Happy weekending,
Ariane C
Saturday, August 19, 2006
The Coolest Beetle in Town
Today was the annual Kitsilano Hippy Daze event. A great day out considering the beautiful weather and almost the entire stretch of West 4th closed off to vehicular traffic. This alone is a rare occurence on the busy shopping street. Here are photos of a classic VW Beetle that's got its entire inside and outside covered in art! We'd seen this car in town before, but today it was specially on display along with several classic cars…some of the photos show water spurting out, and indeed there's running water both on the car's front exterior hood and in the back seat!
Happy weekending,
Ariane C
Happy weekending,
Ariane C
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Wednesday in August
Maybe not as cool as an expanding planetary system, but yours truly has won the Blenz Coffee contest and will be enjoying some latte action in the coming year! Pretty ironic, considering I'm not even Canadian. Guess we've got what it takes to be Canadian down pat.
And our annual Kitsilano Hippy Daze is just around the corner…
I'll be volunteering on Friday for the big Weekend to End Breast Cancer, a 60 km walk over a two day period.
Oh yeah, spotted a seal and her pup within one metre of my kayak this morning, over at Granville Island. Sadly enough, I didn't have my digital camera on board. This is by far the closest I've ever come to the darling harbour seals. Their big eyes stare your way…truly sweet creatures of Nature.
My newly revised site is up and live!
And our annual Kitsilano Hippy Daze is just around the corner…
I'll be volunteering on Friday for the big Weekend to End Breast Cancer, a 60 km walk over a two day period.
Oh yeah, spotted a seal and her pup within one metre of my kayak this morning, over at Granville Island. Sadly enough, I didn't have my digital camera on board. This is by far the closest I've ever come to the darling harbour seals. Their big eyes stare your way…truly sweet creatures of Nature.
My newly revised site is up and live!
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Long Holiday Weekend
The past long BC Day weekend has given us a great variety of entertainment. Friday night we ate at lovely French bistro Salade de Fruits Café, a great find close to home. The waiters turn people away all evening and bring in who they 'like'! We sat at a table on the patio and enjoyed the company of a couple of long-time fans of the place. The moules frites dish that Ad ordered was fantastic, the mussels large and in a very tasty sauce. My salmon was also wonderful. As the evening (and our bottle of white wine) wore on, we chatted about everything BC and came across some great tips from locals eager to impart just plain great touring info on us.
Saturday brought us into the garden to take care of various plants and weeds that needed attention. The five new lavender plants are starting to enjoy the company of the bees and will hopefully spread out in the years to come. We met up with a couple of friends who'd invited us to a casual homemade dinner before heading out to Kitsilano Showboat to watch the evening line-up including 'Johnny Cash and Friends'. As the sun started to set, Ad and I were in need of warmer clothes if we'd be staying around to watch the fireworks finale starting at 10. We raced back on foot to the house, changed and somehow, right before the start of the fireworks, met up with our friends (in the dark no less) amongst the throngs of crowds all descended upon Vanier Park to watch the show from the best vantage point! With the stereo set up in the background tuned to the rock station sponsoring the audio portion of the show, it was quite a spectacle. I was even granted use of the only camping chair amongst the four of us and felt quite royal sitting in back with the colourful displays unfolding in front of us.
Sunday and we were off to the Vancouver Pride Parade, another packed event, this time on English Bay, just opposite the previous night's fireworks vantage point. Lots of great performers and ever-present disco music to get the crowd on their feet. We ran into a friend and chatted before separating ways, Ad and I grabbing some lunch on the way, and walking back over the Burrard Bridge home.
Yesterday capped the weekend with us celebrating BC Day on the water. We rented our kayaks at Deep Cove for a four hour adventure up the North Indian Arm. Gorgeous scenery, photos follow here…
Now it's back to the week, filled with memories of being on vacation so close to home!
Ariane C
taking a break on a little beach
Saturday brought us into the garden to take care of various plants and weeds that needed attention. The five new lavender plants are starting to enjoy the company of the bees and will hopefully spread out in the years to come. We met up with a couple of friends who'd invited us to a casual homemade dinner before heading out to Kitsilano Showboat to watch the evening line-up including 'Johnny Cash and Friends'. As the sun started to set, Ad and I were in need of warmer clothes if we'd be staying around to watch the fireworks finale starting at 10. We raced back on foot to the house, changed and somehow, right before the start of the fireworks, met up with our friends (in the dark no less) amongst the throngs of crowds all descended upon Vanier Park to watch the show from the best vantage point! With the stereo set up in the background tuned to the rock station sponsoring the audio portion of the show, it was quite a spectacle. I was even granted use of the only camping chair amongst the four of us and felt quite royal sitting in back with the colourful displays unfolding in front of us.
