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Apr 24 2011

Fort St John All Candidates Forum

I admit I’m a little behind on my post about the Fort St John All Candidates Forum, which took place Thursday April 21, 2011. Even more so I don’t care all that much about politics. I’m not saying it isn’t an important part of being a Canadian, I mean I don’t understand a lot of it and I think a lot of it is useless dribble.

If you do want to read some good blog posts on the All Candidates Forum, Lori Ackerman wrote a good post and so did the Chamber of Commerce President, Andrew Tylosky, who also hosted the evening.

For me the evening about about two things. The first was get an idea of who were the candidates of our area. A bigger part of politics for me is knowing what type of person is representing us. I would like that person to be a genuine one, someone who is somewhat honest and actually cares about the people of the area.

The second was taking photos. I have started to enjoy being a photographer at these events. This time the room was relatively well lit and I used a 50mm and 35mm lens. I believe most of the time I used an ISO between 500-1000, with an aperture of f/2.0

Feb 17 2011

REVIEW: First time at Diner on 93rd

After a long day of work, I found myself sitting in a room filled with families, seniors and rig workers all looking for a good meal. This was the first time I had gone to Diner on 93rd. I would actually say that it isn’t a diner, but isn’t quite fancy dining.

I often wondered if it would be a replacement for Uptown Grill, but I don’t think that is the case. Diner on 93rd definitely caters to the families and the groups for quick family meal. Prices range from $10-$20, Which is reasonable for a restaurant in Fort St. John. The menu wasn’t the biggest although it did seem to have the selection. There were things like pork tenderloin, shepherds pie, burgers and fries, steak and a small selection of pasta.

The menu being smaller than most left me actually stumped as to what I was going to order. I ended up deciding to go with the chicken linguine. Once we’d ordered which didn’t take very long, as the restaurant wasn’t that busy at that time, it only took about 15 min. for our meals to arrive. So let’s get into this chicken linguine.

Chicken Alfredo

They say chicken linguine, I say chicken Alfredo, either way it’s the same dish. I often find it’s really hard to make the chicken in the chicken linguini not so bland, it seems that the Diner on 93rd has the same dilemma, or maybe that’s just me. The meal is something that I could definitely cook myself, and I have before. I’m fairly certain that the creamy sauce or Alfredo sauce was just bought from the grocery store. I also found it slightly watery, which made eating it a slight challenge as I tend to get my meal everywhere. The garlic toast on the other hand was a little odd. The garlic toast was soggy and very thin. It was only garlic on one side and I don’t think it was actually toasted. Overall though I did enjoy the meal and was happy to not have to cook it myself.

Photo Feb 16 8 00 46 PM

For meal that was only $15, especially for supper was quite good. I don’t know how often I will return, but I do know I will be back at some point. They tell me the location used to be a Joey’s Seafood, which really shows when you’re inside the restaurant. It is a very similar atmosphere as well as food selection.

If you want a quick and relatively cheap meal for supper I suggest you go check out Diner 93rd. When you do leave me a comment, right here below.

Feb 10 2011

Facebook Deals are in Fort St John

Normally I wouldn’t write about anything technical here on KyleWith.com, I would leave all that on WithMedia.ca, but since this is pertaining to Fort St John, I thought what the heck.

I happened to be Checking-in on Facebook Place this evening when I noticed a little ticket. The ticket was for a Deal that was at Petron Communications, a local business here in FSJ, but also a Telus dealer. If you remember from a blog post I wrote on the Motion Media Blog I wasn’t sure if any of Facebook’s introductory Deals would be in the North. Turns out I was wrong.

So if you have an iPhone already, I’m assuming either a 3Gs or a 4, you can go to Petron, check-in on Facebook Places and get another iPhone 3Gs for free when you sign a 3 year contract.

Jan 27 2011

Hot or Cold make up your mind

Either my apartment is going to drive me nuts or the weather is. I cannot believe that it is January and +1 outside, and that the heat in my apartment is still on.

I’m acclimatized cold-weather. I actually prefer cold-weather. I do not like a hothouse, I would prefer a cool house. Which is why I had my window open in my apartment since October. I have also added a fan to the window, which blows in cold air. One of the problems is that it is no longer cold outside. I am merely blowing in warm air.

The other problem lies within the fact that this apartment is cheap. Not cheap in the sense that they won’t turn on the heat, but cheap in the sense that they won’t actually let me control the heat. Oh they do put in a thermostat, but I think that’s only for effect. I’ve had it off since October and yet is still boiling hot in here all the time.

So now I have a boiling hot apartment and warm weather outside. I’m quite tempted to set up a cot outside to sleep there. I’m actually a little concerned about the summer; what will the weather bring then? Will it be extremely hot outside and inside. Will I have to go live down by the lake, will I have to strut around town in my underwear or maybe I will survive.

Either way, I am meant for the cold weather. I am naturally warm-blooded and heat up like an oven at night. I prefer prancing around in the snow to strolling down a warm beach. I love breathing in the cold air and feeling it hit my lungs, it accelerates me. You could say I’m abnormal, I just like to compare myself the Dexter. When I feel the numbness in my hands coming, I know that they’re still there. When I start to work them harder and harder as I lose feeling, I know that there.

I have not felt real cold in a longtime, I almost miss it. I can recall walking home in -40, with no ski pants on just my normal jeans. I remember my legs going numb and then losing feeling and finally the burning sensation. I would hit them, pat them to see if I could feel anything. Then I would arrive home, the heat would hit. They would slowly come back to life and the burning sensation would continue.

Alas I am no longer in northern Canada. It is January and +1 outside, the snow is melting, the roads are yucky and I find myself not needing a jacket anymore.

Jan 16 2011

Eating meat pies

I know it’s hard to believe, but I’ve never actually had a meat pie before. You think a guy like me, who only eats meat, would have tried a meat pie before. I wasn’t sure what to expect, as I don’t like a lot of vegetables. Thankfully when talking to one of the contestants, I learned that meat pies if done properly should only actually have only meat, no vegetables, no rice, and no potatoes. This made my evening experience all that much better knowing that food was catered especially for me.

Meat Pie Line

I don’t think it was catered especially for me, but it was nice to be eating something that I knew I would like. There were at least 12 different meat pies that I was trying to eat. No I wasn’t trying to eat all the meat pies, but trying to test them all. I did get to test the majority of them before actually became full. Once I tried all the selected ones that I wanted to, I had to vote. Of course I guess you could say I was biased, as I only voted for Lori. She did after all invite us. Thankfully she came in first, well actually it was a tie. But she was first nonetheless.

Plate of Meat Pie

The evening was hosted by well-known Fort St. John family. Their house was just on the outskirts of town just past the city limits. Their house, was very unique, it was my dream house. Basically it was a giant shop, with the house at one end. There were two garage doors, where they were driving their vehicles. And then their house was right inside, with an upstairs and downstairs. it was big and open and it was a lot of fun to see something that is so cool. I definitely can say that I would love to build a house like that eventually.

I can’t really judge a meat pie. I’ll basically anything that’s on my plate. I found them all great, and was glad I was invited. Normally I feel a little uneasy about going to events that I don’t know anybody. But this one turned out pretty good everybody was kind, I met a lot of new people and got to talk to a lot of people. I think one day I’m going to have to try to make a meat pie, but that’s all for now.