I only caught glimpses of last night’s Canada vs Switzerland hockey game, at the tweetup organized by my friends Shane Gibson, Steve Jagger and Jason Baker. I also barely saw a number of friends of mine. I was watching the figure skating with MJ and the J-Man, and I thoroughly enjoyed it (particularly because we were being all judge-y and all (“oh my gosh, that triple lutz is completely screwed… oh look at that landing, it’s SO botched!”)
But I promised two young men that I would profile their photos on my blog because they were really, really in the spirit of Canada winning. I bumped into them at the Broadway/City Hall Canada Line station, and we struck a very nice conversation (they probably have no clue that many people read my blog). So, gentlemen, here is your 15 minutes of glory!
Many of you may know that I am a trained dancer. My parents wanted their five boys (yes, five, you heard right) to be integrated people. Thus, we were supposed to do art, science, humanitarian work and sports. Everything, we had to do it putting our very all on the line. I began with piano, as all my brothers did, but I quickly switched to contemporary dance and theatre. My parents may not have been all too happy with that, but they not only approved of my decision, they supported me, attending my performances and exhibitions. Thus, I keep both theatre and dance very close to my heart.
And so when Crystal Kwon approached me to write about the Vancouver International Dance Festival, I was absolutely thrilled. As I mentioned before, I am coming back to dance this year, to competitive dance more importantly. And attending performances is one of the key things I try to do, to visualize what I may need to improve, and to keep my soul well fed. I will be attending a performance of Black Grace, and VIDF has been kind enough to give me a pair of tickets to give away for you to attend the Thursday, March 18th performance of Black Grace (see the video below).
The Vancouver International Dance Festival takes place from March 12th to 21st, 2010, with performances at the Roundhouse and the Playhouse and workshops at Harbour Dance Centre and EDAM. For tickets, call 604.662.4966 or buy tickets online here.
For a preview of Black Grace, check the video. Thanks for VIDF for sponsoring the ticket giveaway!
To enter the contest and have a chance to win, please drop a comment on this post. I will draw a winner on Friday, March 5th, at 2.30pm. So, you have plenty of time to comment and win!
I am quite wary of increasing the number of people I follow on Twitter (something that has led more than one person to try to “force” me to follow them – which, actually, most of the time goes horribly wrong because I react very, very badly to being pressured to do anything). This has led more than a few thousands of people to unfollow me (which, to be quite frank, is quite alright).
I don’t think I’m an elitist, but I just have a limited amount of brain to process stuff. Plus, I HATE receiving direct messages that can easily be either emails or public replies. I just HATE IT. I am even more careful about the people I add on Facebook, because there mostly I have family members, close friends, a few selected members of the social media community that I’m not that close friends with but whom I like to get to know, and many of my academic research colleagues.
The one network I am delighted to Olympically ignore is LinkedIn. And the irony is, lots of people seem to think I’m committing a mistake by ignoring LinkedIn. Now I can’t really ignore it that much since I sit on the Executive Committee of the Social Media Club Vancouver, and they have created a LinkedIn group (why this is the case still escapes me, but then again, I ignore LinkedIn). I have heard so many different stories as to who should I accept to connect on LinkedIn that I just simply try to ignore it. I have a few of my friends (mostly, close friends) on LinkedIn. People with whom I have interacted mostly on a professional level. Even if they’re my friends, I can indeed vouch for their work.
But adding everyone and their mother to my LinkedIn kind of worries me, because contrary to Facebook or Twitter, being connected on LinkedIn seems to appear as a tacit endorsement. And admittedly, in my case, for the most part, I think I am more than happy to endorse those who ARE already on my LinkedIn connections. That said, I don’t have a professional connection with everyone who has me or whom I have on my LinkedIn list. SOME of those connections are, indeed, professional (particularly those related to my research). But a vast majority, are my friends, and some folks whom I know through social media.
But what happens when you don’t accept those connections? That does NOT mean, in my opinion, that I wouldn’t be willing to endorse the person with whom I’m not connected. I just hate all these assumptions about social networks. If I follow you, people assume it’s because I find you interesting or whatever. And if I don’t, people assume that I am not interested in what they have to say.
Life in a networked society, it seems, is filled with assumptions. As for me, I would like people to stop assuming how I think and what I think. If you need to know, ask me point blank. Don’t assume anything about my relationship with you on account of any social networking connection we may (or may not) have.
