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Archive for February, 2008

Nice at night

February 29, 2008

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  • Written by: Calen Knauf |
  • Category: Random |
  • Tagged: Nice, Night, nightlife, Vancouver at Night |
  • Comments: 1

Adidas party

February 29, 2008

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How can you say no to free beer and free mini burgers?

  • Written by: Calen Knauf |
  • Category: Events,Food and Drink |
  • Tagged: Adidas Part, Free Beer, Free Mini-burgers, sneakers |
  • Comments: 1

This Friday..

February 29, 2008


Be sure to check out VNDLSM, Petroleum By-Products, and Curtis Santiago- presented by 1/2 Alive, Sealed with a Kiss and RVCA.

  • Written by: GMAN |
  • Category: Events,Music |
  • Tagged: 1/2 Alive, Curtis Santiago, My!Gay!Husband, Petroleum By-Products, richard's on richards, RVCA, Sealed with as Kiss, VNDLSM |
  • Comments: 0

Sunny East Side Wires

February 28, 2008

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Gotta love when sun meets black overhead lines!

  • Written by: S R |
  • Category: Random |
  • Tagged: Overhead Lines, Poles, Powerlines, Wires |
  • Comments: 0

East Side Wires

February 28, 2008

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The wires above my house are awesome. I can stare at them all day.

  • Written by: S R |
  • Category: Random |
  • Tagged: east side, power lines |
  • Comments: 0

Remember when….

February 28, 2008

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Bums picked up cans?

  • Written by: Jef Choy |
  • Category: Shopping |
  • Tagged: Bums, Cans, Homeless, Metal, Shopping Carts |
  • Comments: 2

Capilano Salmon Hatchery

February 27, 2008

Could somebody please go HERE and tell me how awesome it is? It’s, like, right outside of the city.

Capilano Salmon Hatchery

  • Written by: Bob Kronbauer |
  • Category: Random |
  • Tagged: Capilano, Capilano Salmon Hatchery, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Salmon, Vancouver Tours |
  • Comments: 0

Daily Flick – Weird Car

February 27, 2008


Photo by Airchinapilot.

I told you it was about to get weird.

  • Written by: Bob Kronbauer |
  • Category: The Arts |
  • Tagged: Car, Daily Flick, Flickr, Strange Vehicle, Weird Car |
  • Comments: 1

A skateboard and a slurpee…

February 27, 2008

Yeah… that’s right… what do YOU have?
skateboards and slurpees….

  • Written by: Jef Choy |
  • Category: Skateboarding |
  • Tagged: Skateboarding, slurpees |
  • Comments: 2

Daily Flick – Weird Fundraiser Alligator

February 26, 2008


Photo by Carol Browne.

These daily Flickr photos might take a weird turn, starting here. I had never heard of “Canstruction” until I found this image but I guess it’s some sort of fundraiser where they make things out of stacks of non-perishables. Looks pretty awesome to me.

  • Written by: Bob Kronbauer |
  • Category: Events,Food and Drink |
  • Tagged: Alligator, Canstruction, Daily Flickr, Flickr, Fundraisor, Non-perishables |
  • Comments: 0

A namwich like no other!

February 25, 2008

A toast to you, you beautiful deli!
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  • Written by: Calen Knauf |
  • Category: Food and Drink |
  • Tagged: Baale, Deli, French sandwiches, Sandwiches, Vancouver Delis |
  • Comments: 0

Plaza of Nations buildings… Buh Bye

February 25, 2008

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Rode my bike down to the casino the other night and, um, couldn’t help but notice that the rickety old roof at the Plaza of Nations is now gone and for some reason they’re tearing down the office building thing that was behind it too. Rebar everywhere, if you get a chance you should go and have a look before it’s all gone; it’s seriously beautiful.

Here’s what I used as a tripod to rest my camera on for the photo above… a real life wrecking ball!

wrecking ball

  • Written by: Bob Kronbauer |
  • Category: Events,Our History |
  • Tagged: Building Tear-Down, Demolition, Plaza of Nations |
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