Mikael Samuelsson was left off the roster of Team Sweden's Olympic Ice Hockey team and was pissed off to say the least. "I pretty much have one comment and maybe I'll regret it. But they can go fuck themselves," said Samuelsson.
Expect to see a lot more these building wraps in the coming weeks as Vancouver Olympicizes it's downtown core before it greets the world in February. Check out our previous post on The Bay building wrap, here.
I promise it won't kill you.
Salvation Army Kettle
Union Gospel
Vancouver Food Bank
Festival of Trees
Christmas Tree Recycling
The city of Vancouver recently finished the upgrades to Pigeon Park (located in the Downtown Eastside for those of you out of the loop). Many believed that the park upgrades would not be complete until after the Olympics, as means to keep the "undesirable" activity at bay when the world comes to visit.
It's Christmas day and you're hungry, sure you can have left overs from last nights dinner but you would rather go out and eat, only to find most places aren't open! Well might I suggest you head on over to White Spot for lunch as net proceeds from sales go to charity. Further we have two $25 gift certificates from White Spot to giveaway! Just retweet this link (http://bit.ly/8zMsLq) and comment on this post to enter. We'll draw the winners on Monday.
The above image is what my ideal Vancouver would look like in 2050 and you too can shape your own skyline at www.shapevancouver.com. That image above would add about 50,000 more residents to a downtown core that is already 100,000 strong. That population would probably rival some of the world's most densely populated regions. As it stands right now the West End is the most densely populated neighbourhood in North America.
City of Vancouver Paints Over Beatty Street Graffiti (Mural)
Have you seen the Beatty Street mural between Dunsmuir and Thurlow, the one with the Peanuts gang and Flintstones, amongst other wonderful works of art? Well if you haven't you are now out of luck as the City of Vancouver has painted over it. Now the explanation coming from the city is of course a lie because clearly this piece of art/graffiti/mural was removed due to its proximity to one of the live venue sites during the 2010 Olympics. Coincidence? Now you all know that I'm pro Olympics, however this irks me just a little.
Here is the information from News 1130, see the bull crap explanation by David McLellan.
With little more than a year in the industry, Brenda Treviño has managed to pull together a remarkably diverse portfolio. Originally from Monterey, Mexico, the Victoria based model is a driven top sales rep with a business degree and works for a local company whose mission is to trade fairly and directly with small-scale producers in developing countries.
Anybody that has gone through the wedding process will tell you that it will most likely be a grueling, tiring process, unless of course you decide to get hitched in Vegas. Thus, we are very excited to inform you about an upcoming bridal event coming up on January 17th, 2010 called the Wedding Soiree 2010 which is taking place the Marriott Pinnacle Hotel in Downtown Vancouver.
Above is a rendering as to what the LED lit lamp post lighting will look like down Hamilton and Cambie Streets. The lights are part of the part of the Olympic public art installations program institued by the City of Vancouver, all of which will be permanent installations, except for the public art at VPL (see our previous post on the Vancouver City Hall ice lights installation here). The lights will link the two free "live sites" during the Olympics, one of which is in Yaletown at David Lam Park and the other downtown at Cambie and Georgia. We'll have more on the other installations shortly.
(Gordo and the boys doing their best Entourage walk)
It's looking more and more likely that Gordon Campbell will sail off in the sunset (in a fast ferry no less) after his 3rd successful term as premier of the "Best Place on Earth". The premier that brought us the Olympics and helped B.C. get out of the 90's economic doldrums will be on the lookout for a suitable replacement to sooth the public's anger over the HST fiasco.
UFC is Coming To Vancouver
This past week city council approved mixed martial arts (MMA) in the city of Vancouver. So, what does that mean? Well it means the UFC is definitely coming to Vancouver in the summer of 2010 and I bet you they will have at least one more show after that at GM Place. After that the city of Vancouver will probably review the situation and if there is still a budget shortfall, you can bet your bottom dollar it will remain sanctioned in Vancouver in the near future. Furthermore, it's about time city politicians grew some balls and got their collective heads out of there arses.
This ones for you @kardboard and @vinylcut, enjoy! Inspectah Deck kills it! I'm probably on a ferry en route back to Vancouver right now! Hope your weekend was a good one.
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