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I got to see this old goalie mask today at the Canada Pavilion down at LiveCity on Cambie and Georgia. They had a great hockey display with helmets and skates. Can you imagine this protecting your face very well? I can’t. However, this site shows the history of the goalie mask, if you’re interested. I guess it’s better than just your bare face vs. the puck. Those oldie-time goalies were tough.
Here’s a side shot of the other headgear on display:
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I was very excited about getting this pin. I first heard about these pins from someone (who shall remain nameless, as requested) who knows someone who received one as a form of a thank you. And that person passed it on to me. Pins are just falling in my lap for some reason. They seem to be finding me. I didn’t think they’d be of interest to me after the Olympics, but I could not be more wrong. This is a cool one. This pin is a photo of a neon sign for an old dive bar in Vancouver – located in the Downtown East Side = skid road = a part of town with “character” or “history” or “rummies”. It looks like the sign was installed for the bar in 1953 and stayed up until the bar shut down in 1987. I think the sign now lives in the Museum of Vancouver. I should go over there and see it. Actually, I definitely have to get over there. They are having a display about Handmade Nation over there. I gotta get to that.
But back to the Smiling Buddha – the history of that place is pretty excellent. I am very sad I missed the experience, but I didn’t get to Vancouver until 1991. Some of my friends, however, who resided in Vancouver during this time filled me in on the place. Here are some of their stories about this seedy bar:
- There were go-go dancers in cages at that bar -Cathy Mechanic
- Alcohol wasn’t served, but people brought their own, and the establishment put tablecloths on the table so you could hide your bottles under the table. – Uh. Should I put the person’s name who divulged that? Maybe not.
- Now there was a dodgy place – Suzanne C.
- I know someone who was so drunk, she fell out of her car in front of that place, casually got up and asked the bouncer who witnessed the whole thing if he’d light her cigarette. – I think that person should remain nameless as well.
But the best comment left on my facebook profile about this raunchy place? It’s this one from Fiona:
Ha ha, I got spit on by Joey Shithead in that place. No lie. That was the end of my punk rock days – no random bodily fluids, ewwww!
What a glorious place the Smiling Buddha Cabaret was! I’m so sad I missed it.
If you’re interested in some other interesting facts about this place, there’s some info in this article. And if you’d like to be a fan of the Cabaret on Facebook like I am, you can do that right here.
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I hate to even say this, but I think things are winding down in Vancouver. The line up for the Mint Pavilion was only about 3 hours long when I took my lunch at 1:30 this afternoon. One of my big desires ever since Germany House was under construction down on Cordova Street was to have lunch there. I don’t know why. So today was the day. Usually there’s a line up all the way to the Skytrain Station, but today? I just walked in, grabbed the bratwurst shown above and enjoyed my meat on a bun with these fine people:
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Today I loaned Mike my camera so he could take photos of people like Michael Buble, Stephen Colbert, and The Sedins. I shot all day with my banana cam. Except for my pin collection. I took photos of that when Mike brought my Nikon home safe and sound. It felt weird not to have my big camera with me today.
However, my discomfort was forgotten when I met up with pin collector, Ariane. I met her today for the first time after following her on twitter. I got to meet up with her and her hubby and we went for lunch to talk about pins.
Ariane is an avid pin collector and she really knows her stuff. She taught me the biggest tip to collecting pins and that’s to ASK FOR THEM. You can find pins all over the place – companies frequently just give them away, but you have to ask…they don’t just offer them up. So, keep an eye out for servers in restaurants with pins. Ariane noticed the server today wearing a VISA pin and asked if she had others. Voila! Three pins – one for each of us – with all different graphics on the front. I got a mascot on a skeleton sled! Amazing! I love it. That’s become my pin prized possession.
So first, let me show you what I started with:
I had ZERO pins until The Pin Man gave me this one via Catherine. Next thing I know, Mike’s birth mom in Berwick, Nova Scotia sent me a pile of cute little apple pins. Please note: Berwick is the apple capitol of Nova Scotia. This was very exciting for Bec to find out because she’s from Tasmania – and a slang term for Tasmanians is “Apple Eaters”. Tasmania is also called the Apple Isle of Australia. See? Pins connect us all! Not literally, though. That would hurt.
Pins are magically appearing from all over…I got GM pins from test driving The Volt, then I got mascot pins in the mail from my mom. How she found mascot pins in Calgary for a Vancouver event, I have no idea. And then I got a provincial pin from Kelaine yesterday in the mail, and another friend, Leah, gave me a British Columbia pin with THE LOGO on it. So, I’m all decked out with pins. And this is what I’ve traded and have been gifted with since The Winter Games began:
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