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Italian Day On Commercial Drive

The last time Commercial Drive hosted Italian Day was back in 1982 (I was 12) when Italy. I’m not 100% sure why they stopped Italian Day but last Sunday it was back in full force. They closed of all of Commercial from Broadway right down to Venables Street and it was packed. Even thought it was cold and damp out the turn out was very impressive.  This year the world cup is happening and Commercial will be the center stage for all the soccer games at the Italian coffee bars.  Enjoy the photos.

Bye.

pretty cool Italian graffiti soccer player!

Portuguese coffee shop Leira Cafe on Commercial

Fiat 500 Ragazzi Pizza delivery car, no joke! They are down the street from where I live…

Quick Fix For Server Model SSI.htm: has configuration information that is invalid

If you are having the following error  (see below) in Dream Weaver CS4, here is a fast fix:

the following translators were not loaded due to errors: Server Model SSI.htm: has configuration information that is invalid

I found a fix for Windows 7 users online and thought I should share it, so you can save some time.

Steps to fix this Dream Weaver CS4 Bug:

  1. The file you need to delete is called “WinFileCache-D06F2AB8.dat”.
  2. Make sure your hidden files on Windows 7 are showing.
  3. Find the file here: C:\Users\YouUserName\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Dreamweaver CS4\en_US\Configuration
  4. Delete the file
  5. All done, now leave a comment and thank me!

I was going to reinstall the whole Dream Weaver CS4 program then I thought why not check on Google for the solution, it worked perfectly and took 2 seconds. Open Dream Weaver and the problem is all gone.

Don’t you feel better now? I thought so, have a great day.

If You Can’t Pay Your Mortgage, Hmmm

I have been pretty lazy with blog posts but whatever, the great thing about blogging is that it’s NOT something I need to do but something I do when I want to. I’m still down here in Vegas where the temperature is between 25-33 celcius every single day. And there are still 50 foreclosures in my complex alone. It seems lots of investors from California speculated that the prices would rise higher and higher when they bought 2 years ago, now they are loosing condos in Chateau Versailles (my complex) left and right, and it seems many out of state and out of country investors such as myself have found highly discounted vacation homes because of it.

Take a look at the Chevy Trail Blazer SUV below. You would think from the photos some thieves came by and stole the rims of this SUV, not so.  This house is being foreclosed on because the owner couldn’t pay the mortgage, my guess (and it’s a good one) is the owner vacated the premises and also left SUV because he couldn’t make payment on it either. He took of his custom rims and sold them probably on Craigslist to make a  bit of money. I can almost guarantee I’m right because when I got my place I had to buy new wash/dryer, as well as my fridge because the previous owners took them and sold them to make some extra cash.

Those pictures below show how bad it is down here, new subdivision and there is a 2 year old SUV on concrete blocks.

The Mirage volcano show, every night at 8 pm, it looks pretty damn real…

really vibrant cactus flower plants at Lone Mountain (3 blocks east of me)

Las Vegas Pawn Stars & More

This is one of the more random posts that I have done so far, but the people who know, know that I am very random and all over the map sometimes. This post is all about the pictures, because I don’t have to much to say today. Let’s let the photos speak for me today, shall we?

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If you ever have watched Pawn Stars, then you know who Chum Lee is. For the rest of the world he is just some dude who became famous because he works at a pawn shop in Las Vegas. The pawn shop just happens to also be a reality show, and now he’s famous just because he works there. Isn’t life funny that way?

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The old man always looks half asleep, and he does sleep half the time (watch the show to see what I mean…).

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This chapel was in the film called “The Hang Over”, funniest movie ever!! You go watch it now!

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Vancouver graffiti from “Hoser”

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caught in front of WalMart in North Las Vegas.

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These clouds look insane, like a bomb blew up. They are shaped that way for no reason at all, except that Mother Nature wanted it that way.

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graffiti tunnel in Burnaby, B.C.

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The Drive To Las Vegas From Vancouver

Yah, we arrived safe and sound at 7pm on Friday night! The truck was full of bugs and we were all tired but we arrived. Overall the drive from Vancouver to Vegas wasn’t that bad actually. We woke up at 6 am but didn’t leave Vancouver until 7 because having 2 kids always takes more time to do anything. The Peace Arch border was empty which was great. I got a speeding ticket  just before Seattle, fuck. It cost me $96, which sucked but whatever. I wasn’t trying to speed it just kinda happened. After that little fiasco I kept my truck on cruise control the rest of the road trip, so I couldn’t go over the speed limit.  We drove though the Cascade Mountains and Enumclaw, Washington, where it was pissing rain.

The drive from Vancouver to  Boise, Idaho was 10 hours, we  got to redneck Boise at 6 pm. We stayed the night in a really nice hotel that was basically brand new, and it only cost $63. We stayed in a town called Meridian which is a suburb of Boise. I found the hotel on HotWire.com and it was a 3 star hotel that had free wifi through out the hotel, as well as a complimentary breakfast for the whole family! It was well worth the price. If you want the best possible deals on hotels as well as airfare, then check out HotWire.com. I’ll get the name later, can’t recall it right now.

I should also mention that every few hours my son would have a meltdown and start crying, so he would be let out of his car seat. He would cry for at least 30 minutes sometimes, and he cries really loud, lol. We did try to stop and give him what he needed (breast milk, diaper change or just comforting), but it wasn’t always an option. I knew driving 20 hours with small kids isn’t the easiest way to travel, but what the hell I like taking chances! Overall the kids were pretty damn good, I must say. The DVD players playing “How To Eat fried Worms” on the backseats might have something to do with their overall good behavior, lol.

The drive from Boise to Vegas started to drag the last few hours, since I just wanted to get there, unpack and relax. As we kept driving south in the desert towards Las Vegas the temperature kept creeping up and up.  By the time we got into Vegas the temperature was  27°C, it was perfect. Now I can relax in the sun for a month, work and not worrying about the rain.
Oh yeah for gas, I spent around $250 from Vancouver to Las Vegas which is pretty damn good considering I drive a V8 Escalade  that isn’t really economical. Gas in the USA is at $0.80 per liter compared to Vancouver that is at $1.12! Being Canadian we play allot more for gas, housing, you name it, compared to the Yankees. Now I can tell people I drove through Idaho, wee I am so proud, haha.

Ok that’s enough for now, time for an espresso.


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driving through Washington, rain and more rain….

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someone watching a DVD, with a lollipop..
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driving over some bridge in eastern Washington…

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A house on the move!
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Idaho = farm country & potatoes for miles and miles.

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Yes, there was still snow all over Nevada mountains

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We stopped in this creepy little town in South Nevada, to get some gas. I swear to god everyone was in bred lol.
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Having some food at the gas station…
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little town of horrors….

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I drove that truck for 20 hours in 2 days. I’m still tired thinking about it! I would never make it as a trucker!

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creepy town, USA.. Horror movie anyone? Reminds me of that cheezy movie called “House Of Wax“, with Paris Hilton in it.

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miles and miles of scenery like this..

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Palms trees in the middle of no where. Palm trees are not native to the desert FYI…