Thursday, June 25, 2015 (continued)
We left Stanley Park to see more of Vancouver.
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A-maze-ing Laughter/14 Laughing Men (2009, by Yue Minjun)
in Morton Park |
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| More laughing men |
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Vancouver Centennial Rocketship
(1986 replica of a 1936 parade float) |
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| Hinge Park sign (KSS) |
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Human Structures Vancouver (2014,
by Jonathan Borofsky) in Hinge Park
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| Tamiko and Kent on a giant lounge chair (PBB) |
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| Other chairs with the BC Place arena across False Creek (KSS) |
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| Southeast False Creek Development art installation (KSS) |
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| Aquabus |
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| Science World (1985, built for Expo '86) geodesic dome |
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| Southeast False Creek Waterfront (KSS) |
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| Bathing? |
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Salish North Star in Maple Leaf (2010,
by Wade Baker of the Squamish Nation (KSS) |
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| Giant Sparrows (1988, by Myfanwy MacLeod) |
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| A sparrow pecks at Tamiko's camera (KSS) |
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| Food truck in Olympic Village Square (KSS) |
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| Japadog menu (KSS) |
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| Vij's Railway Express food truck |
We figured out how to get onto Granville Island.
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| Colourful shops! |
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| Lobsters flown in daily from Nova Scotia |
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| Flowers and plants for sale in Triangle Square |
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| The Public Market (1979) |
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| Charcuterie |
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| Olives |
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| The Public Market showing its industrial beginnings |
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| Expensive eggs |
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| Fancy chocolates |
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| Piles of berries and cherries |
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| Local salmon |
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| Salmon candy |
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| Cute knitted caps |
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| More evidence of former industry |
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| Ocean Concrete Silos (2014, painted byOs Gemeos, twin brother artists from Brazil) |
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| Ocean Concrete Silos |
Next we headed to Queen Elizabeth Park.
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| Landscaping |
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| Bloedel Conservatory (1969) aka Alien Ship is a triodetic dome |
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| Vancouver Lawn Bowling Club |
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| Rose Garden |
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| Dried Allium sp flowers |
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| Roses with goldenrod |
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| Climbing rose for sure! |
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| Woven fence |
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| Cotinus coggygria/European Smoke Tree |
Time for dinner.
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| Tojo's |
Tojo is a world-renowned chef and his restaurant is where it was recommended to eat
omakase/chef's choice at the sushi bar. But we decided not to do so, once it was explained it could cost $150 per person!
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Tojo's Tuna Signature Dish:Tuna sashimi with special sesame and wasabi sauce;
yes, it melts in your mouth |
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| Stealth photo of Tojo (in the middle) (PBB) |
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Great BC Roll (Inside-out barbecued salmon skin roll
with cucumber, sesame seeds and more salmon skin on top)
and Tojo Roll (West coast dungeness crab, avocado,
spinach and egg rolled inside-out with sesame seeds on top);
*Note that Tojo is credited with inventing the California Roll |
We also had Assorted Sushi /Nigiri, which was the chef's choice anyway, just a lot cheaper!
After dinner we went to the airport to drop off the rental car and wait for our red-eye flight to Chicago.
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The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, The Jade Canoe (1994 casting of
Bill Reid sculpture, with jade green patina) at the airport |
Friday, June 26, 2015
Arrived in Chicago to catch a flight to Minneapolis/St Paul to end the trip.
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Best Western Plus Bandana Square (1985)
built in a former train repair shop |
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| Best Western Plus Bandana Square breakfast "hut" |
