Saturday, January 21, 2017

Gratia Bakery and Cafe

 Gratia serves a very nice Charturerie Board that easily feeds two or more people. 
Located on Dewdney Trunk road in Maple Ridge, this is a local favourite. I would say it has an East Van, commercial drive flair.

Friday, December 4, 2015

Vancouver's Own Christmas Bus

Vancouver has its own Christmas bus. It's actually referred to as the Rudolf bus. Every holiday season bus number 9715 gets decked out in festive decorations. The inside has got lots of lights and Christmas music as well. Keep a look out for this bus. Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Sunny and warm downtown Vancouver

A beautiful warm sunny day in downtown Vancouver. The Shangri-La building is the tallest in Vancouver.

Saturday, July 26, 2014

View from Cates Park North Vancouver

A beautiful warm day at Cates park looking out to Ironworkers Memorial bridge.

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Vintage house in Burnaby

This old house is owned by the Burnaby parks board. It's nice to see it preserved.

An old unused Railway Bridge


Driving along Government road in Burnaby, I have often seen a glimpse of this old railway tresel bridge. Today on the first day of summer I decided to check it out.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Queen Elizabeth Park

Queen Elizabeth park in South Vancouver has excellent examples of northwest trees.

Monday, July 15, 2013

Views of Vancouver

These pictures of Vancouver were taken by my friend Mike Malloy. Thanks Mike!





Views From Stanley Park

Another beautiful day in Stanley Park. These pictures taken from the beach close to Brockton Oval at low tide.





Friday, July 12, 2013

CBC Musical Nooners -Kylee Epp

For four years CBC in Vancouver has presented the CBC Musical Nooners. Each weekday throughout the summer musicians hold a concert in the CBC outdoor plaza at 700 Hamilton.

Today the musician showcased was Kylee Epp. She sang wonderfully and her band did an excellent job as well. I sat with my wife having a nice picnic lunch enjoying the sun, music and ambiance along with many others.

This is a great free must see event in Vancouver.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Vancouver Broadway and Commercial city Planning Meeting

On July 6th the city organized a community planning forum for the area around Broadway and Commercial Drive. This meeting came from the uproar by the residents of this area over the city's proposed three high rises in the area.

I must say I'm impressed that the city took a step back and sought the input from the residents. The meeting/workshop had over 90 in attendance. Each table discussed and planned what the future would look like. The four hour meeting produced interesting and unique input.

Some ideas included covering some parts of the Cut for housing and parkland, and putting some lower high rise towers in strategic areas.

We'll see what comes of this.