I first found this gem at a recycling depot in Calgary. I am proud to say that I have, at some point in my life, followed each and every single one of them, every day. Not all of them at the same time (for example, some times I have not taken vacations), but for the most part I follow a large majority of them. Great tips to live by.
Priorities: 21 Suggestions for Living Wisely and Well by: H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
1. Teach by example.
2. Bless every day with a generous act.
3. Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.
4. Do something every day that maintains good health.
5. Take family vacations whether you can afford them or not.
6. Stand up for your principles even if you stand alone.
7. Judge your success by the degree that you’re enjoying peace, health and love.
8. Be there when people need you.
9. Be devoted to your spouse and dedicated to your children.
10. Be of service to your community and your country.
11. Have courage when things go wrong.
12. Tell the truth.
13. Maintain your resources wisely.
14. Be satisfied, don’t grumble.
15. Don’t overlook life’s small joys while searching for big ones.
16. Discover the power of prayer.
17. Discover the power of forgiveness.
18. Love people more than things.
19. Look for the good.
20. Search for the truth.
21. Hope for the best.
I have a special love for Science World (or the Telus World of Science, as they have called it too). It’s one of my favorite places to visit, and I also quite frequently walk around the False Creek seawall and pass by. You can see many photos of Science World on my Flickr account. So I was delighted to hear that the Sochi 2014 (Russian House) was going to be hosted there. Thanks to my friends Veronica Rivas and Veronica Heringer, I was invited as a media guest.
From their website:
Guests of Sochi World will be able to get to know a new, modern Russia, where innovation is balanced with tradition: exhibition halls and informational booths will introduce everyone to the city and country that will host the innovative Sochi 2014 Games. The cultural program, legendary Russian cuisine, performances by famous Russian and Canadian artists and, of course, the guests themselves will all help to create an unforgettable, truly Russian festive atmosphere.
I was really impressed with the fully equipped media center, the displays and the hard work that the organizers of Sochi 2014 have put into Russky World. Overall, the staff was incredibly friendly, most of them spoke Russian (yes, I can understand a bit of Russian – two of my brothers have competed in international chess competitions, and they both learned Russian, so I have a bit of an ear to recognize the language).
I understand that Russky World is open 12 to 5pm for the general public (it’s free) and for the evening program, you do require accreditation. I did not check the evening program, but I probably will in the next couple of weeks. When/if I do, I’ll report back. You can check the (free) program on the website.
It has been a very, very, very rough couple of weeks for me. I got injured, fell sick, worked more than full time on very little sleep and almost no respite. I am (sadly) very sensitive to the emotions and energy (whether it’s positive or negative) of people around me, all of which combined resulted in emotional and physical overload (at the worst of times, a few days before the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics started).
Today, as I was making my way to my office (after already having had a phone meeting with my project team for Preventable and attending Debra and Richard’s wedding), I reflected on the fact that, for the first time in two weeks, I have felt myself. I don’t feel pain anywhere in my body, my soul feels cleansed and I’m in a fantastic mood. And then it hit me…
I didn’t get a chance to attend the media preview of Molson Canadian Hockey House last week, but I was invited as their guest (thanks Adam, Tonia, Bryan and Ferg) yesterday (February 15th) to enjoy a few beers, some food and see a live concert by Tom Cochrane and Red Rider. I have been a fan (and a friend) of the folks at Molson for a long while now, so I was glad to accept the invite for the Fan Zone.
I will confess that even when I wasn’t living in Canada, I had already listened to Tom Cochrane. And last night was really electrifying.
I have rarely seen 20, 21 year olds sing along to a guy who could possibly be their parents’ age. Cochrane truly is a Canadian icon, and I’m glad that I got an opportunity to see him live. His music is energizing, and I really, really enjoyed the evening. You can visit the Hockey House at Concord Pacific Place (I understand Fan Zone passes are $ 99 per person).
Check them online at @Hockey_House (on Twitter) and on their website.
I love the Blogthings quizzes. Most people believe I have a kind heart, but I find it funny that for BlogThings my heart is fierce. What kind of heart do YOU have? 😉
You Have a Fiery Heart
You believe that love is strong and powerful. Love rules your life, and it’s really true that love conquers all.
You love passionately and deeply. You can’t stop loving someone just because they don’t love you in return.
Your heart is intense and unstoppable. You follow your heart freely, and your heart definitely rules you.
