This morning, I went from shooting photos of cute, excited kids and tall ships: to shooting photos of Police and SWAT teams dispersing crowds during a protest march that turned violent. I missed the window smashing and crowd control (I was taking photos of the ship in North Vancouver at the time) but suffice to…
This morning I had a chance to be one of the first to ride the new Zipline that goes over Robson Street: Needless to say, it was amazing! Thanks to ZipTrek EcoTours for putting this on. It opens to the general public FOR FREE on Friday, February 12th. You can watch people ride it on…
Wow…I’m still beaming from what happened early this morning. I never expected to get ‘into it’ like a lot of people have been but I now ‘get it’ after witnessing first hand what the Olympic Torch relay means to people. This morning I had the privilege of doing a ride along in a GM support…
Tonight I got to check out the large tent pavilion for my home province and it was pretty impressive. It was the first ‘tent’ I’ve been in so far for the Olympics…many are popping up all over town to accommodate large groups of people. It didn’t feel like a tent at all once inside. What…
My friend Rebecca is doing some Olympic coverage for News 1130 and went for a quick tour today….I tagged along with my camera: I’m kind of a news nerd…my clock radio wakes me up with News 1130 and I listen to it a lot while commuting. It was pretty cool to meet some of the…
Inspired by kk’s bag photo, I thought I’d document ‘most’ of what I’ll be carrying around with me during the Olympic Games at any given time. I’ll most likely change things up depending on where I’m going to be on a given day but this stuff won’t be far from me at all times. Click…
I was invited to check out two prototype models of Chevy’s upcoming Volt plug-in electric vehicle today. I can safely say nobody has ever offered to let me drive a pre-production vehicle before so I jumped at the chance. These cars were handmade in at GM’s design factory and are in town during the Olympics…
Bridges on Granville Island has been taken over and become the House of Switzerland during the Games. I attended their open house and got a preview of some of the things they have planned. The lineup was around the building: The place was PACKED! One neat feature of the House of Switzerland is the in-house…
This morning, Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia opened the BC International Media Centre and took the first ‘official’ ride on the zipline over Robson Square: I said ‘official’ because ZipTrek staff have apparently been riding it for a few days testing it all out…after seeing the Premier on it today, I can’t wait for…
One of the cooler benefits the Olympic Games brings to the host city is all kinds of side events. The Cultural Olympiad is one of them and tonight was the preview for the Cultural Olympiad Digital Edition (CODE). Located at a number of locations around Vancouver, this post will cover some of the current installations…