Vancouver- Search for a Slice

It was only 9:00 pm Vancouver time. But our bodies were telling us it was after midnight. I thought "let’s go find a pizza place to feed the family after a great day of sightseeing." The guy at the lobby said Sure no problem just go down to Oak and then up to W. 49th. So I drove, and drove, and drove.. 5 miles down Marine Drive, NO OAK STREET. Dang, missed it or went the wrong way. Turn around. Head back past the hotel, go the other way. Drove and drove... kept going..."there’s got to be a pizza place or a strip mall in this town somewhere!" Arghh, we’re going over a bridge. OK, now we’re in New Westminster, in a brand new shopping centre. NOT a PIZZA JOINT IN SIGHT. A & W sure. Starbucks yup. Sushi you betcha. OK, now it is 9:45. My body and brain are shutting down. We double back all the way to the hotel, pizzaless. Park the van in front of the hotel, WALK across the street to Subway and buy us all a bunch of subs. My little 7 year old trooper hung with me the whole way. "At least we’ll have something to eat, dad."
So, I took a look on the map (brilliant idea) and found that had I driven two more blocks on the first leg I would have hit Oak Street. Good grief, I thought, the guy at the desk led me to think "Oh, it’s just down the street a few blocks." But in Vancouver he means, "It’s a 5 mile jaunt and 10 major intersections down the street."
I brought the subs into the room. Brenda is getting worried. I. is practically asleep and can barely eat a bite. The rest of us inhale the food and drop our heads watching Star Trek on TV.

Here's a picture of our old house- 551 Cochrane Ave. Nice place to live, if you're a millionaire!