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Goodbye Vancouver

March 8, 2010

Our last day in Vancouver was stunning.  Sunny, warm, beautiful.  We went for a long walk from Kits beach to Granville Island with Miss JDC =). I love this place. It grounded me, brought me amazing beautiful peace and helped me to see a wonderful abundance of joy and love everywhere, everyday. I can’t wait [...]

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A walk in the woods

March 5, 2010

We’re suffering post-olympic trauma.  No more biathlons to watch during breakfast, no more curling pub nights, no more hockey ridiculousness to throw ourselves into.  I can’t believe it’s over!  The city is slowly acclimating to its old self – streets are a little cleaner, transit is far less crowded and evenings in downtown are much [...]

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This is my Canada

March 1, 2010

I don’t expect anyone, who isn’t Canadian and who hasn’t spent time in Vancouver during the last 16 days of these games, to fully understand the feelings I’m feeling tonight about what these Olympic games have meant.  What an incredible two weeks it has been.  We are so so blessed to have had the time [...]

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Hockey in Canada

February 25, 2010

It is hard to explain just how huge hockey is for Canadians.  I try to explain it to Americans and other foreigners but the message doesn’t really get through.  You have to be Canadian to understand why this sport is so important to us.  We spend much of the year in snow.  In some parts [...]

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Canadiana

February 23, 2010

We’ve spent the last few days taking in the Olympic sites and the gorgeous Vancouver sunshine. It hasn’t rained at all since we got here four days ago and we’re hoping the trend keeps up for a while. This city is abuzz with so much energy. Thousands of people walk the pedestrian downtown core, red [...]

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A for effort

February 21, 2010

You gotta love Canadian positivity. It has been so entertaining watching the games here, on Canadian networks. National pride is the highest I’ve ever seen. There are Canadian flags everywhere, people are always dressed in red, ‘Go Canada Go’ is on every bus, restaurant sign and website. It’s just nuts. And you really have to [...]

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Greetings from Canada

February 19, 2010

Apologies for my delinquency in writing. It’s been hard trying to find internet access during the last week.  Vegas, specifically, was lacking – unless I wanted to pay 6 dollars an hour for it.  And considering we lost money in open-face poker (which I am still cranky about three days later), it really wasn’t very [...]

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English Bay on a warm afternoon

September 12, 2009

Like London, Vancouver turns into a magically beautiful city in the sun. 24 celsius and clear today. The greenest city on earth (literally) is gorgeous in this Indian Summer.

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In beautiful Vancouver

September 11, 2009

Greetings from Canada. Another week, another country! We are having a mellow night in trying to nurse the jetlag. In addition, it feels like I’m in a constant state of food coma after having all this home-cooked Filipino food. Being back here is an interesting mental leap. For many months now, life has been a [...]

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To YVR we go

September 8, 2009

And we’re back in London. Three weeks of glutinous wandering in Italy and we’re back. But we’re off again today – for Vancouver – the number 1 city to live in worldwide! I am so proud of it. Home for five years of Uni, it is one of my favourite places to host people. I [...]

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