Kozak Ukrainian Eatery & Mill

After our Golden Bowls at Chau Veggie Express last night we returned to the sidewalk and there across the street was Kozak.

Yes, we had no idea. What looks vacant during the day is lit up like a palace at night. So there we went, to take in the cakes.

"For you, Nice Man," she said pointing her tongs at me, "two for one. But please, stop saying spasiba. For us, it's dyakuyu tobi."

Victoria Day Long Weekened

Yesterday I drove up to Victoria Drive, where my barber, Amir, has his shop. It did not occur to me that Victoria Drive might mean something different on the Victoria Day long weekend, nor was there anything going on to suggest such a difference.

After my haircut I walked south a few blocks and bought a banh mi ga at Saigon Banh and six plugs of lobelia for $1.99. On the way back, I stopped at a thrift store and purchased a DVD of Gavin Froome and Mike Bernard's Coast Modern (2012) documentary on modern west coast architecture.