Luck of the Irish? Those clovers don’t have four leaves! :p This year’s Saint Paddy’s Day Parade was better than last year’s. The highlights for me were the energetic Irish dance numbers — more plentyful than last year — and a strong Asian presence in traditional costumes which brought grace and beauty to the parade. As far [...]
Archive for March, 2008
2008 SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
Posted in Events, tagged asian, celtic, chinese, choregraphy, clover, colorful, costumes, crowd, dance, day, downtown, family, fun, green, instruments, ireland, irish, japanese, kimonos, music, parade, patrick, people, performance, photography, pictures, saint, saint paddy's, saint patrick's, vancouver on Monday, March 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
FAIR AT THE PNE
Posted in Events on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Peking Acrobats Hold on! Superdogs show Parade for the kids The Fair at the PNE is VERY popular!
Light hiking at Lighthouse Park
Posted in Hiking, tagged arbutus, beach, boats, dogs, downtown, great heron, Hiking, landscape, lighthouse, nature, ocean, park, photography, pine, rocks, shore, vancouver, view, walking, water on Sunday, March 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
35 minutes from downtown (by bus — take the 250 bus) is this little gem of a park which offers amazing views on the Greater Vancouver and Howe Sound regions. It contains all the ingredients of a hike, minus the pulse-pounding cardio bit. Its pièce de résistance is of course, the lighthouse from which the park got [...]
HIKING MOUNT STRACHAN
Posted in Hiking, tagged 360, bowen island, canada day, cypress, downtown, Hiking, howe sound, mount baker, mount strachan, seymour, snow, steep, the lions, tough, valley, vancouver, view, viewpoint on Sunday, March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Canada Day 2007… Still plenty of snow up there! Tough one, but with the 360 degree view at the top, it’s totally worth it! Bowen Island Downtown Vancouver Howe Sound Mount Baker Seymour Valley
HIKING LYNN CANYON
Posted in Hiking, tagged bridge, downtown, fish, fly fishing, Hiking, lake, landscape, nature, north van, north vancouver, photography, rice, river, rusty, seymour, suspension bridge, vancouver on Sunday, March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The free suspension bridge. :) Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge Old Rusty Bridge Fly Fishing In Action Waiting for the Fish to Bite Seymour River