Encore un bout de ce que j'aime dans ma Normandie. Les promenades le matin de marée haute, à regarder les vagues qui viennent s'écraser sur la promenade, parfois sur les cabines.

C'est encore plus beau le soir, mais pour capter ces moments merveilleux, il faut un caméra un peu plus professionnelle.

Cependant je suis convaincue que ce petit film vous fera passer un moment agréable de  soir du patrimoine.

Le plat Gousset est comme la promenade des anglais, en moins grand. Mais le spectacle en vaut la peine.

Regarder les vagues qui viennent lècher, embrasser la digue comme pour marquer son territoire, le spectacle est magnifique!

On ne se lasse pas d'une promenade sur le Plat Gousset.

Later on, I went to The Rickshaw in Surrey. Not at all at random, as I normally do not do Surrey. I was attending a little family reunion of sorts with my fathers side of the family. Let me just say that I will never again use Google Maps to find an address several municipalities away. My Journey from Kits to Surrey took the better part of 2 hours and would appear to be designed by someone pathologically afraid of Hwy 1. At one point I crossed a WOODEN BRIDGE. And I was still very lost. What a fantastic voyage! In the end I found Hwy 1 and winged it.

It is an odd thing for someone who likes to critique restaurants to not actually eat anything at all at the restaurant in question, but I was just so full from all that Roxy burger. And I did suddenly develop a strange aversion to MSG all of a sudden. I don't know why, I normally could not have cared less. But anyway, I don't know how the food was. Who knows, I don't think you go to a place like The Rickshaw for really stellar Chinese food anyway. You to get filled up and because there is a nice back room that is good for groups. There is a time an place for everything.

I remember, may years back, going to a place in Chinatown in Edmonton. It was in the lower level of an old building, pretty inconspicuous. You had to order in Chinese, or rather the people that took us did. What came out to our table was an unending series of otherworldly Asian delights. I have never again had anything at all like it. Have all Chinese food places become havens for our deep fried, gooey, electric coloured ideal of what Chinese food is? Can anyone tell me where I can get some good noodles? Or something I've never heard of? I'm not scared of things that don't come covered in sweet and sour sauce! Do I have to be Chinese? I promise I won't be rude or embarrassing, I'll just sit down and eat what you bring me, and pay you handsomely. There, offer made.

I see the dirty arabs in Hamza
AND THATS THE WAY I LIKE IT

they drive their forklifts, around the corner
AND THATS THE WAY I LIKE IT

I see the log boys, in Granville, all day they sit there
AND THATS THE WAY I LIKE IT

I come back in the evening, and they're STILL there
AND THATS THE WAY I LIKE IT

I hear the shootings at midnight, and im used to it
AND THATS THE WAY I LIKE IT

I share a bus, with granville boysssss, and they smell badddd
AND THATS THE WAY I LIKE IT

Soooooooooooooo pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, babyyyyy pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, comeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn & GET ME OUT OF GRANVILLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Vendredi 20février 2009 :

Soirée d'ouverture avec animation musicale.

Samedi 21 févier 2009 :

Intronisation du Bonhomme Carnaval.

Cavalcade des enfants et bal des enfants à la Maison du Carnaval.

Dimanche 22 février 2009 :

Cavalcade des chars l'après-midi. 

Cavalcade lumineuse en soirée.

Lundi 23 février 2009 :

Bal à Papa à la Maison du Carnaval.

Mardi 24 février 2009 :

Cavalcade des chars l'après-midi.

Jugement du Bonhomme Carnaval et exécution du Bonhomme Carnaval.

Bataille de confettis et début des Intrigues dans toute la ville.

 L'histoire de Oncle's Scott, c'est l'histoire d'une nostalgique de l'Hôtel des Bains, à Granville. C'est notre histoire...  L'Hôtel des Bains, c'est l'endroit très raffiné, très sélect où j'ai passé la nuit avant mon mariage.

Je me revois encore en train de prendre mon petit déjeuner dans cette petite salle, face au plat Gousset, tout ce qui faisait le charme de cet Hôtel.

A ma grande surprise et à mon déserpoir cet été, j'ai trouvé à la place du restaurant de l'Hôtel, un restaurant d'un autre genre, Oncle Scott's. D'office je me suis insurgée contre cet "intrus" venu m'enlever mes souvenirs, mes amours...