Your love life is totally filled with ups and downs. You can’t help but have some drama in your romantic relationships.
No plans for Valentine’s Day? Trying to figure out which movie to go to (if you’re doing dinner and a movie)? Well, the kind folks at Vancouver Latin American Film Festival and Pacific Cinematheque gave me a pair of tickets for tonight’s (8:45pm) showing of Dos Crimenes (Two Crimes, aka Kissing Cousins).
Two Crimes (also known as Kissing Cousins), a delightful comedy adapted from a novel by Jorge Ibargüengoitia, was Sneider’s debut, and won Mexico’s Ariel Award for Best First Feature. Damián Alcázar (the lead in Carlos Bolado’s Under California: The Limit of Time, also screening in this retrospective) plays Marcos, a Mexico City architect who finds himself flat broke and then falsely accused of a murder. He hightails it to the sleepy town of Cuevano, where he has family, and insinuates himself into the household of his wealthy uncle Ramon (José Carlos Ruiz). Irascible Ramon enjoys carousing with Marcos, and seems to buy Marcos’s lies: that he’s come to town to acquire a local gold mine — and maybe Uncle Ramon would like to invest? But Ramon’s sons are having none of it, and the ensuing manipulation and mayhem teaches big-city Marcos that small-town life may be more complicated (and dangerous) than he supposed. Colour, 35mm, in Spanish with English subtitles. 107 mins.
To enter the contest, simply re-tweet this post (it should be tagged #sanvalentin, St. Valentine’s, in Spanish). I will draw a winner at 2pm and inform the winner via Twitter AND email. If you’re not on Twitter, please drop a comment on this post and I’ll inform you via the email address you provide.
As I mentioned on Twitter, Valentine’s Day (February 14th) is celebrated in Mexico (and other Spanish-speaking countries) as “El Dia del Amor y la Amistad” (the day of love and friendship). I will admit that I used to write these long winded emails to each and every one of my loved friends to remind them how much I cared for them. Then I got into social media. And the number of dear friends of mine grew.
A LOT.
So now I blog about it, and I remind my friends to come check my February 13/14th entry and when they do, remember how much I care for them. Even with my little random texts, I’m saying “I care for you”. Even when I am overbooked and it takes me MONTHS to make a date to see you. Even when I feel that I need space and I retreat from my common “Hummingbird”-like behaviour to being just a polar bear.
I CARE.
I do hope that whether you’re single, attached, in a complicated situationship, or whatever your status, you enjoy this day. Because chances are, if you are reading this, someone here loves you.
I had a wonderful evening with a few friends of mine watching the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver/Whistler 2010 after a really heavy and tough week. I couldn’t wait for it to be Friday evening. As I made my way into Yaletown, I noticed that the Canada Line was moving fast despite the 3-6 minute wait in between trains. So, I figured that would be the case for when I came home. I was very wrong.
I had to walk from Yaletown to Mount Pleasant in the cold rain. It was not a pleasant walk. Nobody was helpful to me as I was asking whether the Cambie Bridge was open (with so many closures, I didn’t know). I had already been feeling a bit “chipil” (the Mexican word for moorish, gloomy, kind-of-sad-I-need-to-be-spoiled-pampered-or-at-least-cuddled). So, that feeling increased as I walked home. Moreover, the sad passing of the Georgian Luger really hit home with me. I also have been feeling a lot of negative energy around me so it was really a rough walk.
As I got home, I tweeted that I was feeling chipil and ZoeyJane suggested I needed a bath. I proceeded to get into the shower, kneel and sit letting the hot water fall on my face.
And then I cried.
I shed tears like I haven’t in a long, long, long time.
I cried for the young Georgian’s life lost.
I cried of happiness and warmth feeling welcome by Canada, my adoptive country.
I cried remembering the opening of the Pride House, which aims to highlight the invisibility of gay athletes.
I cried because despite my eternal feeling of being a citizen of the world, I miss my parents. I miss my Mom, I miss my Dad. I miss family life.
I cried because I felt ashamed and guilty.
I felt that I didn’t have the right to feel chipil when dear friends of mine are facing great afflictions and loss, when there is pain in the Downtown East Side, when there’s injustice in the world.
I felt that it was irresponsible of me to show myself vulnerable and behaving like a 10 year old. Because I felt chipil. Because I wanted my parents, right there and then. Right here, right now.
