because Vancouver is a Canadian city and my sister lives there now. I like it better than Toronto because it is cleaner. Vancouver has a welcoming feel to it. Everybody was so nice there throughout my stay.