This is my second trip to Vancouver :) My first trip to Vancouver was last November, and I had a really good time. A good precedent was established with the first trip, thus giving me high expectations for this city. After touching down at the airport, I went to pick up my luggage, and I was met with a wall of carts (see photo below). When I first saw these carts, I was thinking, wow, how inviting! It reminded me of my football days when I was younger and made me think, if I want my bag on the conveyor on the other side, where's the weakest link and how can I get through! I did the more civil thing and just walked around, but at first I wasn't sure how I was going to approach it. After getting our bags, Theresa got her rental car (nice upgrade, a Volvo S40), she drove me to my hotel where I checked in and dropped off my bags. Theresa waited for me in the car and then we went to Kisha Poppo sushi. Last time I was in Vancouver, I had some pretty good sushi, but this was awesome! This was the biggest pieces of fish for the most affordable price and it was quite tasty and fresh! Check out the photo, the pieces of salmon and tuna were so big, I had a hard time eating it in one bite! Also note the IPhone in the pic, compared to the pieces, they were HUGE! I was quite impressed by this place, and since it's only about 2 blocks away from my hotel, I imagine I might drop in again, as it's well worth the short walk and a good deal on food!
Wall of carts:
In perspective with this shot, it's an IPhone in the upper right corner. Look at the size of the fish vs the IPhone! And the sushi in the photo is not just mine, Theresa ordered two of the plates and I had the plate closest to the bottom. I also had some gyoza before my sushi came :)
This is the first time that I really include myself in one of my photos. Since some people who don't know me well maybe wonder what I do, I figured I'd post of a photo of me at work. Some people may say that I don't work, well this should maybe prove them wrong. It doesn't show me all gritty and dirty (as I can sometimes be when I'm at the farm in New Brunswick), but rather dressed up and moderating a panel. Today, I was moderating a panel on social media. The other panelists were talking about best practices, guideline development, official languages and privacy. It was a power packed panel that was well attended, to a sold out audience in the room and had over 140 people watching on the webcast! To those who were attending and those who watched, I hope you enjoyed the event.
Usually my photos try to highlight the best part of the day, well today's photo is definitely a big highlight! Today's experience was a true first for me. I had never held a baby that was less than 24 hours old. Sameya is really tiny. She weighs all of 7lbs and 1oz. She is very pretty, and incredibly quiet. I held her for about an hour and she fussed with her hands and legs, but as soon as she was bundled up again in her blanket, she became super quiet. This is definitely the highlight of my day and the highlight of my week and probably of my month! Here's a few photos of Sameya:
I didn't get out of my apartment today. I wasn't feeling well and took a sick day. As I am heading out of town on the weekend, I figured I had to do some laundry and thought I'd catch a part of my laundry cycle in my photos. As to save some energy, I use a drying rack to hang up my laundry. Normally, my clothes are dried within 24hrs, depending how much water they have retained. I also do not add any extra heat or doing anything extra.
I like my buddy Cameron is waving hello in this one!
Tonight I was out for a work meeting and ended up hanging out with a friend and we talked about my photo blog, her photo blog, taking photos, etc. Along the booth that we were sitting in, there was this lineup of empty port bottle and I figured I'd take a photo of the bottles as I like their alignment, and figured it would be a nice shot. However, a little irony in this photo, I've never really liked port, for some reason I can't seem to like the taste. I was once told, it will be something you grow into as you get older and as I look at those bottles, I still think: it's not for me!
Yet another sign, this one was taken during another trip at a Winterlude site this afternoon. It's not the best pic, as I had forgotten my P&S at work, and didn't bring my bigger camera out as I wasn't expecting to make it out there, so this was shot with my IPhone. I figured since I had a mini theme of getting unusual signs, this one fits the bill. I kind of reminds me of the signs you see when people are washing floors, warning you about the wet floor and slipping. This is is related, but because of icy conditions.
