While John was called away to the Okanagan this weekend, I had to stay behind and finish up some work for our company. Luckily, by the time 4:00pm rolled around I was able to pack up for the weekend and join a certain Island girl for a ferry ride back to her hometown. Today we […]

This evening the Tech Valley Social Club held it’s first tweetup at the Dublin Crossing Pub in Surrey. The Meet n Tweet saw about 60 people gather to talk about social media, technology, Twitter, and business practices. It was fantastic to be a part of it all and to have a chance to speak for […]

I love this time of year in the city. The grey and dreary winter days are behind us and although the rain still showers down every few days (or for a few days on end) it just makes everything so lush, green, and full of life. Walking up from Burrard SkyTrain the other night I […]

I took full advantage of the Orange Day initiative today and went on two photowalks in lovely public spaces in New Westminster and downtown Vancouver. This morning there was brunch at the Quay along the Fraser River with my mother and later this afternoon John and I roamed around Barclay Heritage Square in Vancouver’s West […]

The new Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre is now open and the public are welcome to stop by and check it out all weekend. [CBC] Work in Progress – Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr April 4th and 5th will be your chance to view this 473,532 square foot meeting and convention space that already […]

I’ve seen such dazzling photos of our city pop up all over Flickr lately so I’d like to continue my Vancouver HDR Photography tribute series (including a few photos from Surrey and Whistler as well). Photo credit: Derek Miller on Flickr Photo credit: grahamking on Flickr Photo credit: roham on Flickr Photo credit: thelastminute on […]

Yesterday John and I headed East to hang out with our pal Duane and after an evening housewarming party, we ventured up to Cultus Lake for a chilly photowalk this morning. It was also my first official photowalk with my new Fuji Finepix S2000HD cam, which I am falling in love with after years of […]

At Thursday night’s Best of 604 awards it was revealed that the people’s choice for Best Photo Site in Metro Vancouver for 2008 was Waxy Photography by John Goldsmith. In the spirit of the event, he’s now paying the good fortune forward, selling prints to benefit a very worthy cause. Photo credit: Waxy on Flickr […]

Example of Kris Krug‘s Photos on Flickr I’m all about supporting a good cause through my site especially when it also involves supporting friends in the Vancouver techosphere. Kris Krug founder of Static Photography, President of Raincity Studios, organizer of PhotoCamps and giver of playful nicknames will have five of his photos on display at […]

A while back my friend Keira suggested we have a mother-daughter ladies night when he mother came to visit her in town this month. After weeks of anticipation we finally made it out to dinner at Boneta, did some blitz shopping, and hung out back at the house where we filled it with giggles and […]