Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Gruffest Man in Gastown

This is just a simple picture of a man who was crossing the street today with his one bottle from the liquor store. A very simple couple of pictures, really, but I really liked how they looked. Simple and to the point, the way most things should be. What this picture doesn’t explain though was...

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Main Street and Broadway

So I found out where all the cool kids hang out – Main Street and Broadway. Hot damn I’ve never seen so many Macs and blisteringly tight pants! And with a name like Mount Pleasant, surely this place is a – uh – pleasant place to spend a morning fika! This little neighbourhood is quite...

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Crabs at Ambleside Pier

”Foh roo, vary spesal price! Fi dolla!” said the adorable little Chinese fella’ when I walked up to his wee bucket of crabs. So that’s how much a crab costs down at the Ambleside Pier. In case you haven’t been there in a while, it’s located in West Vancouver a few minutes away from Park...

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by Cole

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Gastown Folks and Apples

Today started out pretty rough, even though all the best intentions were in mind. I meandered out nice and early into Gastown with the idea of simply buying three coffees and a newspaper. One coffee for Therese, one for me, and one for the first homeless person I saw. Therese was in bed because it...

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Commercial Drive

Commercial Drive baby! If you ever want to take a walk and see about 20 coffee shops on every block, that’s the spot for you. Especially Italian ones. This area is located just outside of Downtown and is the cultural hotbed in Vancouver. I think just about every culture is represented in some form on...

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