aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

Laney's node-spotter function [from Idoru] is some sort of metaphor for whatever it is that I actually do. There are bits of the literal future right here, right now, if you know how to look for them. Although I can't tell you how; it's a non-rationa...

topics: bicycle, concert, designer

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

Well as promised by the Mayor, here comes the Burrard Bridge bike lane! It s great seeing the year over year improvement in terms of greening our city and encouraging awareness of alternative transportation.We ll see how this bike lane experiment pan...

topics: bicycle, downtown, mayor

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

Students are much in my thoughts these days. Schools have changed or at least the ones where I teach. Gone are the days when you respected a teacher because of age or erudition.It was sometime around 1972 when I had a pair of students who are possibl...

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

On June 25th, I went to the Museum of Vancouver to see the Velo-City bike exhibit, but also to attend one of their free lectures (first one of the summer, I hear, so stay tuned for more free stuff) called Park This. The lecture brought three differe...

topics: bicycle, commercial-drive, museum, park

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

Hello Alex Because you always spoke of your high regard for Gerry Gilbert and his work, I thought you might like to know, if you hadn't heard already, that Gerry died in St. Paul's Hospital last Friday at 6PM. Both his children Tamsin and Jeremy had ...

topics: bicycle, blues, jazz, poet

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

First, let me wish everyone a happy Car Free Day. Also, I wanted to note with great happiness that I was able to see a bit of the naked bike ride that took place yesterday as the bikers in their birthday suits rode past my work chanting more ass les...

topics: bicycle, downtown, granville-island, jazz

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

May 9th... finally the weather is warming up.Saturday was a beautiful day, so we went biking from Kitsilano to Spanish Banks. We saw a convoy of motor-yachts stretching from Kits Point to the Vancouver Yacht Club. A very strange site! We quickly d...

topics: beach, bicycle, kayaking, kite, kitsilano

aggregated from: Wine Knows - The Wine Press Northwest blog

Come join us in Wine Country for a easy bike ride and an outstanding wine experience. We will meet with winemakers and taste their finest.Start at 12:30 at Wine O'Clock, in Prosser's Vintners' Village. ...

topics: bicycle, wine, winery

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Proving that these asshole cops aren't just 'a few bad apples', the off-duty New West cop who has been a href= charged for assault is a use of force' instructor at the Justice Institute. Violence as a doctrine.Cops defend ticketing in the Downtow...

topics: bicycle, business, downtown, downtown-eastside, kerrisdale

aggregated from: Commercial Drive Live!

Writer Chris Keam is looking for people who use electric-assist bikes for an article he's writing for Momentum magazine.Here's a note from Chris:I'm especially hoping to get in touch with parents who might be using them to help with pulling a child t...