Where are my Cheez-Its?

So this is the spectacle that is the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Ok… the games don’t start until Friday, four days from now. And I’m not really in Vancouver. But I am in White Rock, British Columbia. That’s about 25 miles from Vancouver (don’t ask me to make the conversion to meters, I refused to do that in the ‘80’s and that resolve is still strong in my spirit!).

The Channel 2 crew is staying at a house in White Rock, because as it turns out, the price we paid for a month’s rent here is a whole lot cheaper than getting a hotel in Vancouver. And when I say cheap, please know that term is relative. I don’t want to give up any company secrets, but suffice to say what we’re paying to stay at this house for 23 days, is just a smidge less than what I pay for my home’s mortgage… for a year!

It is a nice house though. It has five bedrooms, four bathrooms, balconies that look out over the ocean, granite countertops, a big screen television, washer and dryer. It beats a room at the Howard Johnson by a bunch.

We still need to see just how long it takes to make the commute from White Rock to Vancouver and back. I’ve heard estimates between forty minutes and an hour and a half. I’m kind of spooked by that. I’m not a big fan of traffic.

It’s also taking some time to get used to being in Canada. Nice place, nice people, but it’s not home. It also lacks some of homes comforts… for instance, no Cheez-Its. I’m not joking, I searched all through the local grocery store, but there wasn’t a single box of Cheez-Its to be found. And Canada wants us to consider them as an equal? You want to be a super power? You’ve got to have Cheez-Its, or at least Cheese Nips. I also found a lack of bean dip. Imagine, I had to make it through the entire Super Bowl without any bean dip! I know the Canadians like to project an environmentally friendly image, perhaps they figure to cut down on carbon emissions by banning bean dip. And speaking of the Super Bowl, here in Canada they actually cut out all the cool commercials! I can’t tell you how unhappy our crew was when we realized that! It’s a good thing Dudley Do Right didn’t show up here yesterday afternoon, we probably would have knocked him off his faithful steed.

Ok… enough Blah-ging (I know, I spelled it that way on purpose!) it’s time to go to work. Gotta find out first hand how long it takes to get to Vancouver… and I’m keeping my eye out for some Cheez-Its!

-Carp