Posted in Events, tagged 54-40, canada, canada day, canada place, candy, downtown, entertainment, family, food, fun, hmcs winnipeg, juggling, marion torres, military, music, new wave, photography, vancouver on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Better late than never… Enjoy some pics from Canada Day earlier this year.
HMCS Winnipeg, in the distance
Some fun entertainment early in the day
I was actually up a few stairs in this long lineup. Nice to see people enjoying Quebec’s traditional “tire sur la neige” (or maple syrup taffy in English) so much.
A French singer at [...]
Posted in Events, tagged 2007, downtown, english bay, event, gay, photography, pride parade, vancouver, west end on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(The 2008 Pride Parade just finished, a few hours ago) While I’m at it, I might as well add some old pics from last year’s pride parade also:
Posted in Events, tagged 2008, colorful, downtown, english bay, exhuberant, funny, gay, gilbert baker, jack layton, photography, pride parade, rainbow flag, vancouver, west end on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After the hugely popular HSBC Celebration of Light fireworks came to an end last night, the stage was set for the just as hugely popular pride parade and its very colorful participants. It seems like every year is a record year for this event. So much so that the organizers extended the route [...]
Posted in Events, tagged 2008, arts, asian, canadian, children, culture, dance, event, family, festival, food, gastown, heritage, japan, japanese, kids, minori takagi, music, powell street festival, tombodama, tradition, vancouver on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I couldn’t stay long enough to see everything that the festival had to offer, but while I was there, it was time well spent at Oppenheimer Park where Japanese Canadian arts, culture, and heritage were being celebrated (click here to read the festival’s official mission). The festival runs until today (Sunday August 3rd).
Traditional Japanese music [...]
Posted in Events, tagged 150, 2008, bc, bridge, burrard, canada, china, downtown, event, finale, fireworks, hsbc, hsbc celebration of light, lights, photography, usa, vancouver on August 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
And here ends what I would dare say is the biggest event of the Summer, here in Vancouver.
Ferry fun on long exposure: there were 8 ferries playing around doing formations just before the beginning of the fireworks finale
The usual boating frenzy after the fireworks
Next big event in line is the Pride Parade, today. This one promises [...]
