An enumerated list of reasons.
There's so much I want to say about Vancouver's first Maker Faire that I've put off writing this post for nearly three weeks. In the interest of getting over this block, I've decided to write a series of posts about it.
To sum up, Maker Faire blew my mind. It was the most fun I've...
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The riots here in Vancouver after the Canucks lost Game 7 in the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday pretty much broke my heart.
When I woke up Thursday morning, I found a Twitter message from Amy Swenson asking me if I'd like to write about it for a sports site run by women writers. It...
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Oh how I wish I could attend the Maker Faire in California next weekend. (Or the one in Detroit in July, or New York in September...) Next year, I hope!
But I'm not terribly disappointed, because next month Vancouver will host its first community-organized Mini Maker Faire. Sanctioned by O'Reilly – the folks behind MAKE magazine,...
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One of the things I love and hate about my city is the passion people put into complaining about it (myself included). To an impressive extent, the complaining is in a productive context and isn't just aimless whining. But it can seem at times like the default attitude here is that everything sucks.
Last winter...
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When we moved to Vancouver eight years ago, I followed Greg's lead when we were choosing a neighbourhood to live in. I was young, and it was a mistake. We bought a house in what I now think of as the deep West Side*, a quiet area with single-family homes, sleepy streets and housing...
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Cryptic title, eh?
The Museum of Vancouver's had a craft exhibit on for the last few months, and in January they held an epic night of crafting to go along with it. It was such a successful and popular event, they're holding another this Friday night. For $15 you get materials, workshops, music and a...
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I've spent much of this afternoon trying to write about the Olympics – not in the I-was-there way I've been doing, but to sum up my emotional experience of the Games.
I can't do it. It's too much. But I can sort of cobble some thoughts together.
Vancouver is my home. It's the home I chose...
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Kids, my city is a giant party.
We went Downtown yesterday afternoon to see what Vancouver's like during the Olympics. (We live in the city of Vancouver, but about a half-hour from Downtown by bus or about a fifteen-minute drive. I wrote more about my neighbourhood for the Raincoast Books blog series 5 Things Vancouver.)
Most...
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Where Vanoc (the Vancouver Organizing Committee) has done an utterly terrible job of engaging the people of Vancouver leading up to the Olympics, there is one thing that's made people feel included and excited: the torch relay.
Last night the torch went through the University of British Columbia (some hockey events will be held...
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How much do I love this? So much that I'm going to try to swing by to see it this afternoon, at the Davie Community Garden at Davie St. and Burrard St. downtown.
More about Howie Woo's awesome on the Crochet Me blog.
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