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Cherry blossoms

The calendar might not agree, but spring has already sneaked up on us! I had planned a bike excursion to Horseshoe Bay for today, hoping that it wouldn’t rain too much. But on my way to Stanley Park I came upon a street gloriously lined with cherry blossoms. And then the sun came out. I just couldn’t leave the city behind me, that’s how much I love it…

Instead I took a long ride along the waterfront, followed the seawall, cruised through the park’s forest, climbed to Prospect Point, zoomed down to the beaches, left the water for a while to venture into the West End, then back to English Bay, crossed the Burrard Street bridge, headed west for a while, came back and explored False Creek, passed the three bridges, went up the hill to 14th Avenue and headed to Commercial Drive where I had a War at Belgian Fries, before going back home…

Vancouverites were out celebrating a beautiful Saturday and the coming of spring. Cherry blossoms were everywhere, pink and white. Harmony blanketed the city. It always does. Here are a few snapshots.


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2006-03-04 22:30 • Posted in Photoblogs:

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  • 1 - stephanie says:

    « waowww... the first and the last pictures are really amazing !!!
    And me, i was trying to recover after Martinis’ friday night.
    pffff »

    Date of comment: 2006-03-05 15:33 •
  • 1.1 - Vince answers:

    « A matter of priorities, ma chère... But we’re « dans le même bateau »: you had martinis, I had... sherry ;-) »

    Date of comment: 2006-03-05 20:35 •
  • 2 - la beloeill... says:

    « Merci... »

    Date of comment: 2006-03-05 17:26 •
  • 3 - Sigrid says:

    « Spring huh? Don’t. Even. Talk. To. Me. Mimosa will be next I suppose? »

    Date of comment: 2006-03-07 11:44 •
  • 4 - Vince says:

    « Ô peuchère! Si je trouve du mimosa ici, je me fais la grande syncope. Pire, je m’extasie ! ;-) »

    Date of comment: 2006-03-07 11:57 •

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Good old Citroën

Here’s a funny commercial for the new Citroën C4, using urban Vancouver scenery. It is filmed from the top of the post office building and clearly visible in the background are the north shore mountains, the BC Hydro building, the Holy Rosary Cathedral and... the Harbour Centre tower.

Citroën is a FRENCH company. Througout their history they’ve made some of the most innovative cars in ther world. They were world leaders in aerodynamics decades before that became fashionable, world leaders in front-wheel drive decades before THAT became fashionable, and world leaders in active suspension (which is only now becoming fashionable). Sadly, none of that saved them from financial problems which led to their being bought by Peugeot, so there’s little reason to hope for anything special from them again. But in their day they were marvellous. They made cars with self-levelling hydropneumatic suspensions (that could lift up one tire for changing without needing a jack), and headlights that steered into curves, in the nineteen-sixties.

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2006-03-02 11:18 • Posted in Cool:

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  • 1 - a fan says:

    « a long time ago, my brother had two of those marvellous Citroen DS: he was the first one in Montreal and what a success
    he had and what admiration and probably envy he aroused wherever he went ! It was indeed a jewel. »

    Date of comment: 2006-03-03 17:27 •

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