Quick Trip to Vancouver

 

Granville Bridge from Granville Island.  Did not notice that pink mural under the bridge when I took the photo.

In November we made a quick trip to Vancouver because Simon Fraser University's Master of Pest Management program was celebrating its 50th Anniversary.  Leo is an MPM 1989 Grad.  It was not a big do, just a 2 hour cocktail and appies reception as part of the Canadian Entomological Society's Annual Meeting.  

But we were invited to stay with our Vancouver friends Ken (also MPM 1989) and Sue, and hoped to meet up with some of Leo's cohort.  And get out of town!

We'd been having a cold and snowy November, but the weather was favorable for travel so off we went.

Unfortunately, we got the times wrong and arrived just as the reception was officially over.  We missed a few people, but actually were able to meet up with quite a few of our friends from long ago. (34 years long ago!)  Everyone stayed on chatting for another two hours so it was a great visit.

Marmot reunited.  Carl, Ken and Leo

The next day we visited Granville and did a little low key Christmas shopping and gallery hopping.

Some guest artists in residence painted up the (still operating) cement works.

Sue and I took an artwork and left an artwork at this little pocket street gallery.

Recognize my artwork?

The artwork I took had some sketches of girls faces, which reminded me of the many fashion self portraits I used to doodle as a teenager, so I tried to replicate my former style:

Out of practice.  Sue's crazy cat on left.

For supper one night we picked up fried chicken sandwiches from the Jollibee, a famous Phillipines fast food franchise that had come highly recommended by our Filipino friend Wilfred.

Not a bad chicken sandwich, but more to the point:  could I look any more like my Grossmutter?