I am not someone who SEEKS the spotlight. I am someone who is COMFORTABLE in the spotlight. I am the same person you bump into on the street and ask “are you Hummingbird604?”.
I’m the same guy. The one and only. And yes, my sensitivity sometimes gets the best of me. And yes, sometimes I feel down (while I have to admit, rarely do I feel depressed).
And I have no problem showing vulnerability. But don’t mistake vulnerability for “easy-to-defeat”.
That, I never will.
I am a winner. I am loved, cared for. I have wonderful friends who go to extremes to try and be inclusive and loving and caring. I couldn’t have asked for better friends, nor for a better family. I am blessed, and it is my duty to put those blessings to the service of the world.
I had to juggle my teaching with an invite I had to the opening of the Pride House on Davie and Bute (hosted by Qmunity). I’ve covered GLBT issues on my blog before, quite frequently. This topic is particularly near and dear to me as I firmly believe that there is no place for segregation and stigma/discrimination of athletes because of their sexual orientation. Sadly, many athletes don’t seem to have the support network to be able to come out and be themselves freely.
The great thing about Pride House is that it will provide a safe environment for GLBT and GLBT-friendly athletes to be themselves, without anyone judging them. The pavilion’s purposes include highlighting a few fantastic athletes who have already come out and the welcoming atmosphere that we breathe in Vancouver. There’s also a ton of events (see the schedule here).
I bumped into numerous friends, including Blair Smith, Marc Smith, Sean Horlor, councillor Ellen Woodsworth (I bump into Ellen at many events, given that I do coverage of a lot of stuff), and a few others. Thanks to Jennifer Breakspear for inviting me to the event, and I’m so glad I could juggle everything I had to do yesterday. I’ll be swinging by the Pride House during the Olympics, that’s for sure.
I recently got a wound in my waist, close to my right-hand side, right where if you lay down on your right hand side, you’d hurt yourself. Well, clumsily, I managed to hurt myself again, and from having a small blister/boil/pimple, I went to having a full-blow, bleeding open wound. Not fun. Normally, I would have just gone to the doctor right there and then (I have gone, not to worry). But what I did is I cleaned the wound and applied one of those silver-containing band-aids. I have to admit that I was surprised to see how quickly the wound healed. I was slightly worried as the blister/boil/pimple punctured and bled, but after the silver-containing band-aid was applied, it started healing fast.
NOTE – I am in no way, shape or form paid to write this. I was just shocked to see that those silver-containing band-aids worked so well, particularly since I’m not a fan of band-aids to begin with!
Despite the fact that I have a fairly visible presence in social networking sites (like Twitter), I have considered myself first and foremost a blogger. I write frequently and engage with my readers. Northern Voice is a conference about blogging (although we do discuss issues of social media). Think about it as North by North West. I previously participated in Northern Voice 2008 and 2009 (and submitted 2 proposals to the 2009 conference, both of them declined).
Last year, I also liveblogged half of the conference, and gave a MooseCamp talk on Raising Environmental Awareness Using Social Media. This year, I am going to submit again not one, not two but three proposals. The reason being, I have now the accumulated experience of an increased number of speaking gigs on social media, as well as my day-to-day application of social media and blogging to my teaching, consulting and research.
The submissions close on March 9th, which if you think about it, is not that far away. So, hurry up and submit a proposal. Northern Voice 2010 will take place on the weekend of May 7th/8th. I do plan to attend even if none of my submissions get accepted.
So what do I plan to submit a proposal on? My friend Darren Barefoot (who is on the committee and will also be weeding out the proposals) mentioned a list of the topics he’d like to see discussed. I am, as I usually do, going to refrain from actually touching those subjects (I love being a contrarian). There are other topics that I’m interested in, and that despite the fact that I don’t actually work on some of those fields, I’d be interested in convening a panel about:
– Social media and crime prevention/solution. A little while ago, I wrote about the potential misuse of social media, and the legal implications of citizen vigilantes. Are we becoming criminals by trying to stop criminals? This, to me, is a super crucial and interesting topic.
– Public policy and social media – beyond the rhetoric of public participation. This, by and large, is my first and foremost choice for topic where I can/want to speak. I was really appalled at the mis-use of social media by politicians around the British Columbia provincial election (full disclosure, I also edited a non-partisan, pluralist website to showcase ALL politicians’ platforms).
