Sunday, October 31, 2010

Stephen Colbert in Vancouver

Stephen Colbert was a great part of the rally yesterday with Jon Stewart in Washington D.C.


Watching Colbert reminded me of another well attended event this past February. Colbert’s “polite” appearance at the Olympic Games in Vancouver.


Many members, over four thousand, of the Colbert Nation chuckled as Colbert made his appearance in red white and blue at Creekside Park near BC Place. He kept the crowd laughing. He fired off many of his one-liners like, “It doesn’t matter whether you are Canadian, Indian or Asian, what unites us is you’re not american!” in a tone of voice that only Colbert could pull off! He is fun; this Canuck basher who is a star of Comedy Central, this NJ Sunday School teacher who is able to bring big smiles across many miles and laugh at himself...


this 46 year old dude who, along with Jon Stewart, even helps to UNITE parties.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

If We Amplify Everything We Hear Nothing

Jon Stewart had an Olympic day in Washington D.C. today at the rally,
Restore Sanity and/or Fear.

A few of the signs in the crowd of millions read:

Keep fear alive, watch Fox News
Your reasonableness is ruining my fear!
If you get sick, Republicans want you to die quickly
Imagine
When income dictates outcome, democracy fails
Religion in the GOP is making them hypocrites
This is totally our Woodstock
We are the moderate Muslims
Use soy milk, it dilutes tea
Death to Nobody
Can you please shut the fox up
Democrats love America too
This sign is intentionally left blank
Coffee not Tea
Bankers are people too (sort of)
Les Reasonables
Are we going to Applebee's after?




Friday, October 29, 2010

A People’s Story Telling Place to Granville Island, Vancouver

From a sandbar in False Creek, to a gathering place or “a people’s place” and a fishing place in the late 1800’s, to and “Industrial Island” in the 1930’s, Granville Island then became a place with rusted, abandoned warehouses after World War II. Because of a few visionaries who were rooted in the stability and integrity of the traditions of the past, yet saw for the future a place that could nurture a variety of human endeavors with innovation, like Performance Works, Granville Island became a “Must Experience” during the Olympic Games of 2010.

I heard about Granville Island when I asked the locals about a Farmers' Market. I first arrived on Granville Island from the West End or “the other side” the very best way, in my opinion, that one should arrive on Granville Island, by AQUABUS. The panarama view of this side of Vancouver from the aquabus is almost too beautiful!

Highlights of the island for me were; The Inukshuk Gallery, Blackberry Books, Boardwalk Gallery, Organix, The Lobster Man, La Baguette and L’Echalote, Granville Eyeland, Organic Acres, Paper-Ya, The Hang Out Place, The Canadian Houses, The Farmers’ Market and naturally The Swiss House, a story telling place. The Swiss House is where I heard great Olympic and local stories and chatted about the headlines of the day.

Hearing stories about other olympic experiences never fails to totally amuse me!