J'ai dit, " jamais je n'irai manger là, ça ne va pas du tout, ils ont dénaturé l'Hôtel des bains, ils ont tout gâché", puis un jour, après un tour de la foire de Granville, Nous avons marché jusque au plat Gousset.

"tiens, pourquoi n'irions nous pas déjeuner là?"

"Je n'ai pas très envie, voir mon Hôtel des Bains américanisé, non... sans moi"

Ils ont insisté et je me suis laissée tenter.

Dès que vous pénétrez ce lieu, vous êtes conquis (si vous aimez la musique country comme moi). Style rustic, avec des bons country en musique de fond.  Plat copieux, menu défiant toute concurrence...

Ce qui m'a intrigué au début, c'est le T shirt des serveurs; au dos, on  peut lire: OUBLIE TON REGIME, comme vous pouvez le voir tout en haut de la page.

 Nathalie la serveuse, très joviale et accueillante, prend notre commande:

 Beignets de crevettes pour moi  

Galette Normande de Oncle Scott's                                                                                                       

Le dessert aussi copieux que le plat,

Et je n'ai pu m'empêcher de loucher sur l'assiette de mon voisin.

Tout ceci est très bon, mais ce qui m'a le plus marqué c'est la musique, cette musique country que j'adore. Ils m'ont conquis. C'est vrai que je n'en ferais pas mon QG gastronomique, mais je suis capable d'aller là rien que pour l'ambiance. Oncle Scott's a fait tomber mes a prioris. Si vous passez un jour par Granville en basse Normandie, un petit détour par le Plat Goussé....

HEARST SUED IN MILWAUKEE.

Bill of $48 Incurred by a Worker in 1904 Charged to Him.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 6. -- William Randolph Hearst, founder of the Independence Party, will come to Milwaukee again on Sept. 14, but not as a campaigner and political worker for the newly born National pary and Thomas L. Hisgen, its Presidential candidate.  It will be to appear before Justice of the Peace Oscar E. Schwemer to make answer in a civil suit brought against him by William Kirchheim, a saloon keeper in the town of Granville.

Service was made upon Mr. Hearst in his rooms in the Hotel Pfister last night as he was preparing to go to Schlitz Park, where he was scheduled to make an address.

The case dates back four years, when Mr. Hearst was seeking the Democratic nomination for the Presidency.  It involves $48.  The plaintiff was at that time in the saloon business in Granville.  J. J. McNally, who at that time represented himself as one of Hearst's workers, went to the plaintiff's salloon in Granville, and, according to the allegation, incurred a bill of $48 for refreshments and the rent of a hall for a Hearst meeting.  When the meeting was over McNally refused to pay the bill, it is alleged.

The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst by David Nasaw

Citizen Hearst: A Biography of William Randolph Hearst by W. A. Swanberg

Giants of American Industry - William Randolph Hearst (Giants of American Industry) by Nancy Frazier

William Randolph Hearst and the American Century (Makers of the Media) by Nancy Whitelaw

William Randolph Hearst: The Early Years, 1863-1910 by Ben Procter

William Randolph Hearst: The Later Years, 1911-1951 by Ben Procter

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La maison d’enfance de Christian Dior est située dans un remarquable jardin de falaise dominant la mer, face aux îles Anglo-Normandes. Aménagé entre 1906 et 1930 par Madeleine Dior et son fils Christian, il est un rare exemple de jardin d’artistes. La villa Les Rhumbs, véritable lieu de mémoire, restaurée dans son style des années 20, aujourd’hui transformée en musée de mode, est l’unique « musée de France » consacré à un couturier. Depuis 1997, chaque été, se tient une exposition temporaire en liaison avec des thématiques liées à la mode de Monsieur Dior et de sa maison de couture.

A l’occasion du bicentenaire de la naissance de Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly (1808-1889), qui donna dès 1845 sa première définition au dandysme dans son ouvrage « Du dandysme et de Georges Brummel », le musée Christian Dior propose l’exposition "Dandysmes 1808-2008, de Barbey d’Aurevilly à Christian Dior», du 1er mai au 21 septembre 2008. Le parti pris de cette exposition liant littérature, art et mode, est de montrer une interprétation originale de l’apport de l’attitude «dandy»- courant de mode et de société venant de l'Angleterre de la fin du XVIIIe siècle- associant un raffinement vestimentaire à un esprit décalé et impertinent dans l’univers de la mode.

