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Fancies and miscellany found in and mostly around Vancouver, B.C.
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Very saddened to hear about the passing of Yulanda, Toronto photographer and blogger. The photo above is taken from her blog, Little Thoughts. I didn’t know her personally, but was an avid follower of her blog, which is a trove of beauty and inspiration. Her father has written on note on her blog to all her readers – a very kind thing to do. She will be missed.
The Colbert Report has come to Vancouver to do 2 days of live tapings during the Olympics. They are located right next to Science World (or Sochi House as it’s called right now).
This is a shot of Johnny Weir in a practice session at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. He’s been practicing beautifully in Vancouver – looking solid and landing all jumps.
Lots of restaurants are making special menus for the Olympics. Ebi Ten is a good, cheap fast-food Japanese restaurant on Robson.
A great new JJ Bean just opened literally outside the door at my work. It’s my favourite coffee chain in Vancouver. Their espresso beans are superior to even Artigiano, imho. I think the RCMP agrees – Joe grabbed this photo of these official looking officers taking a coffee break from whatever duties they were on for the Olympics.
Johnny Weir…where do I start. Him being an American skater, I didn’t follow him to closely at first, but then last fall I saw Pop Star on Ice at the Vancouver International Film Fest and everything changed.
Vancouver is abuzz with Olympic fever! There is something going on in every nook and cranny in the city, or so it seems. Crowds of people milling all over the streets, lineups for any place with the word ‘pavillion’ written on it…fireworks at night. I have to say, when you’re out there the bustle kind of makes you wish Vancouver was this lively all the time.
Vancouver songwriting maestro Nick Krgovich (P:ano, No Kids) has collaborated with Hive Creative Labs producer/engineer Colin Stewart on a new (to us) project called Gigi.
To me, one of the best things about the Pacific Northwest has been the Department of Safety in Anacortes, WA. It is an amazing place – part music venue, part art gallery, and part social centre for indie culture between the hubs of Vancouver and Seattle. It was surprising and sad to get an email a few days ago from them announcing that they were shutting down:
The first book I have finished in 2010 is the epic graphic novel A Drifting Life, a memoir by Yoshihiro Tatsumi. I first came across his work via being a fan of Adrian Tomine, who introduced Tatsumi’s earlier work to N. American audiences by getting his publisher Drawn & Quarterly to publish them. I’ve read Abandon the Old in Tokyo: Stories, Good-Bye, and The Push-Man and Other Stories, all of which present a gritty and often grim picture of 1970s Japanese city life.