September 26th, 2008, 5 Comments »
We’re back from Tofino–we had a productive week away. Here are some photos. I was amused to see how much visibilities tsunamis had around Long Beach and Tofino. These signs were all over the place:
That guy on the sign is totally screwed, eh? I’ll tell you what happened there. He went to the beach to watch. From the information book in our hotel room at the Long Beach Lodge:
That is a tsunami of bad grammar, too.
I’ve been coming to this region off and on for about 25 years, and it’s only in the past year or two that they’ve been so, uh, tsunami-aware.
For future reference, apparently the center of the town of Tofino is considered a safe zone from tsunamis. Given its location, I was skeptical, but I’ll trust the experts.
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September 18th, 2008, 21 Comments »
Next week, Julie and I are heading up to Tofino for a pseudo-holiday. I say ‘pseudo’, because it’s going to be a week of dedicated book writing. We’re staying at the Long Beach Lodge, which looks charming and luxurious without the blood-chilling prices of the Wickaninnish Inn (where rates start at CAN $480 a night).
We are, however, going to eat dinner at the very posh Pointe Restaurant at the Wick. I called today to make a reservation for next week, and it was a bit of a struggle to get a table. We eventually got sorted out, but not before they took a credit card. For a dinner reservation.
We can cancel at any time, but if we don’t show up, they charge $35 a person to the card. Does anybody else think that’s incredibly tacky? Particularly for a fancy restaurant like the Pointe? Given the difficulty in getting a table, they have no shortage of customers, so they can set whatever policies they like. That said, I’m not sure I’ll give them my business again.
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