Sunday, January 23, 2011
11-1-12
The Only Seafoods is a Vancouver landmark. The last owners, well, they didn't do a very good job of keeping the place sanitary and it was shut down a while ago. The health board did me the favour of closing its doors just as I was working up the energy to go in there for a meal and after visiting it today and seeing the condition it was in I'm glad I didn't eat there. Still, it was pretty intriguing to poke around the carcass of this legendary restaurant.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
11-1-11
Rooms with views. Of rooms. I've been on a lot of rooftops this week. The city looks different from up here.
11-1-9
Pay no attention to the date. No days were missed. There was no 8th of January this year. I know that sounds weird but it's true.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
10-12-30
The same picture two days in a row. Though the keen eyed amongst you will notice there's actually a day missing in between. Maybe I'll take the same picture tomorrow.
10-12-26
Working. Over the holidays. Driving home late at night. The days are short, the nights, despite being near their longest, are shorter still.
Monday, December 20, 2010
10-12-19
Johann's old bike:
I promise to ride you in the rain, and in the sun, maybe a little drunk once in a while, with my iPod on listening to Joy Division, or just as likely Jimi Hendrix. Even though you're a road bike I'll take you off road once in a while, we all do things we shouldn't do once in a while, and I'll ride you to cute girls' houses, and to see bands play in back alley venues, and to watch hockey games in comfortable taverns with beer pitcher specials. There will be art gallery openings as well, and random meandering rides with a camera in my bag, there's no telling where those rides might take us. I've already bought you some bar tape and will get you some better brakes one day. I'm sorry I bought you white pedals but they were a better choice than the green translucent ones, and the wood grain print ones, and they do match your fenders. And if one day I decide to replace you I'll make sure you end up in the possession of someone who promises to do all these things with you and more.
10-12-18
Every time I see a space like this I feel the potential in it for something, a furniture shop, a bike manufacturing facility, a seedy bar. It's like I want to rescue the space from obsolescence and eventual demolition.
10-12-14
The construction materials used to run rampant around the building site until it got penned up every night...
Saturday, December 11, 2010
10-12-11
I wrote the better part of a thousand words describing this photograph and deleted them. It's a photograph of a romantic ideal slowly rotting. It's a tough one.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
10-12-04
The Portland Hotel Society ran a soccer tournament for homeless people. The mayor showed up and though it might have been easy for him to give a short speech and shake a few hands and then move on to whatever better thing might occupy his Saturday he stuck around and played soccer for the better part of three hours. It was good to see.Lots more pictures here.
10-12-2
There's something wrong with Christmas without snow. I'm alright with mild winters and riding bikes year round and not worrying about minus 30 Celsius temperatures like I faced when I lived in Calgary but when the Christmas lights come out it would be nice to see a little snow on the ground.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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