Ok, so I haven’t actually done a free walking tour with Vancouver’s Tour Guys, but I’m recommending their services just on principle: the world’s on our doorstep for the Olympics, the highways and byways are a teeny bit crowded, and the least stressful way to explore the city right now is on foot.
If you haven’t done [...]
Talk about glowing hearts–I just came through downtown Vancouver on a bus and if you could bottle the city’s buzz right now, you’d make a million overnight.
With these sorts of crowds, public transit is the only way to get around the roads during the 2010 Winter Games.
I just did a post about Vancouver’s “Top 5 [...]
Since “where can we get a great view of Vancouver?” seems to be a frequent question from the international journalists in town for the upcoming 2010 Winter Games, I did a round-up of my Top 10 places to scope the city over at the Inside Vancouver blog.
Feel free to add your own recommendations!
And they say no one’s excited about the 2010 Olympics.
I just got back from Whistler where things are ramping up like crazy. Steve Podborski was bringing the torch down the mountain and you could feel the electricity in the air.
This little video by Classified–someone sent me the link via Twitter–says it all: Oh Canada. Go [...]
Let’s face it: commuting sucks at the best of times, and commuting in Vancouver during next month’s 2010 Winter Games is going to…well, let’s just say it’ll give us all an opportunity to practice our Pranayama breathing techniques.
The folks at TransLink want to get the word out that you really need to “know before you [...]
I keep running into people who say they don’t really care about Vancouver’s upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics because they “don’t like sports.” Well, okay, then: how about arts?
From January 22 to March 21, it’s going to be a feeding frenzy for culture vultures in BC’s Lower Mainland thanks to the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
(And yes, it [...]
I’ve got ‘em and I’m hoping you want ‘em: a brand new pair of coveted Olympic red mittens, tags and all.
These are the souvenirs of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games–stores here can barely keep them in stock. They cost $10 a pair and a portion of the money goes to help Canadian athletes.
I bought a couple [...]
It’s sad times in the world, my friends, so I offer this tiny excuse to chuckle courtesy of our own righteously irreverent TV God, Rick Mercer.
Enjoy!
(Oh, and can anyone tell me: is that As It Happens’ Mary-Lou or Barbara narrating?)
I recently received a snarky tweet from someone who asked outright if I had paid for the delicious New Year’s meal I recently enjoyed at the Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino.
Indeed I had–and offered to provide the VISA bill to prove it.
But it raised the age-old question (well, age-old for those of us who started our [...]
Hey culture vultures: want to be there tomorrow night when the former (and much loved) CBC Orchestra is reborn as the National Broadcast Orchestra at a gala benefit at Vancouver’s Chan Centre for the Performing Arts?
I’ve been given a pair of tickets to give away to a TheseBoots reader. Just leave a comment below or tweet [...]
