Husband and I went to the PNE (Vancouver’s annual amusement park, arcade, agricultural fair and exhibition). Trooper was playing the free evening concert. For the international readers, or readers who are too young to know them, Trooper was a very successful Canadian rock band beginning in the 1970s. Here is a recent short promotional video that highlights their…
Some of you know how close I am to the fashion world. And those people will know the extent of the gap! However, I do have some claims to fashion fame – starting with Barbara Tfank , who has become justly famous for dressing Michelle Obama very elegantly and now Adele. Last year I put…
This morning’s glance at the news on my phone revealed that Vancouver is #3 on a list of the Worst-Dressed Cities in the world – and only because we are held responsible for the success of Lululemon and the propogation and misuse of yoga pants everywhere. Needless to say, I was unmoved by that information.…
We spent the long end-of-summer weekend holidaying in Vancouver, staying at the son’s apartment. We even spent an extra night, so I went directly to work from there this morning. I felt slightly naughty for showing up at work in the same clothes I had worn on Friday, not having been home in the interim! It…
Daughter in Australia sent me this link to a Melbourne newspaper that was celebrating bumping Vancouver from the top of the “most livable city” list. I thought it was quite funny that they put a photo of the riot to illustrate Vancouver’s downfall. (See my post on the riot.) Apparently the riot won’t actually affect the scores…
Bandwagons and hockey I don’t apologize for being a band wagoneer upon occasion. Bandwagons are fun! We should all be able to jump on them when so inspired. One has to hope that the wagon and streets are safe and the people on the wagon are compatible. Reckless bandwagon drivers may need to be removed. The Riot…
[This is a post I wrote on my i-pod on the last day of the Olympics. Now the excitement is all over and people don’t know what to talk about. The Paralympic Games start this weekend, so we are being let down somewhat gradually…] We decided to go downtown for the last day and forego…
The Winter Olympics are here in Vancouver. I will offer some assorted comments. (1) We got some very bad press at the start, but I haven’t heard much from the grouches since then. Everyone agrees that the death of the Georgian luger on the first day was awful. (2) The cauldron debacle was rightly criticized.…
Seeing Clarely 