It was China’s turn to showcase its pyrotechnic skills last night, at the HSBC Celebration of Light. After seeing a few interesting pictures on the Net that were taken from Granville Bridge, I decided to try my luck there also. Although I was much further from the action than usual, I still had a great [...]
Archive for July, 2008
2008 HSBC CELEBRATION OF LIGHT – CHINA
Posted in Events, tagged 2008, bridge, burrard, china, downtown, english bay, Events, fireworks, granville, hsbc celebration of light, lights, night, photography, vancouver on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
BUTCHART GARDENS
Posted in Outdoors, Travel, vancouver island, tagged butchart gardens, cherry blossoms, cove, daisies, ferry, flowers, fountain, garden, historic site, photography, pond, tulips, vancouver, vancouver island, victoria, world famous on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Butchart Gardens has got to be one of the most famous gardens in the world. It’s HUGE and, I must admit that the landscaping is quite impressive, even for a guy like me who’s not usually into flowers — except the fake ones, which require no maintenance whatsoever. :p
Since it is located on Vancouver Island [...]
16TH ANNUAL CONCERTS IN THE COVE
Posted in Events, tagged band, blues brothers, concert, cove, cover, deep cove, live, music, outdoor, panorama park, park, r & b, rythm and blues, show, vancouver on July 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Every Friday night, from mid-July to mid-August, people can enjoy live music for free in the great setting that is Deep Cove’s Panorama Park. This concert series is simply called “Annual Concerts in the Cove” (click here for details on this and more), and it features a different style of music every week. I went [...]
CARIBBEAN DAYS FESTIVAL – MULTICULTURAL STREET PARADE
Posted in Events, tagged 2008, black, caribbean days festival, colorful, costumes, dancing, festival, jamaica, latin, multicultural street parade, music, north van, north vancouver, parade, photography, rythm, sexy, trinidad tobago, vancouver on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Queen of Samba is thoroughly enjoying this parade, and so are we
The ”Caribbean Days Festival” was happening this weekend, in North Van, and although there were many activities to choose from, I only attended the Multicultural Street Parade, before the light rain “scared” me and my camera away (my girlfriend says she’s lower maintenance than my [...]
CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE – JULY 2008
Posted in Events, tagged 2008, bicycle, bike, cars, critical mass bike ride, downtown, friday, july, people, photography, ride, summer, traffic, vancouver, wheels on July 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Mass of bikers momentarily stuck next to Science World
Apparently, the critical mass bike ride concept has been around for some years, but only last month did I hear about it for the first time. It’s a simple, no frills gathering of bike lovers who take to the big city streets in an effort to assert their [...]
