Vancouver turned 125 today and after a week of rain I can honestly say I don't think I've ever seen it look better! Some people might think we're pretty full of ourselves out here on the West coast but here's a little list of things (in no particular order other than alphabetical!) that make Vancouver so freaking great...
- 2010 Winter Olympics
- The Arts Scene (concerts, shows, galleries, etc.)
- Bard on the Beach
- BC Bud (so I've been told)
- BC Lions
- BC Place
- BC Sports Hall of Fame
- Belief in Comebacks (i.e the great Vancouver Fire of 1886 that wiped out the entire city!)
- Bike lanes
- Bif Naked
- Big Bus Tours
Harbour Centre view from
Canada Place - Brewery Tours (Granville Island, Yaletown)
- Bright Nights & The Christmas Train (in Stanley Park)
- Bryan Adams
- Cambie Village
- Canada Place
- Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Cherry Blossom Festival
- Chinatown (2nd largest in the world behind San Fran!)
- Chinese New Year Parade
- Coal Harbour
- Cobie Smulders (aka Robyn Scherbatsky on How I Met Your Mother)
- Coffee on every block
- Commercial Drive
- Cypress Mountain
- David Suzuki
Just a typical rainy day in Gastown - Davie Street
- Dine Out Vancouver
- Diversity
- Downtown Eastside Revitalization
- Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens
- Electronic Arts
- English Bay
- Expo '86
- False Creek
- Food!
- Gastown
- Ghost Train (in Stanley Park)
- Commitment to Going Green
- The Commodore Ballroom
- Granville Island
- Granville Street Downtown
- Granville Street South
- Greenpeace's Birthplace
- Grouse Mountain
- Harbour Centre
- Harbour Cruises
- Healthy Living
- Helijet
- Historic Buildings (i.e. the Marine Building)
- Hollywood North
- HootSuite's Birthplace
- Hotels
- HR Macmillan Space Centre
- Jack Poole Plaza/Olympic Cauldron
- Japa dog
- Jazz Fest
- Joshua Jackson
- Kitsilano
- La Casa Gelato
- Lion's Gate Bridge
- Livability Rating (we're #!1!)
- Lonsdale Quay
- Lululemon
- Lynn Canyon
- Main Street
- Museum of Anthropology
- Museum of Vancouver
- Music (everywhere!)
- Night Market
- Nightlife
- Non-Profit/Charity Organizations (Covenant House & Canuck Place just to name a couple)
- The Orpheum
- Pacific Spirit Regional Park
- Parade of Lost Souls (Commercial Drive Halloween Parade)
- Playland
- PNE
- Ports of Vancouver
- Pretty People (we're a pretty good looking town!)
- Pride Parade
- Punjabi Market
- Queen Elizabeth Park
- Real Estate (it costs an arm and a leg but most of the properties are amazing!)
- Rob Feenie
- Robson Square
- Robson Street
- Rogers Arena
- Ryan Reynolds
- Sarah McLachlan
- Science World
- Sea Walls
- Seth Rogan
- Shopping
- Social Media Junkies (i.e. all the awesome bloggers in town!)
- Spanish Banks
- Spas
- Stanley Park
- Steam Clock
- The View
The Art Gallery all dressed up - Tourism Vancouver
- Transit
- Trevor Linden (We adopted him once he was drafted!)
- UBC
- Vaisakhi Parade
- Van Dusen Festival of Lights
- Vancouver Aquarium
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- Vancouver Canadians
- Vancouver Canucks
- Vancouver City Hall
- Vancouver Convention Centre West
- Vancouver Fashion Week
- Vancouver Food Carts
- Vancouver Giants
- Vancouver Grizzlies (even though they're gone the memory of Big Country lives on)
- Vancouver International Film Fest
- Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- Vancouver Whitecaps
- Water Taxis
- West 4th Ave
- West End
- Whale Watching
- Wreck Beach
- Yaletown
- YVR
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| Granville St during the Olympics |
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| Snowy nigh on Grouse Mt. |
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| Up close & personal in the plaza |
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| One of my fave VanCity Products |
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| Best Playland ride! |
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| Science World a glow |
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| 2011 President's Trophy Winners! |
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| Coming home to YVR |
Did I say little? Really, this is just the tip of the iceberg so do me a favour - if you're from here, get out and show Vancouver some love! And if you're from out of town, what are you waiting for? Come see it for yourself =)
Special thanks to the following sites used for inspiration:
Globosapiens | Things to do in Vancouver | Tourism Vancouver | VanCity Buzz | Vancouver is Awesome
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