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Pictured here is an early 80s Volkswagon with rhubarb where the engine should be. Those Germans have a cheeky sense of humor. Actually, this spectacle on 16th at McDonald and several others like it around Vancouver are the work of the Stick Shift project. It’s a performance art/political statement/pie-filling project, where the motors of various [...]
My wife Anne and I had an incredible dinner and an awesome night recently. If you’re looking for a unique way to celebrate (with a spouse or anyone else, really) Edible BC‘s “Cooking with BC’s Best” dinner series in Granville Island market is a treat. Two or three nights a month after the market has [...]
This is wild…did you hear about the major flashmob that was put together on Saturday afternoon on Robson? Props to the organizers for recognizing the chance to do something spectacular amid the wall-to-wall bodies on Robson for the games. Not to mention doing it for a great cause. This event was designed as an awareness [...]
Wowwwwwww….the opening ceremony was OUTSTANDING. It managed to be very Canadian and yet not stodgy or beige. Which is kind of shocking: we actually appeared to be cool on a world stage. (Aside from the epic cauldron fail…tipoff for me were Steve Nash’s eyes darting around…you could see panic setting in). Shane Koyczan’s slam poetry [...]
Just got back in from a quick trip with the family down to Vanier Park to see the Cultural Olympiad’s installation of lights called “Vectorial Elevation” and thought I’d share these pics. (Taken with the awful Iphone camera at night, so pardon the iffy quality). You have to see this sometime before it’s over on [...]
The first time you see one, it’s doesn’t really sink in. But by the 2nd, 3rd, or 12th one it creeps up on you. And once you’ve noticed it, you can’t stop noticing it. There’s a bizarre sameness to every bus in Vancouver these days. Here’s 3 different buses, snapped by iphone on 3 different [...]
It’s a shiny 7C winter Saturday and even the massive Olympic signage is dwarfed by the natural awesomeness of DT Vancouver. It looks like some fresh snow on the north shore and I’m getting a glimpse of what the city will look like to newbies here in 3 weeks. Remember that? The first time you [...]
Sometimes I’m not really sure if I believe in global warming and then sometimes THERE’S A MOSQUITO IN MY BATHROOM IN MID-JANUARY. . I know it’s el niño right now and all, but are you kidding me? If this were a sci-fi movie, right about now the weird music would start playing. Not the full-on [...]