First meeting of CAs of Vancouver

Hello. My name is Amy and I'm a Cheese-aholic.

(hello amy)

It was all going so well. I avoided cheesy dishes and limited my cheese consumption to tasty morsels from cheese plates at special occations. But then I lost control. I made my own cheese.

I know! I took that step. And made cheese. A soft cheese that I can eat without ill effects. Lactose free, soy free cheese*. I can make a cheese cake with it. I can make lasagna (with out the mozzarella) and stuffed shells. It opened a new world to me. One of Italian tastiness and cheese heaven.

I don't know what to do. I have heard rumours that you can make cream cheese from yogurt (which I can eat without effects so does that mean that I can have cream cheese too if I make it?)

I fear I am losing control. All that is needed now is lactose free non soy based cream.

(*for the record I can't do lactose and I can't do soy milk and cheese product with out some unfortunate effects)
Also I am counting the first and/or third picture as picture of the day for Wednesday which means I still have to go back and post for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday but it's a move in the right direction.

Seven photos for seven days

Yeah. I'm a slacker. Here are the past week's photos. A compilation of Spring has Sprung

March 1: around the corner from us

March 2: Across the alley

March 3: The purple flowers I see from my kitchen

March 4: Cherry blossoms or are those beechwoods?

March 5: Date night - on a patio in Kits with wine and good food

March 6: More pretty pink things. I love Vancouver in the spring.

March 7: OK not a sign of spring - just some spring coloured tiles that I liked

What an Ending!

So I'm two days late to the party here, but holy cow! What an incredible way to finish off the most incredible two weeks ever. It certainly couldn't have been scripted any better.

First off, let me just say that all the naysayers in the British media and a few other outlets don't have a clue what they're talking about. I'm so pleased to have been here for what turned into a celebration of sports, Canada and the world. There were a lot of folks in the city who decided to leave town for the games because of the expected craziness. While the thought certainly crossed my mind, I'm so pleased that I didn't because this truly was a once in a lifetime experience.

Now, for Sunday and one of the best hockey games I've ever seen. We enjoyed it at home with Dan and Eileen. You could feel the tension across the entire city as it headed to overtime, but Amy had the amazing sense to open our front door and when Sidney scored, the noise erupted! Horns blaring, people yelling, even the train ringing its bell as it set off from the Olympic Village to Granville Island. We yelled and screamed in the living room for a while and watched the team get their gold medals, and then decided to head downtown to be a part of the celebration. Here are a few shots we took along the way:

People streaming across Cambie Bridge into downtown:


A kids hockey game breaking out in Yaletown:


And finally, a video of the party going on in Yaletown:


After a while, we came back home and enjoyed a good bottle of wine (or three) through the closing ceremonies and revelled in being Canadian and proud of our athletes.

We start them young here

Hockey is really a way of life here. I like this photo simply because of the wee goalie with the Olympic Village behind him.

 

And this one as it's an action shot of the hockey future.

New Growth

February is coming to an end. I need a new theme (I think I abandoned this months theme a few times though). March I want to get back to some more artistic inspired shots. So no theme. Unless I am inspired.