Well, it's official: Georgia Straight's best of Vancouver issue just came out yesterday, and Kitsilano's been voted best neighborhood in Vancouver. Duh, as if we didn't already know that, us very fortunate, yoga clothing-bearing young healthy beings out on West 4th, Kits Beach and the Seawall.
Yours truly took a victory walk/jog along the Seawall yesterday afternoon, passing the now closed-for-the-season outdoor Kits pool, just starting to turn a bit more green with the incoming flux of seagulls making it once again their home, and heading along the glistening water, taking in a breath of fresh sea air and counting my blessings yet once again.
Today is equally beautiful here in Kits. Went for a paddle in a new Nimbus Telkwa Sport, new to the Ecomarine rental fleet. Awesome to be in a new kayak! A bit of a plug for them: they've got their annual Yard Sale on tomorrow on Granville Island, tons on sale. Another kudo goes out to my paddling friends there: they've got a Best of Vancouver entry as well.
And I quote, from page 59: "Best Place to Aggravate Windsurfers, Sailors, and Ocean Liners", winner: Ecomarine Ocean Kayak Centre, Jericho Beach. "Consider the ocean a road with no lanes. You'll have those other seafaring vehicles annoyed in no time-they'll never be back. And you'll get a nice tan and a great workout in the process".
Freelanced for part of the month, volunteered for the Vancouver Fringe Festival (just wrapped up last weekend), got treated to 15 plays for my volunteer hours, had a blast at the volunteer party last Sunday night, and am now ready for the upcoming VIFF (Vancouver International Film Festival). Volunteering for that one as well, I've been able to attend various pre-festival media screenings, which is a good thing considering I'm attempting to see over 30 movies between September 28 and October 13.
First day of Fall and we're looking at sunny skies and 18C (64F) to celebrate its entrance. Hope everyone's having a good start to it so far. Always nice to have autumn incoming. A sure sign that Halloween is on its way…
Ariane C
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Little bits of news, tads and such over life in Kitsilano, Vancouver's easy-going bit of paradise by the sea. Greetings from Vancouver, BC, a nuclear-free weapons zone.
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- Ariane Kitspace
- I moved to Kitsilano from The Netherlands in June 2005. Couldn't imagine any two more different cultural opposites in the world.
3 comments:
nee, eh, niet uitkijken naar halloween... de zomer is voorbij :(
Klinkt nog steeds als 1 grote vakantie daar. Als ze met bijv. Southpark over Canada hebben moet ik weer aan jullie denken. Aflevering met:
There is no canada, like French Canada, if you visit for a day you'd understand"
sorry. ;)
BertV
Halloween is huge here. Really missed it all those years abroad. Everything's in the store now, candies, decorations, costumes. It's nothing like in NL. Today another gorgeous day, it will be around 20 again! Yup, life here is sweet!
Groet,
Ariane C
:)
BertV
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