Vancouver Winter 2019

I went to Vancouver at the end of February/beginning of March, for no other reason than I needed to reconnect. Short write-up this time:

Good

• Friends.
• Listening to George Takei at FXV.
• Trivia at The Met.
• The Good Bride. Also a nice walk home from a theatre from the scary part of town.
• Mary Poppins Returns.
• Managed to avoid ass-biting Cowtown weather for a few days. It was awfully nice to be able to wander around in a sweater/jacket instead of a parka.

Bad

• Not enough time with friends. Didn't see several people I wanted to.
• I could feel the brain weasels nipping at the back of my head, but they mostly stayed hidden.
• Scheduled the trip to coincide with The Critical Hit Show at the Rio, but they ended up postponing it for a week due to a film festival.

Both Good and Bad

• Standing on the Skytrain, heading to Trivia, a nice young man offered me his seat. Because I apparently look like someone who should be offered a seat.
• Perfectly adequate suite on the Drive. Sadly I chose the location based on stuff that didn't happen, and it would have been better to either stay in Port Wood or a downtown hotel.

Meh

• Fan Expo Vancouver overall. It just seemed really small and lacklustre compared to Calgary Expo. Not sure if the reason is 1) too expensive to hold this venue in Vancouver, 2) too many competing events of a similar nature in Vancouver/Seattle/Portland, 3) Fan Expo just half-asses things compared to the former CCEE staff. I'm hoping like hell it's not #3.

No Ugly, thank heaven.

My last morning there, I woke up and packed with several hours to spare before checking out of my suite and heading to the airport, so I had a nice 7K walk around east Van. Here are some photos I took:

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