aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

Vancouver, at least to a larger degree than most cities in Canada, isn t a traditional wedding kind of town. And by traditional, I mean, the consumerized* traditional . Tuxes and white gowns and cake and flowers, etc. Not that these aren t fine opti...

topics: indie, show

aggregated from: Chow Times

It must have like 3 weeks ago when this happened. For some reason this is a hard to write this post. Not sure why though. Maybe this is in the presence food bloggers and I must be feeling like this had to be perfect. LOL!So I had been sitting here fo...

topics: cheese, coffee, dessert, dining, fish

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Somehow this post never made it to the site yesterday. I even failed myself. Which is not really surprising. Thankfully we can continue. Formerly Friday, Now Sunday!It's Vancouver Film Festival time people. The Heath Leger, Terry Gilliam directed, Th...

topics: film-festival, gallery, gallery-opening, photography, vancouver-art-gallery

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

In a separate suit, Art Capital sued Getty Images, claiming the photo agency had negotiated an improper contract with Ms. Leibovitz, which made it difficult for Art Capital to continue its efforts to sell the Leibovitz archive for $50 million. The Ne...

topics: artist, blues, documentary, gallery, photography

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

Some people think that the life of a freelance photographer is exciting. After all, the photographer meets and photographs celebrities, politicians and other important people. And when it's not important people it is beautiful undraped women in the s...

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

Yesterday Saturday (yes I am posting the Saturday blog today Sunday) was a day with lots of promise. Ale helped Rosemary organize her closet and cleaned out her own closet from the days, so long ago, that she lived with us. That morning we had had ex...

topics: photography, tennis

aggregated from: RAINCOAST BOOKS

My favourite kids books du jour, CREATURE ABC by photographer Andrew Zuckerman (Chronicle Books) and ALPHABEASTIES by graphic designers Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss (Blue Apple), have been reviewed by Susan Perren for the Globe and Mail:Both of thes...

topics: design, photography

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

The Grand Coulee Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. In the United States, it is the largest electric power producing facility and the largest concrete structure. It is the seventh largest produce...

topics: arts, photography

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

I took the photograph above of architect Arthur Erickson as he entered his VAG when it was inaugurated in 1983. For two months I taught two photography classes at Focal Point on West 10th avenue in June and July. My classes were from 2 to 5 and fro...

topics: arts, gallery, park, photography, theatre

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

Lydia and me in the photoboothThere s a hell of a lot of decisions to make when organizing a wedding, and for most of the important ones I had nothing to do with them for mine. Probably the best decision made for our wedding, apart from the actual ...