Yodi's Adventure Discussion Thread - YorkieTalk's Traveling Yorkie

[Miao]

Since we had not planned ahead, a weekend dinner spot ANYWHERE worth eating at would be filled to capacity and beyond. Our first choice had a 30 minute wait--so they say, what if it ends up much longer? And I thought we'd make it an early night so that we'd get enough rest for the longer day tomorrow. Then our next choice, we drove by and found that there were already people all lined up outside so I'm assuming the inside waiting/lounge area was filled with hungry people also. This would have been a fun place to take Yodi since the owner encourages hands-on dining as that's the Indian way.

We wandered the blocks of Broadway to narrow down a place to eat. Closest to where we parked were two decent looking patio dining spots. Through some amount of debating, we decided we'll have Yodi try some casual French cuisine at Mistral French Bistro.



So we figured we'd give patio a try. This will be Pichu's first patio experience. She will not leave Yodi alone in the bag.

[Miao]

Things were looking good. The girls were whispering sweet nothings to each other. That's what friends do, right? So we had let our guard down.

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We didn't notice when a pedestrian crept up and came by with her little dog. Shortly after they went out of sight and our peace still has not yet returned, a skateboarder comes zooming by. That did not help matters. Suffice it to say, Pichu was not invited to share our table with us. Yodi rose to the occassion and tried her best to set a good example by not following Pichu's suit.

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I wasn't very hungry so I shared some of my seafood bouillabaisse with Yodi as hubby figured the side plate of greens was good enough for our little guest. However, neither Yodi nor I ate much of the dish because the curry tasting sauce just didn't work out. Since when has curry made it into traditional French cooking? Shows how little I know, I suppose.

The hubby just had to tease Yodi with a cut of his steak frites. He didn't give it to her... He's such a meanie.

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Since we had skipped dessert yesterday, we figured we should at least treat Yodi to dessert this time around.

Upon leaving, the very sweet Mrs. Owner was startled that our "dog" wasn't moving and seemed a bit different from when we arrived with her... Yes, Yodi fooled yet another human. This time, Yodi got mistaken as Pichu. LOL

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We ended the evening with a slight detour to the Lions Gate Bridge. We wanted to show Yodi the downtown city lights from there in case she never gets the chance to see it again...

Terrible pictures, I know.

[Gypsy & Me]

Is Yodi getting fat? Lol. I'd be surprised if she wasn't with all that tasty food she's been treated too!

Pichu just cracks me up. I love that first photo with her paw up in the air. So cute.

The bridge is very pretty.

[JMuedog]

Yeah, Yodi is getting spoiled! How will we ever get her back onto plain ol' dog food when she comes to visit us?

[RachelGenson]

You pictures are so great! You are definitely spoiling Yodi, and Pinchu is adorable!

[Miao]

Our day started off early. We had a prior engagement to attend to at 8:30am. That unexpectedly lasted until 10am. By then, rather than beginning our approximate 2 hr drive to our planned destination, we just had to feed our bellies first. Since our morning appointment was in the city of Richmond, we decided it was most convenient and quick to do a Richmond brunch. The most bustling part of this city has a large concentration of south Asian immigrants--mainly from Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. This is where you would go to choose from a wide variety of Chinese seafood restaurants if you wanted a nice dim sum experience. Sure, there are some scattered around Vancouver and surrounding municipalities, but those are few and far between.

The outside of one of my favourites looks cheesy as they had not updated their signage for well over what feels like 20 years now however, I do not recall exactly how long they had occupied that spot for, but it has been a long time. They do regularly update the decor inside which is rare for any Chinese restaurant outside of Asia. I love their English menu as they keep it updated with their new dim sum items and the numbers of each match up with the order sheet! How convenient for those who cannot read understand or read Chinese.

This is not a cart-around place. The ones to go to for FRESH yummy dim sum are generally steamed-to-order locations. Occassionally, trays of some daily feature makes its rounds carried by a server and/or manager.

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We tried to order picnic-able foods we can snack on during the long drive scheduled for later, hence some of the spongy baked items. Now, we ordered for 2.5 diners--my husband, Yodi, and myself while Pichu was taking her nap. However, as soon as I had submitted our order sheet, I found out my dad, his sister and her husband were joining us as they were already out and about shopping but hadn't eaten yet. My old man said he was starved and didn't have a penny to his name--in his pockets--so he thought he had to wait until my mom joined him at noon before he got to eat. So Yodi got to meet my relatives for the first time. That was unplanned as I wasn't sure why it never occurred to me to introduce them.

So our "picnic" snacks were downsized pretty much to just the cakes since none of them ordered anything additional except for what we already had on our table, save for one new feature on the menu that caught my father's eye.

Yodi, of course, once again went into disguise so she was able to share the table with us while attracting little to no attention. It's amazing how much difference it makes when she becomes a masked caper.

[Miao]

So we ate as quickly as possible and packed the items we wanted to take with us, left enough monopoly money behind with my dad to cover the meal and proceeded to zoom back on route to do the touristy thing.

As we came back into our neighbourhood of Vancouver to get to the other end towards West Vancouver and beyond, I noticed some tents up at our local community centre. So we just had to go check it out as it was that time of year for the local fair here.

So we got the two kids to pose in front of the sign to mark their visit to this event.

However, Pichu got impatient as she heard all the happy happy fun noise coming from the other side of the fence. So without further delay, she took Yodi with her to where the fun was, interrupting our photo shoot.

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Pichu again displays her appallingly rude behaviour, but at least she was determined to not leave Yodi out of anything she does.

[erickajm]

that batgirl mask is so funny... I can only imagine what the people around you were thinking...my guess, what a whack job, taking pictures of a stuffed yorkie in a batman mask! No offense of course, we are all enjoying the pictures and the stories behind them. If only the strangers amongst us knew it was for YorkieTalk!

All I have to say is I hope it is a while before Yodi comes to visit with me... I don't know how I could do as good as what you've done here!

[Miao]

So here we are at the Marpole Community Centre playground. We thought Yodi might enjoy some time on the slide until we noticed the evil eye Pichu was giving her while Yodi was trying to calm her nerves before diving down...



We had to remove Yodi from such a dangerous situation immediately. The hubby took Pichu with him as she's afraid of heights while Yodi and I went over to the toddler swings.



Unfortunately, these were too high/big for our little guest.

[Miao]

Okay, so I grab Yodi as that was obviously not working out. Hubby had chosen this time to wave me over to where he was standing amused by something because he just loves putting a further damper on my fun.

This was attached to the tire swing post at the edge of the playground:

Now... he enjoys pointing out the obvious. While I bulked at the sight of the dollar figure... I said, "No problem. That's why we have the Yodi disguise." Fortunately for us, we had neglected to remove the cape from Yodi after the incognito brunch experience. She was still wearing it around her neck.

I say problem solved. I will not let stuffy signage ruin Yodi's fun while she's with us. Hrmph.