I teach public policy. I have conducted research on public policy for over a decade. I use social media. You’d think that I would have a thing or two to recommend to my dear bureaucrats and politicians on how they should be using social media. And it’d be free! (well, whatever you charge for entry to Northern Voice).
– Enhancing political science education using social media. This is, in no way, my field of expertise. But given that I’m using Twitter, Facebook, wikis and blogs to teach The Comparative Politics of Public Policy and Global Environmental Politics, I would want to share my experiences. Discuss issues of privacy, how easily my students assimilated the use of wikis, problems they encountered, the use of Twitter for fast conversation/data sharing.
You might be puzzled as to why I don’t plan to submit a talk on Mental Health Camp or any of the other social media and non-profits I’ve supported. I actually think that for me, Northern Voice will be more about taking the dialogue further on other topics. We will hold a full-fledged Mental Health Camp a couple of months after Northern Voice.
And this year, even if none of my submissions get accepted, I will still liveblog a few sessions and submit a MooseCamp talk. Why? Because I’m part of the community, that’s why. And I’m proud of it.
I was alerted by my friend Cinci Csere about the fact that local company Elastic Path (whose main e-marketing specialist, Linda Bustos, is also a friend of mine) had created the official e-commerce website for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. The website is here. I am glad that there’s an online store, because frankly I’ve seen lots of my friends asking in person or on Facebook or on Twitter “do you know where I can get those red mittens?”. Well, now you know.
I was feeling exhausted and a bit down because of a really rough week I had just recently had, and Rebecca invited me to come down to the House of Switzerland‘s grand opening. I knew that Emme Rogers was also going to be there, as well as other friends of ours, so I ended up leaving my UBC office early, coming down and having some chocolate. Now I’m officially accredited with HOS.
The House of Switzerland is a really great opportunity to learn more about Switzerland (a country I absolutely adore, particularly because several of the United Nations agencies are located in Geneva, including some of the chemicals management agencies – as you may know, my research has spanned water, wastewater and hazardous waste).
The House of Switzerland is being hosted by the restaurant Bridges, one of the best restaurants I’ve ever eaten at. You can read my review of Bridges here. I had a really good time at the opening, particularly as Emme Rogers was kind enough to help me out with some media issues. It’s always nice to share a special occasion with a few good friends.
I would recommend visitors to Vancouver to check the House of Switzerland, I definitely will be coming back.
I am always puzzled by the strangest things. For example, I walk along the False Creek seawall quite frequently and it’s only until recently that I’ve discovered that I have no clue why some stuff is located there. For example, there’s a travel agency in the Southern side of False Creek (right to the east of Granville Island).
Even more fun for me, seeing Yaletown from False Creek really made some of my photos look somewhat HDR’d. They are all taken with the iPhone camera, alas.
I mentioned recently that I had been invited to the opening of the Pride House. I also attended the launch of the House of Switzerland, was invited to the Filipino Bungalo opening night, and have been in general generously offered several opportunities to cover pre-Olympics events. The problem is, I teach at UBC Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 am to 1 pm and Thursdays I teach downtown 1-5pm.
Also, I find myself some Saturdays teaching 9 am to 12 pm. Thus, my opportunities to attend events and do some live coverage are dramatically reduced. This will, of course, change this coming couple of weeks, as UBC will be closed and I will have more time to do some coverage.
Since I didn’t know if I was going to be in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics, I didn’t make much effort to get myself access to Pavilions and Houses. That said, I’m very flattered and touched that many folks have taken it upon themselves to keep me in the loop and inviting me to cover their Olympics-related stuff. I am hoping readers of Hummingbird604.com will have a bunch of Olympic stuff covered (I am particularly interested in the Cultural Olympiad).
I have been invited to the opening of Pride House, which will be hosted at Qmunity. The opening is on Thursday February 11th (which sadly, is one of the days I teach, so I am not sure how I’m going to juggle my schedule). But I really want to support this worthy initiative. I find that it’s hard to find any openly-gay Olympians (with the exception of my idol, Matthew Micham, World Diving Champion and Olympic Diving Champion). Qmunity is at 1170 Bute Street, almost corner of Davie. The opening is from 2:00pm to 3:00pm but I might be able to swing by closer to 3pm, if the stars align properly. The most important thing is that, despite the lack of coverage of MSM in Canada, the Pride House has already garnered attention of US media.