>>> Dandysmes 1808-2008

Granville Redmond was an American Painter, born to a hearing family. Granville Redmond contracted Scarlet Fever at around 2 1/2 to the age of 3; when he recovered, he was found to be deaf. This may have prompted his family's decision to move from the East Coast to San Jose, California: the possibility for his education at the Berkeley School for the Deaf.

Granville Redmond attended the Berkeley School for the Deaf (later the California School for the Deaf) from 1879 to 1890 where his artistic talents were recognized and encouraged. There his teacher Theophilus d'Estrella taught him painting, drawing and pantomime.

When he graduated from CSD, Granville Redmond enrolled at another CSD: the California School of Design in San Francisco, where he worked for 3 years with teachers such as Arthur Matthews and Amedee Joullion. Granville Redmond famously won the W. E. Brown Medal of Excellence. Granville Redmond associated with many other artists, including Gottardo Piazzoni and Giuseppe Cadenasso. Piazzoni learned American Sign Language and he and Granville Redmond were lifelong friends. They lived together in Parkfield, California, and Tiburon.

1893 saw Granville Redmond win a scholarship from California School of the Deaf and from the School of Design, which made it possible for him to study in Paris at the Academie Julian under teachers Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. At the Academie Julian, he roomed with sculptor Douglas Tilden, famous Deaf sculptor and another graduate of the California School for the Deaf. In 1895 in Paris his painting Matin d'Hiver, was accepted for the Paris Salon.

In 1898, he returned to California and settled in Los Angeles, where he painted many beautiful beach scenes. Granville Redmond was married in 1899 to Carrie Ann Jean, a former student of the Illinois School for the Deaf. Together they had three children. It is not known if they were Deaf or could hear.

While living in Los Angeles, he became friends with Charles Chaplin, who admired the natural expressiveness of a Deaf person using American Sign Language. Charles Chaplin asked Granville Redmond to help him develop the techniques Charles Chaplin later used in his silent films. Charles Chaplin, impressed with Granville Redmond's skill gave granville Redmond a studio on the movie lot, collected his paintings, and sponsored him in silent acting roles - the sculptor in City Lights for example.

During this time Granville Redmond did not neglect his painting. Through Charles Chaplin he met Los Angeles neighbor artists Elmer Wachtel and Norman St. Clair. They showed works at the Spring Exhibition held in San Francisco in 1904. By 1905 Granville Redmond was receiving considerable recognition as a leading landscape painter and bold colorist. Granville Redmond's artwork was sometimes compared to Matisse; he loved painting flowers and dark, moody scenes.

Granville Redmond's work is in a variety of collections:

Irvine Museum, California

Laguna Art Museum, California

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University

De Young Museum, the Bancroft Library, San Francisco

California School for the Deaf

New York City Museum, New York

Oakland Museum, California

Granville Redmond's Awards:

Gold Medal, W. E. Brown Award, California School of Design, 1891

Medal, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904

Silver Medal, Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 1909

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Je ne suis que de passage, les vacances ne sont pas finies, une envie de tenir un peu mes promesses. Toujours sur la route, je suis la voyageuse qui, une valise sous le bras ou une trousse de toilette jetée dans le sac à main, s'en va à la rencontre de l'inconnu....

Vous savez combien j'aime la Normandie, ma Normandie,  une partie de mes vacances est toujours réservée pour Granville; cette année, j'y passe tout le mois de vacances et je les passe autrement qu'allongée sur le sable des plages, cette année, c'est culture, wwoofing, activités sportives....

Le 3 août, je suis retournée sur mon lieu de pélérinage favoris; qui a déviné où?

Si vous me connaissez un tout petit peu, alors vous savez que c'est le Musée Christian Dior et son magnifique jardin.

Mais vous verrez, ce n'est pas tous les ans pareils. Vous constaterez sur la vidéo que cette promenade s'est déroulée sous la pluie au départ.

La visite du musée m'a éblouie comme toujours. Ensuite nous sommes passés au salon de thé pour enfin découvrir le film de la collection 2009 dans la salle vidéo.

Le jardin

Ce magnifique jardin où au décours d'un passage, le visiteur est invité à apprecier les senteurs utilisées pour les parfums Dior.  La pluie qui s'abat soudain sur la ville ne nous laisse pas le choix, enfin moi si. J'ai tout de même puis filmer sous ma parka d'hiver au risque d'abimer ma caméra. Que ne ferais-je pas pour Dior?

