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Although the big news is the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked the coast of British Columbia at 7:30 a.m., the Inland Empire received another minor quake as well. Likely an aftershock, a minor 3.0 shaker struck at 5:21 a.m. in the same spot as yesterday's light 4.6 quake. It was located in Searles Valley, some 23 miles southeast of Ridgecrest. It is the fifth earthquake 3.0 or stronger in the last few days.

                     

First Canada has to beat us to the punch by celebrating their Thanksgiving an entire month before ours. Now their "nation's birthday" is three days before ours? Like that's a coincidence. Way to steal our thunder, neighbor to the north.

One of my favorite food writers, Jeffrey Steingarten, once did an elaborate and methodical taste test of several different varieties of tap and bottled water. After much research and even more adjectives, he came to the shocking conclusion that New York tap water was most pleasing to the palate.

The majestic California sea lion. I like this photo because the sea lions are so interested in Watt's kayak. They are almost posing. Just imagine the sea lions as drunk sorority girls, and this photo could be on any Myspace page. I was just reading about sea lions on Wikipedia and I came across this curious fact, "Non-breeding populations live as far north as British Columbia." Non-breeding populations? Of course, they could be protecting...

LA has 22 Sister Cities

No trip to Vancouver is complete (for us, at least) without hitting the Spot. The White Spot, that is. This longtime B.C. landmark chain serves up the best burgers in the West, complete with their signature "Triple-O" sauce. Our lunch selection was the Legendary Platter, which features their famous burger, a generous mound of bottomless fries (although there's never room for a second helping!), their tasty coleslaw, and we added a thick chocolate shake to round out the experience (and, we know, we know, our waistline--can't we have some fun?). Although my dining companions were able to wax nostalgic about the White Spot of yesteryear, we can see how they've grown with the times, and managed to stay an extremely successful chain since Nat Bailey opened the first drive-in location in 1928.