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September 13, 2005 - Tuesday

 The View From Vancouver

Greetings from Vancouver, B.C.

I’m here through Thursday, staying at the “Sandman Suites on Davie,” in Room 804 if you feel like stalking. They tell me there’s a really nice view of English Bay from this hotel, but I wouldn’t know – my room is on the other side of the hotel. But I do have a great view of the roofs of the neighboring buildings and some condos across the way, so I’ve got that going for me. Check it out, it’s the ever-popular View From Here:

The Sandman Suites presents well down in the lobby, but up here in the rooms it’s a bit cramped. The bedroom, for example, is not only so small you have to step out of it to change your mind, it’s so small I couldn’t zoom out far enough with my camera to take a picture illustrating how small it is. Even at full zoom-out, all I could get was a viewfinder full of wall. But there’s a bed in there – a queen – so I guess I can’t complain. Much.

The pool is quite nice, though. Or it looks like it will be when they finish building it:

Vancouver itself, though, seems nice. I haven’t seen much of it yet, just what I could glimpse out of the cab’s window, but it seems nice. Parts of it sort of vaguely remind me of Manhattan on the Upper East Side (or is that the Lower West Side?) (or mid-town?) as you’re coming in over the bridge from JFK. Or is it Boston I’m reminded of? Or Dallas? No, definitely not Dallas, there’re no bridges there. But some urban area, somewhere. One with lots of tall buildings. And bridges.

Whatever, it’s nice. Beth, be advised: I’m checking real estate prices.


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2 responses to “The View From Vancouver”

  1. Six Picas says:

    If you consider chocolate to be a food group (like I do), you won’t regret a trip to Chocolate Arts.
    http://www.chocolatearts.com/contact_us/

    Google Maps says it’s a mere 2.6 miles from your hotel…

  2. Lesley says:

    Hey, you’re in my city! My recommendations if your stay is short: Stanley Park and the seawall which is gorgeous, and Granville Island. I have lots of photos of the gorgeousness in sets at http://www.flickr.com/photos/canonized/sets/248536/

    I hope you enjoy our Canadianness.

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