Le musée

Après notre petit tour de jardin sous la pluie, nous avons visité le musée. Le dandysme étaient à l'honneur cet été en dehors de la collection de belles toilettes, de parfum.... enfin toute la créativité de Dior mis en vedette. Je ne peux que retenir mon souffle devant toute cette beauté.

Le salon de thé

Je vous en avais déjà parlé aussi. Ce salon de thé où pour la première fois mon égoïsme avait atteint son paroxysme. Imaginez trois belles soeurs et une accro de macarons. Nous étions arrivées là après le film, il ne restait plus qu'un macaron, je l'ai quand même acheté, puis proposé à chacune de mes belles soeurs, en priant afin qu'elle disent "non". puis je l'ai savouré avec un bruitage dont je suis la seule capable.

Bref, Ce 2 août donc, il n'y a vait plus de macarons, l'hotesse ne pouvait que nous proposer une tartellette à la fraise, et une au citron, que nous avons partagée avec du thé Diorescence bien entendu.

L'après midi s'est achevée sous la tente où avons vissionné le défilé hiver 2009. Frissons garantis; j'ai tout de même failli "croquer" un tout petit assis juste derrière moi. Dans la penombre, alors que je retenais mon souffle, que j'étais presque au bord des larmes (des larmes de bonheur bien sûr), je recevais des coups de pieds dans ma chaise, ponctués par ses cris de colère. J'adore les enfants mais là.... La papa a compris lorsque je me suis retournée pour la troisième fois en poussant un profond soupir.

Chers parents, lorsque vous venez voir le défilé Dior, pitié, prenez une super Nanny!!!!

Promenade au jardin Christian Dior par willykean

 http://www.dailymotion.com/belind/video/x6fi6l_promenade-au-jardin-christian-dior_lifestyle

http://www.dailymotion.com/belind/video/x6fies_promenade-au-jardin-christian-dior_travel

http://www.dailymotion.com/belind/video/x6fiib_promenade-au-jardin-3_travel

http://www.dailymotion.com/belind/video/x6fisg_promenade-au-jardin-christian-dior_travel

Si vous êtes passionnés de Dior, ici vous avez quelques lecteurs pour compléter ce que vous savez sans doute déjà.

http://www.musee-dior-granville.com/c/287/p/c77975a4cb5448beb5361b3230877a80/association-presence-de-Christian-Dior-Christian-Dior-objectifs-conserver-faire-connaitre.htm

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Dior

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Prémonitoire était sans doute l’idée de faire co-exister les deux projets ….

Le nouveau maire avec une équipe issue de la précédente municipalité, chaussant comme c’était prévisible les pantoufles du précédent, continue de subir un urbanisme mal maîtrisé. Sous la pression des promoteurs, il continue de subir la pression des promoteurs, et de défendre des projets indéfendables qui ne feront qu’enlaidir notre Centre Ville, en méprisant l’avis de ceux qui ont le courage de protester, les associations, les riverains, les élus de l’opposition de gauche, et paraît- il le nouvel architecte des bâtiments de France…

Nous avons des propositions pour sortir de cette médiocrité : faisons cesser le massacre, lançons enfin une véritable étude d’urbanisme permettant de définir, sur la base d’un principe général d’aménagement, ce que devrait être le futur de ce lieu majeur du Centre ville qu’est le Cours Jonville,

Un véritable travail à engager sans tarder et qui permettrait de sortir de ce PLU sans ambition qui sert de référence urbaine à une équipe sans imagination. Cela permettrait enfin de passer de la passivité à une maîtrise de l’aménagement du Centre Ville.

A condition bien sûr, que cette étude soir ouverte à des équipes pluridisciplinaires de bon niveau et que la concertation se déroule dans la transparence…on parie ?

It was China's turn to showcase its pyrotechnic skills last night, at the HSBC Celebration of Light. After seeing a few interesting pictures on the Net that were taken from Granville Bridge, I decided to try my luck there also. Although I was much further from the action than usual, I still had a great time (from a hobbyist photographer's point of view anyway).

Before the show

Almost show time; the last few boats are making their way to their "seats"

Finale

Boating frenzy after the fireworks

Giretto tra i vari Market, ma niente che mi convinca in modo particolare.

