Vancouver Convention Center

This week I had an informational interview at the Vancouver Convention Center (exploring my options in Marketing - pretty exciting/scary!) The first time I was here was during the 2010 Olympics and the second was for the EPiC Sustainable Living Convention. It's really a beautiful space, with great architectural details and it's also LEED certified. 

It's kind of odd seeing the cauldron again, somehow it fits right into the urban landscape as if it was always there, and somehow it feels misplaced because the Olympics are over. I do love the Digital Orca though, which was created by Douglas Coupland, who is the bomb. 

Roald Dahl Stamps

The Royal Mail came out with a Roald Dahl stamp tribute, illustrated by Quentin Blake. Awesome! I still love these books and I remember always fumbling the author's name. I have vivid memories of stealthily reading on my bed by lamplight, well past my bedtime, and immersing myself into an exciting, imaginary world.

Where love is

 

"Sometimes you can tell how much people love each other without even seeing their faces." 
How true. Aren't these images just beautiful?
 via one of my favourite blogs, Color Me Katie.

Europe's Deep Freeze

The Atlantic just published these amazing photos of Europe's deep freeze. And just 2 months ago, Lapland barely had any snow and they were telling me it was the warmest winter in 100 years! Fast forward a few months and sly Mother Nature decides to get a little cold. The pictures from Lake Geneva (last one) are crazy! I love how the snow froze that way, like the ice is living and moving. My friend actually posted similar looking photos from Montreux - made it seem all the more real. Kooky weather...oh, hey there Global Warming - how's it going?

On the plus side, I'm glad I left Sweden before the snow and ice set in. I wonder if I would have toughed it out on the bike or taken the bus. Considering my biking accident record, the bus is probably the better bet.

Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks

'Cause though the truth may vary

This ship will carry

Our bodies safe to shore

I'm of the mind that the music video is a lost art so I'm happy to see Of Monsters and Men come out with this gem, especially since I tend to like the absurd and this bizarro video hits the spot. And not to be reiterate that hipster shit, but I totally knew about this song before anyone else. ;)

In other news, I'm currently nursing a sore post-snowboarding body. This weekend is turning into one of those reminders of why it's so great to live in this city. A sunny day in Vancouver? Drop dead gorgeous. Unfortunately, the best I can do now is look at the mountains through the window as I make friends with managerial accounting.

The Staves - Mexico

To take a trip to Mexico
I heard it's the place to go
I want to see the colors of another sky

The lyrics that led me to title this photo project. I'm really loving this band and it made me realize how few female-only bands I listen to. Harmonizing, yo!

The Colours of Another Sky

“There are a few moments in your life when you are truly and completely happy, and you remember to give thanks. Even as it happens you are nostalgic for the moment, you are tucking it away in your scrapbook.”

- David Benioff, When the Nines Roll Over: And Other Stories

I've fallen in love with sunrises - they signal the beginning of a new day with the colours of a new sky. But sunsets are great too, with colours so vivid and intense that they seem to bleed. 

Sometimes their beauty just hits you in the gut, and leaves you breathless. 

This is a photo project I've been working on - to capture the colours of other skies.

Starting from the top, left hand corner (L-R)

1. Sunset in downtown Lund, Sweden

2. Sunset at Delphi, Lund, Sweden

3. Sunset in Krakow, Poland

4. Sunrise at the Spanish Steps, Rome, Italy

5. Sunset/Moonrise in Narvik, Norway

6. Sunrise in La Défense, Paris, France

7. Sunrise at Lund Centralen, Sweden

8. Sunset in Kiruna, Sweden

9. Sunset at the Sacre Coeur, Paris, France