Posted in English, Vancouver 2010 on 01. Mar, 2010
The Olympics are officially over. For 17 days, Canadians came together to celebrate the Olympic spirit and show to the world some patriotism. We were together on twitter, wrote enthusiastic blog posts about our Olympic experience, and discussed media and technology in conferences and pub gatherings around Vancouver. But, what’s next?
Today, the Canadian men’s hockey [...]
Posted in English, Vancouver 2010 on 20. Feb, 2010
Photo Credit: Clayton Perry on Flickr
In the past week, several videos have been produced or gained the spotlight for showcasing our beautiful British Columbia. After 9 days of Winter Olympics, I came up with this small selection. Enjoy!
Video Credit: Government of B.C.
Thanks to internet, “Vancouver City” came to life. Serge Chubinsky-Orlov and Linda Ganzini had [...]
Posted in English, Vancouver 2010 on 17. Feb, 2010
This morning, a warm Vancouverite crowd welcomed the Colbert Report show to the 2010 Winter Olympics host city. By 7:00am, hundreds of people started to line up for the Colbernation stage at Creekside Park next to Science World. The live recording started after 10:30am, giving lots of time to the show’s stage manager to “train” [...]
Posted in English, Vancouver 2010 on 16. Feb, 2010
Science World has become a great Russian House. Thanks to my friend Veronica Rivas, Raul Pacheco and I had full access to the Russian Sochi 2014 House and the opportunity to mingle with Russians and people from all around the world.
Photo Credit: Sochi2014.com
The set up of the Sochi 2014 Russian House effectively brought a taste [...]
Posted in English, Vancouver 2010 on 15. Feb, 2010
Another day of Olympic crazinesss in Vancouver! Another day of exciting discoveries!
On our tour on Graville Street we discovered that the Vogue Theatre (918 Granville Street) will be screening Today all the Olympic competitions for free. Tomorrow, daily tickets will be sold for $25.oo and tickets for the gold medal games will be available for [...]
Posted in English, Vancouver 2010 on 13. Feb, 2010
Torch relay, day #106, bearer #43: Howe and Robson Street. Photo Credit: Vida Portatil on Flickr
It’s on! The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic games have officially started, and what a great day the Heringer-Ames family had yesterday. We woke up early to see the last day of the torch relay and had lots of fun watching [...]
Posted in English on 22. Nov, 2009
Yesterday, Lili and I had a great time at the Women in Leadership Foundation’s Superwomen Friends Winter Palace Gala. Lili won the tickets through the Miss 604 contest and generously invited me to accompany her.
The Women in Leadership foundation is a registered Vancouver charity dedicated to advancing women in leadership roles. Yesterday’s Gala night celebrated [...]
Posted in English on 15. Nov, 2009
Thanks to Raul Pacheco and Kelly Sheridan, Mr. Ames and I had a great night on Friday the 13th. The Physicists is an interesting tale about power, science and insanity. Through the eyes of three mentally ill scientists, we learn that our craziness can sometimes be convenient. Well… I don’t what to give the plot [...]
Posted in English on 11. Nov, 2009
I am learning to understand Canada through photography. My old Pentax K100 has helped me reach some Canadian souls and learn their stories. 2009 was the first year that Mr. Ames and I headed together to the cenotaph at Victory Square to remember those who fought and are fighting in wars for Canada.
We remembered Grandpa [...]
Posted in Português on 12. Sep, 2009
Bem, eu costumava ser uma blogueira séria que vinha aqui quase todo o dia para falar da minha vida e da vida dos outros online. Agora dá até vergonha voltar aqui depois de uma promessa firmada e sacramentada num post perdido em julho. Como vocês sabem, a vida fica busy e de vez enquando complicada. Não [...]
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