So basically I took too many pictures at Pride, 383 to be exact.
I edited them down to 174, it’s still a lot but manageable.
I can’t post them all at once, and you probably don’t want to see them all.
I culled ten from the lot, I call this set ‘hotties of the parade’.
Enjoy…

Don’t you sometimes wish superheroes were real? Or that we could dress up in costume all the time?

I really want to be friends with this woman just so some of her fierceness rubs off on me.
Here’s another fierce shot, Grace Jones comes to mind. I imagine she has fun all day long.

Now I want gold granny panties and a bra, and orange hair.

That’s BC CTV’s Perry.

I know this picture is blurry but it’s the only one I got.
This is Candis Cayne, if you ever watched ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money you probably remember her as Carmelita.
Here’s a better picture of her, she’s very pretty.

This was my favourite Pride moment!

Hands!

Christine is great and an amazing singer, you should check out her Myspace page

This young man was so sweet and nice to my mom, I hope his parents are proud of him.

And here’s Miss BC…

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This past Sunday was Vancouver’s Pride Parade.
And with Pride comes a sad realization that summer is creeping to an end.
About 700,000 people lined the parade route this year to take in the show and we weren’t disappointed.
It was fun, euphoric, colourful, risqué and above all amazing.
Here are some pictures and two videos;

Summer starts on Monday, and for the first time in a long time it felt like a summer day today.
The past couple of weeks have been hard on us; summer’s taken its sweet time getting here.
Here are ten random pictures, all from around here – taken a year ago when summer came early.

I don’t have anything major planned for this weekend, yet I’m very excited that it’s here!

Actually, I do have plans, I’m just not allowing myself to do anything remotely fun until I’ve tackled that ever growing pile of laundry that’s been silently judging me for months now.
Yes, I am my very own disciplinarian, sometimes I give myself time-outs.
The laundry situation is getting a little out of hand and it’s got to be arrested.

The West End Farmers’ Market is starting tomorrow for the season, I might allow myself time in between loads to wander over.
I’m going to try another tea fast this weekend, and do yoga (I got some free passes last weekend at the EPIC show).
And hopefully, come Monday start training fervently for the half-marathon.
I’m training with intent to run, but I’m not going to register just yet – I have until the 21st.

Also possibly happening this weekend… I’m making Wacky Cake, but first I’m going to find a child so that we can be awed together!
The grown ups I live with aren’t impressed by such things.
While I’m at it, I’ll probably just scurry over to Costco, the bunker needs replenishing.
I mentioned to a work colleague that I’m might go to Costco as part of my big weekend plan, and he said;
“You’re going to Costco on the weekend? How suburban of you”
I know sometimes I come off as some hippie wild child, but I do enjoy suburban delicacies like  those giant retail warehouses… where else would I find a five-gallon tub of granola?

Outfit Details: White blouse – INC (The Bay), Skirt – Marc by Marc Jacobs, Belt – The Gap, Tights – The Bay, Shoes – Clarks

This outfit didn’t turn out as I’d hoped; the blouse I initially picked to wear with the skirt didn’t quite work out.
So with only five minutes left to get to work, I chose this white blouse – which turned out ok, I guess.

See you at the Farmers’ Market, …maybe!

I’m currently on vacation in Europe and this month also marks my seventh year in Vancouver. To celebrate, I’m highlighting a few things I’d miss about Vancouver if I moved away:

I love the West End. I have t-shirts that prove this.

I live in the West End, a neighbourhood bordering Stanley Park.

I’ve called the West End home for the past seven years, much longer than I’ve called many places home.

I came to live in the West End by coincidence. Chris had said “where you guys want to live is Kits, it’s young, vibrant and hip”.

I’d always wanted to live downtown in the city, as a matter of fact it’s part of the reason why I moved to Vancouver.

We were walking from Stanley Park when we discovered this residential neighbourhood right in the middle of the city with an assortment of old homes, high-rises, parks and trees. I felll in love with the trees. Coming from living in the suburbs, I was fascinated by the variedness of the buildings, no single building was alike. I knew I was going to like living there I just didn’t’ know how much I was going to love living there.

I love the West End for its walkability, everything I need is within a walking distance – I hardly ever need to drive or take public transportation, I walk everywhere.

I love the West End for its diversity; it’s where people come to be themselves. There’s diversity in the people, the landscape and the architecture that makes up our little neighbourhood.

I love the West End for its vibrancy, there’s always something going on in the West End, residents and tourists keep the neighbourhood bouncing along.

There’s almost something mystical that makes every activity charming.

I love the West End for its community. It’s hard to find community in a big city, but the West End manages to combine urban living for that nice close knit community feeling.

Finally, I love the West End because it’s not perfect – and we know that. Well meaning residents work every day to steer the neighbourhood to near perfection… but seeing that we’re so diverse, perfection is relative.