Grizzly Bears at Grouse Mountain

26 Apr 2008.

Teresa was in town this weekend. We went to Grouse Mountain for a bit of touristy stuff. The ski season closed last weekend, but there was still plenty of snow. We were delighted to see some Grizzly Bears (2 real ones and 1 stuffed one). The Grizzly bears had just come out of hibernation.

Mel with a stuffed Grizzly Bear.


Mel & Teresa

Bike the Blossoms

19 Apr 2008.

Now that the ski season is over, it was time to get on our bikes! Alykhan & I went on a 25km bike ride around Vancouver. It was a self guided bike ride to admire the blossoming trees along the way and also to stop at the various food stops. I would have taken more photos but it is slightly dangerous to be riding on the road and taking photos at the same time!

Alykhan & I at the Van Dusen gardens.


Less than 24 hours earlier, it was snowing in Vancouver (quite rare considering is is late April!). Here is a random lump of snow I saw that day.

Girls just wanna have fun

11-13 Apr 2008.

A girls weekend at Whistler - cocktails, hot tub, ski, apres ski cocktail, hot tub, more cocktails, dancing, ski ...oh and of course a pillow fight!

What goes on tour, stays on tour...but here is a sneak peek!


One of the locals we came across on our night on the town. Quality NOT!


What were they thinking? Somebody brought this inflatable man to Buffalo Bills Bar as their date.

Snow in Spring

We've had some strange weather lately. We had a cold spell this week and even had snow downtown!

Also had a 'brutal' (a favourite Canadian word) week at work and did some 'super' long hours (for my standards anyway). Bonny's taxi service and the local sushi joint are now on the speed dial!

Ski Bunnies

Happy Easter!

A few of us went up to Whistler for the Easter long weekend. We had 2 days of fabulous Spring skiing and 22cm of fresh powder on Easter Sunday. We even spotted the Easter Bunny on the ski slopes on Easter Sunday.

Unfortunately, Easter Monday is not a public holiday in Canada, so it's back to work for some!

To be sure, to be sure

The St Patrick's Day Parade was held as part of the Celtic Festival.

Bagpipes. Check out the Bass drummer who seems to be wearing the fur of an animal with the head still attached.

Irish Dancing. Those girls must eat their bread crusts. Their hair is 'super' curly!

Spring Forward

Spring is here... and so is day light savings! Yippee! We've had some warmish weather (for Canadian standards) - maximum temps of 10oC.

I did 2 new things this weekend: Curling and Rockband. Sadly, I suck at both!

Curling is basically lawn bowls on ice, with funny broomsticks! It was a fun experience and some of us managed to come home with bruises. Throwing those rocks is much harder than it looks!

After watching the Vancouver Cannucks win their (Ice) Hockey match at the pub, I went along to Diana's mates place for an x-Box Rockband Jam session. It was my first Rockband experience. I had an awesome time but my skills were only good enough for guitar and bass. All those years of classical music training did not help at all...hehehe

This was a great throw by Ryan. The rock landed right in the centre of the target.

P.S. Since my last post, I went to a wine festival and fell in love with Icewine & Moscato d'Asti. I also saw the U23D concert at the IMAX cinema. Bono rocks! It was my first time to IMAX in about 10 years!