Sunday and we were off to the Vancouver Pride Parade, another packed event, this time on English Bay, just opposite the previous night's fireworks vantage point. Lots of great performers and ever-present disco music to get the crowd on their feet. We ran into a friend and chatted before separating ways, Ad and I grabbing some lunch on the way, and walking back over the Burrard Bridge home.
Yesterday capped the weekend with us celebrating BC Day on the water. We rented our kayaks at Deep Cove for a four hour adventure up the North Indian Arm. Gorgeous scenery, photos follow here…
Now it's back to the week, filled with memories of being on vacation so close to home!
Ariane C
taking a break on a little beach
Friday, August 04, 2006
Tesla Girls
This morning I broke out of tradition and rented a Necky Tesla kayak instead of the usual Nimbus Nyak or Seafarer's. Lovely boat and the seat is quite comfy. Took to the shores of Jericho Beach to some very choppy action at sea. Almost, just almost, thought of turning back and calling it a day. Once I headed out and got USED to the wind dealing with the waves, it was again paradise out there! So lovely to watch the animals and birds take to the water. The seal couple were out again swimming close to the shore, turning their heads round to see groups of youngsters trying their hand at windsurfing nearby.
I managed THREE paddles in this week! Met a woman on Weds. morning who's also a junkie and has a season's pass like me. Only she has her own carbon paddle to the tune of 500 bucks! We went out paddling together and traded off paddles for a bit. Now I see why carbon RULES! Light as can be, ahhhhh.
There's a recent bit in Vancouver Magazine regarding our little bit o' paradise by the sea (page 46 of the current August issue):
And I quote, "Unlike the poor saps out East, West Coasters don't have to jump in a car and conga-line up a highway for several hours to find recreational water. Here on the edge of an ocean playground, you can roll out of the office and into a kayak in 20 minutes." Sweet!
I watched a nearby Cormorant dive in for his lunch and come back with a fish that went right down the hatch, length of fish down first! Seems like each and every day is full of new feelings on the water and different activity with the birds and seals. Although I've been kayaking pretty much in two areas in Vancouver (off Granville Island and Jericho Beach), no two days are alike! And the feeling of coming home (just as I have now, this Friday noontime) and feeling the waves move through the body while sitting still, it's just awesome.
Yes, Ad, the Tesla will do just fine on Monday out at Deep Cove!
Happy BC Day to all my local friends and devoted blog readers : )
Now it's on to heavy production of my re-vamped website pages -arghhh. Dreamweaver to the rescue! Hope to be online with the newly designed Ariane C Design in a week or so. . . (depends on the weather conditions of course).
Ariane C
I managed THREE paddles in this week! Met a woman on Weds. morning who's also a junkie and has a season's pass like me. Only she has her own carbon paddle to the tune of 500 bucks! We went out paddling together and traded off paddles for a bit. Now I see why carbon RULES! Light as can be, ahhhhh.
There's a recent bit in Vancouver Magazine regarding our little bit o' paradise by the sea (page 46 of the current August issue):
And I quote, "Unlike the poor saps out East, West Coasters don't have to jump in a car and conga-line up a highway for several hours to find recreational water. Here on the edge of an ocean playground, you can roll out of the office and into a kayak in 20 minutes." Sweet!
I watched a nearby Cormorant dive in for his lunch and come back with a fish that went right down the hatch, length of fish down first! Seems like each and every day is full of new feelings on the water and different activity with the birds and seals. Although I've been kayaking pretty much in two areas in Vancouver (off Granville Island and Jericho Beach), no two days are alike! And the feeling of coming home (just as I have now, this Friday noontime) and feeling the waves move through the body while sitting still, it's just awesome.
Yes, Ad, the Tesla will do just fine on Monday out at Deep Cove!
Happy BC Day to all my local friends and devoted blog readers : )
Now it's on to heavy production of my re-vamped website pages -arghhh. Dreamweaver to the rescue! Hope to be online with the newly designed Ariane C Design in a week or so. . . (depends on the weather conditions of course).
Ariane C
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