parties

This blog still exists, in case you are wondering. Maybe you are a regular who is surprised to hear from me again after so long. Or you're here for the first time because I gave you a business card or you clicked my link on Facebook, or you Googled me for some reason.

The kid in this picture has a big cast on his arm, but this doesn't stop him from doing risky things. We met at Leeside Park, near Hastings and Cassiar, in an underpass and had seen him around at other parks.

Embracing the pre-teen boy experience has been pretty hilarious, if you look at them the right way. Don't see the "obnoxious" aspect. Try "mischievious" and "playful" and "full of energy." Think of wild kingdom and picture the younger, smaller, way more hyper version of the larger animal. Pre-teen chimpanzees or tigers.

Warm weather means going outside to share food and good times. That means not a lot of time to be inside blogging. Here in this photo is Dave Dawson playing music with our neighbour friends at our housing co-op in East Vancouver. We share a lot of meals outside during the season of good...

A highlight of the day was when Elder Brenda Wesley demonstrated a Gitxsan dance performed when people share food together. Only a few people accepted her invitation to dance, but as they rose and moved to the drum – which became “the heartbeat of the Earth” – the sun made a brief, magnificent appearance....

It's Car Free Vancouver tomorrow - and I'm going to be on Commercial Drive watching Slowpoke and the Smoke at the East End Food Co-op at 2 p.m. Slowpoke's "psychedelic doo-wop" gets me every time, with all those wacky Frank Zappa covers and more...

Rain did not stop the party today on Commercial Drive. It was the first Italian Day since 1982, and the streets were closed from Grandview to Venables, with music, vendors, food, beer gardens, and dancing on the road under umbrellas. The smell of garlic and Italian sausage was luring people into line-ups. So was...

It’s been a great day of stories and ideas at Northern Voice 2010 in Vancouver – and I’m looking forward to more tomorrow. The hour is late, so I will share one story that really sticks with me. It’s the story of blogger Kimli Welsh – creator of Delicious Juice Dot Com – and...

If you’re not too busy attending Boobquake (at the Art Gallery today from 4 to 8 p.m.) there’s a great talk scheduled at The Edge in gastown. Come hear what Wesley Regan says about “the mystique and hyperbole of social media” as the Shebeen Club invite / post reads. It’s the monthly meeting of...

Chances are, if you’ve spent any time in East Vancouver, you’ve seen this colourful bus. In fact, you may have seen it at a number of family events in the metro Vancouver area. For the past five years, The Art Express has been offering art classes, birthday parties, and special events for 6 to...