Vancouver 2010

Canada’s Northern House

February 9, 2010

Today’s excursion started out at the Canadian Mint Pavilion right across the street from my office. I headed out on my lunch hour to see all the monies only to be turned away at the door by a very civil security guard who informed us all that “We’re not open until Friday.” He was kind [...]

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At the entrance of the Athlete’s Olympic Village

February 6, 2010

I think I just got lucky yesterday by getting this close to entrance of the Athlete’s Olympic Village. It’s located just under the Cambie Street Bridge and is a short walk away from the Canada Line. From a distance, it looks like it’s blocked off by fences covered with the big Olympic banners. But it [...]

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Boxing Kangaroo

February 5, 2010

Today I had a big dilemma. Should I go to the Canadian Pavilion on Hastings Street to see how Canada mines it’s diamonds OR do I go to the Olympic Athlete’s Village to see if I could get a shot of the Boxing Kangaroo flag? Last night on the news we heard that Team Australia [...]

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Little treasures here and there.

February 1, 2010

Everywhere you turn around Vancouver these days there’s something new to see. See what they did to the Vancouver Art Gallery? They turned it into Cathy Mechanic’s mom’s couch. That was her quote, not mine. But I think it looks awesome. According to Art Daily, this is part of the Cultural Olympiad in the city [...]

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The Lantern Forest

January 22, 2010

I discovered on my lunch break that today was the lighting ceremony for the LunarFest 2010. Granville Street had been transformed into a glorious art display – including a cool art piece called the Double Happiness Chickens. I took some photos of that tonight, but will go back with my wide angle lens to get [...]

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I can’t explain why I like this one

January 4, 2010

I took this photo tonight on my walk to Mike’s office on Commercial Drive. The subject is a girl walking her pit bull, but you can’t really tell  - it got a little abstract since it was well past sunset plus the movement of the people and the walking girl. Despite all those technical problems, [...]

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