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Tucked between ocean and mountains, Vancouver is one of the most extraordinary cities in the world. That’s all.

Life and death in the ocean - Or was it the Vancouver Aquarium?

July 4, 2008

After reading a post over at Des orques dans la brume, I have been keeping an eye on the health of our newborn beluga calf at the Vancouver Aquarium. Qila, the mother, is a first-timer, which alw...

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July 1st, Canada Night

July 5, 2008

Vancouver

[2:00 pm prelude. Don't look at the pictures yet.] It's hot. I don't do the beach thing too often but after writing my epiphany of bitching and highlighting the fact I live on the water, I figure...

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I must be dreaming

July 8, 2008

Vancouver

Today a glance at the Weather Network left me in shock. Such a perfect forecast is a rare sight. I feel bad for reporting our luck while over on the Eastern Seaboard everyone is overcooking, but ...

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Dancing on walls

July 13, 2008

Cool, Photoblogs, Vancouver

They think out of the box. They have guts, grace and trust their lines. Where we see a wall they have a playground. A window becomes a challenge, the sidewalk a parterre. They are the Aeriosa Dan...

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Fired up

August 2, 2008

Photoblogs, Vancouver

It happens once a year on English Bay. It claims to be the largest offshore display of its kind. It attracts 300,000 to 400,00 spectators a night, four times over two weeks. It is said to cost wa...

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Low tide, after noon - The Seawall

August 3, 2008

Photoblogs, Vancouver

Today I took Abe Second Generation around Stanley Park looking for wildlife. On Saturdays, the Seawall is almost like the beaches of Coney Island and I figured the only thing that wouldn't yield ...

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Abe is dead, long live Abetoo

August 9, 2008

Bits and pieces, Photoblogs, Vancouver

Abe was my first DSLR. She was a Canon Digital Rebel XTi (or 400D). Her name was a short for "Aberration chromatique", the French for, yes, you guessed it, chromatic aberration. Of whic...

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Of skies and a runaway sun

August 13, 2008

Photoblogs, Schtroumpfissime, Vancouver

When seeking peace inside and longing to settle the chaos outside, a West-Ender needs look no further than the Seawall. (I sound like a bloody advertisement, but it's true.) Flowers greet me at t...

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Looking for boats on an island that isn't one

August 17, 2008

Photoblogs, Vancouver

I recently felt a need for the company of boats. I was longing for the discreet dancing motion of vessels in a harbour, the sound of halyards flapping in the wind, the gentle splashing of water a...

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The Grouse Mountain paragliding joke

August 19, 2008

Airborne, Vancouver

This year's Grouse Mountain Fly-in was held on August 9th. I didn't attend, not being able to meet the experience requirements. [sound of grinding teeth] Besides, I hold a serious grudge against th...

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Lynn Creek unsuspended

August 20, 2008

Photoblogs, Vancouver

Lynn Canyon Park is probably the most extraordinarily beautiful, most accessible spot in the Greater Vancouver, if not the entire Lower Mainland. But it's also relatively small and on summer week...

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Waterloo on a trail

August 24, 2008

Photoblogs, Running, Vancouver

I pride myself on being fit. I steadily run my 10.5K twice a week. I work out. I eat well. I usually nurture dreams of grandeur and think no reasonable challenge is a match for my stamina. I'm almo...

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