It’s hard to believe that the Olympics are almost at an end. It is already Day 15. Soon the closing ceremony will be here and the torch will be extinguished and it’s all over. Vancouver will be back to its old self with perhaps a wicked Olympic hangover. It happens every time a city returns [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Olympic Moments
Posted: February 26, 2010 in Canada, Children, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Sports, Television, Travel, WomenTags: 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Canada, Joannie Rochette, Olympics, Vancouver
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Hockey Night in Canada
Posted: February 21, 2010 in Canada, Children, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Sports, Television, Travel, United States of America, WomenTags: Canada, Hockey, Hockey Night in Canada, Switzerland, USA, Vancouver, Wayne Gretzky, Yaletown
I was in a beer garden in Vancouver’s Yaletown when a guy draped in an American flag strutted in. He was carrying on like Superman, all layered up in red, white and blue and making lots of noise. Boy, did he rile up the Canadians. After all today is the Canada versus USA men’s hockey match and as [...]
Gretzky Lights the Flame
Posted: February 12, 2010 in Random Thoughts, Travel, Women, Media, Olympics, News, News and Views, Inspiration, Television, Sports, Weather, CanadaTags: Olympics, Opening Ceremony, 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Wayne Gretzky, The Great One, O Canada, Granville Street, International Broadcast Centre, Shaun White, Olympic torch, Believe
Immediately after the opening ceremony people began to run. They hoofed it to the International Broadcast Centre to see the after party. Wayne Gretzky rode in a flatebed truck with the Olympic torch aloft to light an external flame outside the building. The crowd went wild, shouting “Gretzky, Gretzky, Gretzky.” Amazing to see how Canadians adore The Great One. A Shaun [...]
Why I Work at the Olympics
Posted: February 12, 2010 in Canada, Children, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Politics, Random Thoughts, Sports, Technology, Television, Travel, WomenTags: 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Broadcasting, Canada, NBC, Olympics, Opening Ceremony, Television, Today Show, Vancouver
My 16 year old son is mad at me. When I call home his anger is palpable. He does not understand why I leave home for extended periods of time every couple of years to work at the Olympics. He won’t listen when I try to explain so I’m putting it out to the world. [...]
Enlightened Canada
Posted: February 5, 2010 in Africa, Canada, Environment, Gay and Lesbian, Homelessness, Human Rights, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Politics, Poverty, Random Thoughts, Travel, United States of AmericaTags: America, Canada, Diversity, Environment, gay marriage, Homeless, Mozambique, Recycling, Sikh, Vancouver
I walked out of my hotel room this morning carrying a plastic bottle of water and by the time I was at the front desk it was empty. I handed it to the concierge and asked if he could throw it out. Before I could correct myself a hotel manager did it for me. Recycle! From what I [...]
Olympics: Canada Style
Posted: February 3, 2010 in China, Inspiration, Media, News, News and Views, Olympics, Random Thoughts, Television, TravelTags: Beijing, British Columbia, Canada, Canadians, Hockey, Olympic Games, Olympics, Vancouver
I walked out of my hotel room in Vancouver this morning to see a flock of seagulls squacking their heads off. That’s the most noise I’ve heard since I arrived in Canada. Toto, we’re not in Beijing anymore. In 2008, with the Olympic Games a week and a half away, the city was buzzing with anticipation [...]
