Moving north across the Fraser river to downtown/West End, Vancouver, settling into a kitchenette hotel for several days, enjoying tea ceremonies, hotel picnics, coffee times and pleasant times with friends, plus our initial foray into Stanley Park.
Part 2 of this mixed-media montage series includes:
* Construction site across the street from “1234 hotel”
* Friendly Maple Leaf deli reunion and picnic stash
* Crow attacks and rainstorms on 4/20 at Stanley Park
* Excursion to Kafka coffee shop for pal hang-out, hugs & tasty snacks
* Several waves of tea ceremonies at hotel with generational bowls & significant rattle
* Special thanks to book and record “mule” from OlyWa + waffles
* Rooftop tea at coliseum-inspired library ceremony with books
* Parallel-life experience with a fella with a vintage Volkswagen bus, selling Japanese inspired stickers and patches by Vancouver Art Gallery
* Coffee catch-up with punk rawk radio/photog/cat enthusiast
* Staring down dramatic demons at St Paul’s (and marking how far I’ve come)
* Scenes of life, building, trees, gardens and sidewalks strolling and observing
* Plus hotel picnics, Cherry Garcia ice cream, Whitewood Cider, bits of dispatches, flashes of hockey games with hidden messages, silk robe lobby lounging, Mae Maes on teevee
Special greetings to all who tracked us down – including, in this wave:
* Roland (by bicycle, by bicycle)
* Lance from OlyWa (with books & vinyl)
* Wayne (in midst of a move)
* James (with real talk)
* Monique (let’s enjoy tea!)
* Danielle and beautiful daughter
* Mark, community wrangler
* Chris, sundancer & deadhead
* Eric Flexyourhead (rawk, etc)
* Kemp (popping in here and there)
Music:
“Blood’s Too Rich” by Luke Doucet (Whitehorse, Veal, White Falcon etc) https://sixshooterrecords.com/artists/luke-doucet/
“Change of Scene” by The Matinée https://thematineemusic.com + new album: https://the-matinee.bandcamp.com/album/change-of-scene
Continue reading Downtown + West End Vancouver and Stanley Park / #BCInvasion flashback, part 2