When I cancelled my plane trip to see Denise in Roberts Creek at the last moment because I remembered that the Chinese New Year Parade was held on Sunday, Denise decided to come to Vancouver to see the parade as well. After picking her up at the ferry in Horseshoe Bay, we made use of the free Sunday parking in the ICBC parkade at Lonsdale Quai and took the
Seabus downtown. After pushing our way through the crowds, we found a nice second row spot behind short people at Pender & Columbia. Despite various MLAs buying votes by handing out little red envelopes and blocking the view of the parade, we had a great view. On the political side: Libby Davies handed out the best red envelopes (red and green wooden pearl bracelets), Adrian Dix by far the worst (neither Denise nor I could or wanted to identify the type of candy) and the Premier of BC (I don't even know her name) took part in the parade for the first 100 meters or so and then the flock of microphones and video cameras indicated that the TV illusion had been created and she went somewhere else. After an hour of a very enjoyable parade Denise and I both were freezing and starving, so we decided to chicken out and grab some comfort food at a table with a view at Steamworks in Gastown.
When I cancelled my plane trip to see Denise in Roberts Creek at the last moment because I remembered that the Chinese New Year Parade was held on Sunday, Denise decided to come to Vancouver to see the parade as well. After picking her up at the ferry in Horseshoe Bay, we made use of the free Sunday parking in the ICBC parkade at Lonsdale Quai and took the Seabus downtown. After pushing our way through the crowds, we found a nice second row spot behind short people at Pender & Columbia. Despite various MLAs buying votes by handing out little red envelopes and blocking the view of the parade, we had a great view. On the political side: Libby Davies handed out the best red envelopes (red and green wooden pearl bracelets), Adrian Dix by far the worst (neither Denise nor I could or wanted to identify the type of candy) and the Premier of BC (I don't even know her name) took part in the parade for the first 100 meters or so and then the flock of microphones and video cameras indicated that the TV illusion had been created and she went somewhere else. After an hour of a very enjoyable parade Denise and I both were freezing and starving, so we decided to chicken out and grab some comfort food at a table with a view at Steamworks in Gastown.
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