Sean’s sister and her family made a pitstop in Vancouver last weekend, on the way to Kelowna, so Sean and I met them out in White Rock for family day.
This was the second time I met the nephews and was happy to see that they were warming up to me.
Today was the last day for voting for your favourite applicant in the live@YVR contest. To celebrate YVR airports 80th year, they’re giving one lucky winner the chance to live, eat, breathe YVR for 80 days. That’s living the high life at the Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel, eating at the airport’s restaurants and food fair and publishing vlogs about all the stories that happen at the airport.
Oh, and no leaving the airport for 80 days. Kinda reminds me of Tom Hanks in The Terminal.
Okay, maybe we weren’t quite tree-top height, a la Edward Cullen swooping Bella Swan to the top of the forest, but we were pretty darn high amongst the trees.
Last weekend Sean and I spent the afternoon at the UBC Botanical Gardens and their Greenheart Canopy Walkway. The canopy walkway is a 1246 feet (or 380 metre) long ariel trail system, allowing you to view the upper parts of the forest. Better looking up (or straight ahead) than looking down the whole wobbly time!
Sean and I played tourist in our town last weekend and checked out the Nitobe Memorial Garden at UBC. I felt immediately at peace when I walked through the main doors of this traditional Japanese tea garden. It was so tranquil and a most needed respite from the hustle and bustle of job and city life.
This is Jonesy with her stuffy, bear. Bear helps to protect Jonesy from any rambunctious dogs or kids at the park. That is, when he’s not making “rabbit ears” behind Jonesy’s back.
And when the outside world gets too much for her, this is Jonesy and her bear. Aww.
On what was probably the hottest day in the year so far, Sean and I went down to the Great Northern Way campus to check out Mini Maker Faire 2011.
I was intrigued by the science fair-ness of it all. A group of DIY inventors, designer and builders all in one place, showing off creations they made in their backyards, basements or garages. Pyrotechnics, kinetic sculptures, interactive musical installations, robotics, steampunk culture and learning how to ride a unicycle were some of the attractions. It felt like we were at Burning Man “lite” or something.
I recently got an iPhone 4. And you know what THAT means…
And playing with various filters and frames to create old timey feel photos. So here are a couple of pics of my favourite subject:
This is going to be fun. (I also downloaded Hipstamatic too.)
Everyday I go to work, I’m always reminded of Star Trek. Our department floor layout is broken out like honeycombs. In my little part of the honeycomb, there’s 5 of us: me, 2 of the producers, the game designer and a marketing manager. And we all sit and work side-by-side in a circular shaped workspace.
Who knew that there was a petting zoo right here in town?
The last time Sean and I went to spend an afternoon with farm animals, it was at Meadow Maze in Pitt Meadows, about 40 minutes drive into the ‘burbs.
This time around, we hit up Maplewood Farms in North Vancouver a couple of weeks ago. For a mere $7 per person, we were able to spend a day out in the sun, walking around the spacious and well kept grounds and checking out farm animals.