Qualcuno di inaspettato arriva da Seattle su una macchina, su grandi strade americane, tante corsie e poca velocità. Ale e Paolo in compagnia dell'italoamericana Daniela. Per ingannare l'attesa del loro arrivo, giro per Pacific Centre dove qualche acquisto è quasi obbligatorio. E cosi mi ritrovo con un paio di occhiali nuovi, qualche soldino risparmiato e un'ora da spendere all'Apple Store al piano superiore!.

Apple Store è un posto magico, per grandi e bambini e per chi ancora non conosce le gioie che un Mac può offrire. Convinco Ale all'ennesimo acquisto mentre carico il mio account flickr su Apple Tv, cosi su un megaschermo vengono proiettate senza problemi le mie foto!...piccole soddisfazioni, e qualche secondo di celebrità alla Oscar Wilde (UN GIORNO TUTTI AVRANNO DIRITTO A 15 MINUTI DI CELEBRITA').

Ma oggi posso permettermelo perchè vedo che qualcuno ha già iniziato a farmi gli Auguri, Da qualche parte del mondo ho già un anno in più. hehehe

Incontriamo gli amici italiani, un drink, un pranzo e molte dritte sulle strane usanze degli americani. Daniela ci spiega molte cose, cose necessarie e non scontante. Almeno per noi.

La nostra giornata con loro dura poche ore perchè dobbiamo tornare a casa, organizzarci e sentir Lyndsey per la grande partenza di domani.

..Leaving Vancouver Never easy...

Ps.

Ringrazio tutti per gli auguri...tutti quelli che me li hanno già fatti!

Ci si sente in California!

Lo so lo so, sono un po' indietro con i miei resoconti giornalieri.

Ora cercherò di Rimediare.

Ieri.

Giornata dal sapore orientale, è la mia prima chinatown ed è anche una delle più grandi.Sono curioso come sempre. D'improvviso il quartiere cambia, cambiano i colori, le auto, i suoni, e ovviamente i tratti delle persone. Momenti silenzioni ricambiati da un traffico metropolitano di persone che si spinge attraverso un ingresso circolare verso attimi di pace in giardino d'altri tempi. Un bellissimo giardino riprodotto secondo le più precise e particolari "leggi" della società orientale. Qui la calma e la quiete è amplificata, e non si percepisce di essere nel mezzo di una grande città in espansione. La meditazione è automatica, quasi salisse su dalle ninfee e da quelle coloratissime carpe.

Fame, direzione Scienze World. Una sfera che contiene tutta la curiosità che ogni bambino possiede. Spiegata cosi la scienza può essere davvero una grande arma per un fututo più chiaro. Se avessi visto un posto cosi a 10 anni ora sarei sicuramente uno scienzato, un chimico, un biologo, un astronauta..etc etc..

Per grandi e bambini, per grandi bambini e bambini grandi.

Si torna a casa , o almeno ci si prova e si macinano chilometri lungo i lavori di Vancouver 2010 e una passeggiata originale con strane pachine e sedie vicino a False Creek.

"C'è un dollaro d'argento sul fondo del ((FALSE Creek)).
I nostri guerrieri troppo lontani sulla pista del bisonte
e quella musica distante diventò sempre più forte
chiusi gli occhi per tre volte
mi ritrovai ancora lì
chiesi a mio nonno è solo un sogno
mio nonno disse sì."

Qui pedoni e ciclisti vivono strane storie, a volte insieme a volte separati, un odio amore quasi sempre ricambiato. nonostante tutto magari a qualcuno capita una giornata storta, capita a tutti no? anche a la signora che mi urla un finissimo "Fuck" perchè ho invato la corsia delle bici.

College di Art &Design, su isoletta verdissima e sotto il grande ponte, Grandville Island. Un villaggio dentro una città, dove la gente è più country e wild che nella vicina Yaletown. Ci piace e ci torniamo magari anche a sentire quella graziosa cantante, un po' country, un po' rock, un po' blues, un mix tra Sheryl Crow e Jewel.

Potevo perdermi the dark knight?ovviamente no, cosi cinema, e sorprendentemente si capisce.

Oggi.

il bucato è sempre più un mistero, inizio a pensare che non lo faremo mai, ma dai Jefferson era tutto cosi semplice, ed ognuno sapeva sempre cosa fare!

Il ponte ormai non è più un problema, e  la strana si allunga verso brodway street e la 4th Ave, siamo oltre la cartina, e un piccolo puntino rosso si sposta oltre ai confine del foglio, seguito da un dito finisce a circa 4-5 cm dal bordo.Mai stati cosi lontani. Jericho beach ha un bel nome, tranquilla spiaggia dopo studenti genitori beach volley, volano e barbecue.

