Category: events
Quick note to say that I survived the half marathon and came in at a not unrespectable 2:25:17. It’s 6 minutes longer than my personal best and much better, not surprisingly, that my last attempt at a half where I hurt my foot and had to limp the last 6 km. And considering that I’m […]
The BMO Vancouver Marathon is looking for volunteers! From an email I just got: We are looking for Course Marshals or as we refer to them as “the cheering squad” ~ help lead these runners along the route! We need some strong people to help at the finish line and always a little help giving […]
Yesterday was my friend and running partner Alicia’s bachelorette party! The first event of the day: a pole dancing lesson at Tantra Fitness: After that we headed to Alicia’s friend Negar’s place for some refreshments and to change into our evening wear: Then we went to Lux for dinner1. At Lux, Alicia’s friend Wendy gave […]
On Thursday night, Kalev and I went to a sneak preview of the new documentary about heart transplantation: Crank High Voltage. Note that this posting will contain spoilers, which I feel morally obliged to tell you because I know that you are all dying to see Crank for its intricate plot. The premise of this […]
On Saturday, April 25, 2009, Vancouver will host its first unconference on Mental Health. It all started with a panel held at Northern Voice this year – Coping Digitally. This panel got a lot of positive feedback and I think everyone there felt like they really wished there had been more time to discuss all […]
Hey, so remember how I won a romantic fondue & snowshoe tour? So that tour was yesterday. And since Tod was out of town, I took my friend and half marathon training buddy, Alicia, in his place. Also, it turned out that the tickets weren’t just for the three hour chocolate fondue + snowshoeing tour […]
So today was the big day – my chance to skate at GM Place *and* have my picture taken with Taylor Pyatt! (You know you are jealous!) This is me, heading down the steps to go skate at GM Place: This is me skating: I have to say the ice is pretty damn nice. (Comparable, […]
So, as a general rule I don’t blog about work, but rules were made to be broken, right? I’m running an event through work for the general public and I’m thinking that some of my readers might be interested in attending, so I’m blogging it. Café Scientifique is a public science initiative that gets scientists […]
Today is my birthday. But you knew that. This is what a photo of a cake looks like when you take the photo upside down and then you flip it upside right. This cake was delicious. Despite what Kalev was trying to get people to believe, I turned 32 today. Or 29 for the 4th […]
Kalev won free tickets1 to a sneak preview of The Unborn tonight and he took lil’ ole’ me. Kalev’s review of the movie: “The best horror movie I’ve seen this year!” -Kalev, Jan 8, 2009 1Then I won free tickets and then he won more free tickets. So, clearly we were destined to see this […]