I truly hope it doesn’t, but it’s bound to happen- someone who’s dropped acid in the past will come across one of these people on the street and have a huge flashback and jump off a bridge. There are bizarre buskers, “posers” and other performers out here, some are truly amazing and talented. That being [...]
We saw the quarter-final game for men’s hockey today, and damn, I’m still not sure how it went! Last night, Canada murdered won over Germany like, 8-2. Today, it was 2-0 and the first two periods were boooooring. Finally, there were a couple of dribbled-in goals and everyone went home. The Swiss played like they [...]
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Buskers are lining the sides (and sometimes the middle) of Granville Street between West Georgia and Smith because the streets there have been restricted to foot traffic only, and right now they have a giant, continuous audience to fleece. Some of the more enterprising buskers have very little to do with Olympic themes – for [...]
Man, what a mixed day. We went down to False Creek to see Maison Du Quebec, Saskachewan House, Russia House and the Ontario Pavilion. After yesterday’s lineups we knew what we were getting into… for the most part. It was so insane, though! Lineups a mile long, nobody working there knowing what’s going on, short [...]
So, Jeff & I decided to drag our asses out of bed early today and go see Olympic stuff before the crowds gather and lineups form. Ha frickin’ ha. We were at the Royal Canadian Mint Pavilion before 8:05 and damn, this was the lineup to see and touch the Olympic medals on display: They [...]
Okay, I can’t say I blame the cops for paying attention to the ubiquitous screens showing the hockey games… But this is Ice Dancing.
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What’s really weird is that more than one person thought that this was a super idea.
Just amazing – the Olympic cauldron is beautifully designed and executed, and even during the day it’s dramatic and impressive. Here’s the stupid part: The powers-that-be here in Vancouver have decided to block off a huge area around the Cauldron, ostensibly because the decking there is too weak to support the huge numbers of people [...]
It’s not my thing, but at least they’re being generous.
I would very much like to find the cowardly jackass(es) who thought this was a good idea. The Bay at Granville & West Georgia that contains the HBC Olympic store was vandalized this morning when red paint was thrown on the building and some of the giant display windows were smashed in. The opening ceremonies [...]
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I walked around a bunch today after getting Jeff squared away and, can I just say it? Holy cats, there’s A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE.
I walked Jeff to work this morning and we had good timing – the Olympic Torch Relay came down Granville pretty much at the same time. We even managed to luck into a spot that had comparatively few tourons about and got some good video and photos. The hand-off occurred just around the corner on [...]
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Remember all the carping I’ve done about the Olympics? “It’s an obscene misuse of money and resources”… “It’s going to cause so many problems for the city”… “I can’t find my keys”, etc. I still think those things, but I’ll be doing so from the lower bowl at GM Place (excuse me, generic Ice Hockey [...]
I always tell him that he needs to socialize more…
There are GIANT freakin’ spotlights moving around in unison in downtown Vancouver now, which sounds odd until you actually see it. Then it still sounds odd but looks very cool against the (perpetual) low cloud cover – like Batman decided to get creative. We were, business as usual, walking the dog when this became visible [...]
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