From their invite:
PRIDE House is the first ever Olympic pavillion for LGTB athletes, family members and visitors. PRIDE House is an open and welcoming venue for the international LGBT community and our allies to celebrate diversity and inclusiveness through sport.
I hope I’ll be able to swing by (I’ll have to ask for media accreditation, but I don’t see why I wouldn’t get it considering the coverage I’ve given to LGBT issues in Vancouver in the past three and a half years). It looks like it’ll be a great place!
I was observing a conversation on Twitter between Pete Quily and Jonathon Narvey on coffee consumption and I was reminded of my blog entry on water footprint and coffee. The sad part (as I am a coffee drinker myself) is that on average, the water footprint calculation yields 140 litres being used for coffee production. Another sad thing is that even for a cup of tea, we still consume 34 litres.
Many thanks to Glenn Gaetz for the link to this article. Very much appreciated. Now, if I could only sway myself away from tea AND coffee!
My dear friend Rob Cottingham (Social Signal) alerted me to the Power The Games Facebook app. Rob mentioned that Power The Games is a Facebook application that they created for BC Hydro with the help of the fine people at Work at Play (David and Mandy Gratton from WaP are dear friends of mine too, so I’m delighted to see this collaboration).
As mentioned by Rob, the idea’s simple: when you install Power the Games, you commit to cutting your electricity consumption by 10% this year… and dedicating your energy savings to powering your favourite event at the 2010 Winter Games. You also get to take part in Daily Challenges: one-off actions that hopefully can turn into durable, ongoing conservation habits. Every day has a new challenge, from draft-proofing your home to greening your workplace. The goal is to give British Columbians a way to express their pride in holding the Games with the lowest-ever carbon dioxide emissions, and have some fun doing it)
Moreover, it’s great that this app allows y ou to passalong some practical tips for cutting your energy footprint! BC Hydro has a strong social media presence, with a Facebook page and now a Twitter account for the Power Smart Village (which I will be checking out later today). If you are on Facebook, I would encourage you to Power The Games with the app.
I have lived in an English speaking country for more than a third of my life. Thus, I have managed to speak the language fluently. In fact, I teach, publish research and write in English even much more than I do in my own mother tongue (Spanish). To me, English is even sometimes a third language rather than my second. When I first started learning the language and becoming fluent, the first few words that I learned were “please” and “thank you“.
To me, given the cultures where I had been raised (Spanish-speaking), being polite and saying “thanks”, “please”, “I’m sorry” is part of my upbringing. However, as time has gone by, I have been encountering more and more English-speaking people who are unable or unwilling to say “please” or “thank you” or “I appreciate it“. Lack of politeness gets people nowhere with me. Usually it gets their email deleted, their request unapproved or simply ignored.
I think it’s part of the way in which our world is now advancing. Even in social media, with only 140 characters, people on Twitter seem to be reluctant to sacrifice their message being spread, all the while avoiding politeness, good manners and appropriate etiquette. I don’t think I’m taking a “holier than thou” attitude. I am just a bit shocked that some of my business communications and even a few personal interactions have gotten to the point where I have pointedly had to say “please, and thank you”.
Polite writing, good manners and all those pleasantries will get you places with me. Lack thereof will not.
Before we had a beer at Pivo, Lorraine and I ended up at Hakone Sushi. Neither of us had ever checked out this cute little sushi place, and we wanted to see what the food was like. I am quite glad we did because this is a place where you can find good, nutritious, tasty sushi without breaking the piggybank. We both ordered a sushi box and a miso soup, and we were full (at around $ 9.50 each)
I will definitely come back to Hakone Sushi, as it is relatively close to my office and to the Stadium/Chinatown Skytrain station. I also would recommend it, but it’s a tiny place so I would recommend that you come by at times when the place won’t be too packed. It’s literally right across from Tinseltown/International Village.
I’ve been in love with Granville Island ever since I set foot there. I attend theatre plays at various venues, have had lots of brunches at several of the restaurants here and have ended up having drinks at the Backstage Lounge several times. Recently I was on a walk with Emme Rogers recently, and we found ourselves near the floating homes on Granville Island. These are located very close to the ECUAD.
ECUAD stands for Emily Carr University of Art and Design. I had walked by previously with JT but we hadn’t had the chance to take photos, so I did this time. I really would LOVE to own one of these floating homes, or at least, have a chance to come visit one from inside! A few photos of my walk by shown below.
