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A very vancouvery moment

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On the patio at Cafe Artigiano, a woman sits alone, talking on her cell phone via a bluetooth ear piece.

She shuffles her tarot deck and starts placing down cards, apparently for the reading she's providing over the phone.

The city is here

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Possibly cool: the city is here for you to use, a bi-weekly events newsletter focussed on Vancouver. (via.)

A mystery (to me) solved

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This little squiggly neon guy in Chinatown has always perplexed me:

Squiggly Neon

This site has convinced me that it is Reddy Killowatt, an advertising icon from the 50s:

(Found here.)

Arthole

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It somehow escaped my attention that Vancouver had a manhole design competition. The two winners are nice, but some of the runners-up are nice too. This one is hilarious. (via)

Fruit trees in Vancouver

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Here's an interesting project: planting fruit trees throughout Vancouver.

Another thing I didn't know: Vancouver has a " fruit tree program through which excess produce grown by local residents is collected and distributed": The Fruit Tree Project.

(via, which I found here, which I found here. I tell you, this hyperlink thing is really going to catch on.)

World's Thinnest Building

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Did you know the world's thinnest building is in Vancouver? 1.5 meters deep is pretty damn thin. (via).

Welcome to Vancouver!

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One of flickr's hiring coups that seems to have gone unnoticed is Aaron Cope, a long-time Montreal programmer/artist/weblogger. A foodie of a high order, today we get his initial impressions of Vancouver in Things I have learned eating in Vancouver for two weeks. Can anyone solve his baguette dilemma?

I know the flickr folks are uber-busy, but it'd be great to see them at a Vancouver meetup.

Winter Solstice Lantern festival

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This looks like fun: Chinese Winter Solstice Festival - in four different Vancouver neighbourhoods. (via)

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