La pioggia, un gelato e un Log, (lunghi tronchi utilizzati quasi come panchine sulla spiaggia)

La stanchezza inizia a farsi sentire, e arriviamo a pratici curati e case da Sogno vicino all'UGC, il campus universitario più grande della città. Un'altra città dentro la città, stavolta però tutta giovane e diversa.

Un bus ci accompagna verso casa. Sorrido. Qui la gente sorride e ricambi sorrisi, sempre. Elogio al sorriso.

Grouse Mountain è un centro polivalente per vivere la montagna a 360 gradi. Mare e Montagna, Estate ed inverno. Passeggiate Acqua, experience vissute grazie ad Orsi, spettacoli comici ed ironici sui popolarissimi tagliaboschi canades, Aquile e Falchi e il temutissimo Orso Grizzly! La navetta che ci accompagna sino alla base di partenza ci mostra, scorci di un'insolita vancouver fatta di casa regolari, ma diverse tra loro e classiche strade americane.

Evitiamo la cabinovia all'andata, che Lyndsey chiama Gondola, forse perchè ondeggia e oscilla come quasi non saper decidere tra l'oceano o questa incontaminata foresta. Ci sono gli orsi ma il sentiero (trail) sembra sicuro, è curato a livelli inimmaginabile per i nostri monti, tantissimi gradini di legno che portano verso il cielo. Alla partenza mi diverto guardando un distributore di bibite energetiche quasi se fosse una corsa, ma effettivamente c'e molta gente che se la fa di corsa o in tutta fretta come un ottimo allenamento.

La salita è dura e costante... a volte bisogna chinarsi e appoggiarsi al prossimo gradino spinti dalla notevole pendenza, ma si sale in fretta. E poi arriviamo dalle ormai vecchie montagne olimpiche, dobbiamo passare il testimone si, ma non possiamo permetterci certi figure! Tantissima gente sale sola, rintanati nel proprio ipod, io ho lasciato le cuffie in casa, ma salgo deciso col mio passo e canticchio la stupenda colonna sonora di into the wild di Eddie Vedder. Gia oggi mi sento anche io Alexander Supertramp! Luci Supertramp suona anche meglio!

Torniamo a casa a piedi, passando per il 4th Canadian Islamic Cultural Expo, davanti alla Art gallery, una cena economica per provare i sapori di una cultura nuova. Questo la dice davvero lunga sull'importanza che le diverse culture possono avere nella società. Specie in una realtà cosi giovane come quella canadese.

Un contest improvvisato di BreakDance con tanto speaker dall'altra parte del palazzo, mentre indisturbati dei vecchi giocano a scacchi su una panchina incuranti di tutto quel che gli succede intorno.

Friday night e le strade di Granville st. sono chiuse al traffico, festa, divertenti risciò trainati da Bici Custom con tanto di musica girano avanti ed indietro, ma sono sempre vuoti, nessuno osa salire forse o forse non c'e nessuno ancora cosi ubriaco.

Birra canadese, Molson, I'm canadian!! cosi infatti per anni è stato il motto dei loro spot tv! mi sento canadese anche io oggi, nonostante l'inglese, non ancora ottimo, step by step dicono...

Luci supertramp vi saluta. Have a nice day!

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But what I enjoy best is that Granville is local, making it very relevant and practical for us Vancouverites. The added bonus? The subscription, which comes out quarterly, is free so far for those living in Canada. If you rather not have more paper products to clutter your home, you can opt to subscribe to their monthly eNewsletter. Though the content is not exactly the same as what is found in the magazine, it will still make for an interesting and informative read.

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Nights in Granville are dedicated to getting wasted enough to hit on your high school crush in the local bar, Brews Cafe. This particular 4th of July was the 5th year reunion for my high school class, an event I'd been planning for a couple of months. Contrary to any anxieties I'd had, the reunion went off brilliantly. I wish John Hughes could have seen the nerds, jocks, and theater geeks all conversing over cheap beer and pizza. All of this was, of course, in thanks to the spirit of the 4th of July in Granville, which mends any ill feelings or longstanding grudges. We all seemed to have forgotten about cliques and social coteries just for those few hours. Upon further investigation of my pictures, however, I was really pleased to find that I'd spent the majority of the evening with the popular girls. Finally! Here are some of the candids from that night: [gallery]