Motown

Gavin kindly invited me to go watch Motown when it was in town, and it was good. There's a story there about Berry Gordy and his life, and breaking black music to white America, and racial strife; but to me it was mostly an excuse to watch performances from all sorts of famous acts (done … Continue reading Motown →

Year in Review: 2016 (plus late 2015)

I like those posts I did about my time in Ireland. Let's do that again, starting first with not last year, but the time period between returning to Vancouver and last year. Previously: #YARRLAND @ Two YARRS, #YARRLAND @ One YARR Personal Deets It was a hard time for me, overall. It started well, with … Continue reading Year in Review: 2016 (plus late 2015) →

Back in Vancouver

I'm back! I'll write something more about my travels at some point, but in short: they were grand. I've resumed working for my previous employer, and aside from finding an apartment of my own, have gotten relatively settled. YAARRRRR!!

Runs In The Family

A few years ago I went to the show "An Evening with Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer" at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver (November 2011, apparently). I'd been a fan of Gaiman's since reading "Good Omens" at an impressionable age. I'd read "American Gods" and "Neverwhere" back in college or high school; when he was … Continue reading Runs In The Family →

Wreck Beach

I finally went to Wreck Beach today, after some seven years of meaning to go but not getting up the nerve, 'cuz... it's a nude beach, eh? It was much too cold today for public nudity, but the sun was out and there were people walking around. Like me! I kinda get the fuss now, … Continue reading Wreck Beach →

Car Free Vancouver!

Today was Car Free Vancouver! Gavin and I (and his dad) went to the big one on Main Street, which stretched from 12th Ave to 29th or 30th. It was a little quiet at first. I think it might've been a little too spread out; some stretches were pretty light on booths. But there was … Continue reading Car Free Vancouver! →

Wall of Forgiveness

I decided to go home after work, which naturally meant that I wandered down to Granville Street to look at the aftermath. Today hundreds (if not thousands) of Vancouverites went downtown and voluntarily started cleaning everything up. And all the boarded-up windows became impromptu... shrines, I guess, for lack of a better word. And wow, … Continue reading Wall of Forgiveness →

Riot 2011

This is just a quick post the morning after with my gut impressions. Yay for the City of Vancouver for having the fanzones. They clearly needed better security (IE: don't let drunk people in), but it was good to give people a place to congregate and celebrate. That said, the rioting broke out in the … Continue reading Riot 2011 →

Never really…

Never really thought I'd bicycle in Vancouver. Never really thought I'd use that bike strip down Burrard. Never really thought I'd ride through downtown at night in a dark jacket and no reflective pads. I'm going cycling with Andy and Jay tomorrow. I'm not going to last very long. 🙂

Sun Run 2011

So. I totally did the Sun Run this morning (or "walk", in my case). And I actually did better than I expected: Official time 1:48:28 KM Pace 10:51 per klick Considering that this time I didn't even try to run, I'm surprizingly pleased. It's faster than my previous two tries, which were both just over … Continue reading Sun Run 2011 →