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Fancies and miscellany found in and mostly around Vancouver, B.C.
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Besides introducing me to the brand of cookie called Pirates, my friend Bruce also directed me to follow Roger Ebert’s tweets. Glad I did, because not only is he a really interesting tweeter, with tons of opinions on everything (and not just film), but he also posted this excellent clip tonight, which I haven’t seen before.
I could probably spend weeks watching all the Wong Kar-Wai clips on Youtube.
It seems like I’ve been introduced to a lot of new desserts lately. For example, when my friend Bruce came to cover the Olympics, we managed to have him over for dinner and he brought with him (among other goodies) a bag of Pirate oatmeal peanut butter cookies. Never heard of them before – but in a short period of time I’ve realized they are highly addictive and, sadly for my waistline, readily available at Safeway.
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.