ok so you want to know...

so ive had quiet a few requests to get off my ass and write you what its like in vancouver.

well in short. its great. i really like it here.

the first week i stayed at "little rikhia" which was just what i needed. its a house where 3 yogi people live... a great introduction to the city.
ive found an appartment and am getting ready to move in in a week or so. around the 1st june.

the weather has been great since i got here. quiet noval apparently, so im going to enjoy it while it lasts. the city itself is quiet easy to get around. the bus drivers are the nicest ive ever met. and if you dont have enough change often they let you on anyway. hands down it is the most user friendly public transport service ive ever been on.

i have been very busy since i arrived getting to know "who, when, and where" of the city. i have spoken to, if not met most of the yoga studios, and have been to a few quiet challenging classes, however even though vancouver is a very saturated yoga city, it looks as though im the only person here that is offering what i am. which is good. and the response to my work so far has been great.

one great part of the city is that there are sushi restaurants everywhere. and apparently even the all you can eat sushi is good.

there seems to be quiet a vast difference in social structure here. there is clearly alot of rich people. being that its the most expensive city in canada. but there is also a huge community of homeless being that it has the nicest climate in canada. there is very clear lines as to where is "safe" and where is "not safe" at night as far as a single woman running around the city.

im happy to be by the ocean. and im happy to see the mountains when i look up. its amazing how these small things give me so much comfort. the whole experiance here so far has been wonderful. after my first week of staying with the yogi's i had an invitation to go and stay at one of their friends house. so that is where i am staying now. his name is Yoga Dhyanam - or David for the more conventional types. its cool sharing a space with only one other person, and his home is very inviting to stay in.

so as its the long weekend this weekend im gearing up for a busy 4 days. next week i move into my appartment and is David's birthday. the next week of course is my birthday. and the week after i start my first course here...

life is very exciting. and i am very happy...

love and pixie dust.

im on the road again...

for the last time... im sure of it!

its 1.30am, im packed, holding down my dinner (albeit only just), and nearly ready to pass out.

tomorrow i fly to vancouver. where i will make my home, and start my company.

i have many random things flying around my head as i get ready to go... some just, and some not.
to start with my head is filled with...
namely how blessed i am that i have such wonderful friends in toronto.
how lucky i am to be going to vancouver and staying with some great yoga people for the first couple of days until i find an appartment.
how its scary to be starting again in a new city, and how exciting it is to be starting pura luna up perminantly.

love and pixie dust.

got my mojo working.

hello possums.

so yesterday was a very strange day indeed. i had alot of running around to do, allot of subway rides, and allot of walking.

in one day i had...

a garbage truck stop on the side of the road. and the guy in it tell me im beautiful.
2 different men on two different street stop work and stare at me as i walked towards them... and im quiet sure while i was away from them as well.
a guy in a van, tooted and whisteled out the window (no, incase you are wondering... i was wearing clothes, jeans and a white top.)
i had the guy in the subway booth say something to me... i had my headphones on and when i asked him to repeat it he looked me square in the eye and said "im in love with you". (werido)
im not sure if it was just cause i actually brushed my hair. of it it was because i had alittle lippy on... but either way it was quiet strange.

the highlight of the day was the "jewish film festival gala" that i got taken too at the last minute. walking through a crowd of short, signature nosed, mostly middle aged (and im sure all very lovely) jewish people. there was this slim, very cute guy standing on the opposite side of the buffet table.
we instantly locked eyes. he walked around to my side of the table. introduced himself. and informed me that he lives in vancouver. JACKPOT!!!!

so we spent the rest of the night watching people dance at a tequila and salsa party. dancing and genually having a good time...

so... in short i guess. although yesterday was strange... it was also pretty good. i got home just before 1am. blisters on my feet from dancing in heels and a one glass buzz and subsequent headache the next morning.

so... looks like i might have one friend in vancovuer...

heres hoping.

love and pixie dust.

Nearly at the end of the road...

so things have been very busy. my stuff has been moved out and onto a truck this morning from here - to vancouver and the rest of my stuff is being moved as we speak in nz - to go to vancouver.

all my marketing stuff is ready for my big debut to the yoga industry this weekend at the Yoga Confrence.

im alittle nervous, i can tell cause my body is freaking out and my brain is not doing too badly. so i know reality is somewhere inbetween.

at least spring is here and the daffodils are out.

ill write when i get to vancouver and settle in... maybe ill even include a pic or two of my appartment.

love and pixie dust.