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I've been telling you about it for weeks and the day is finally almost upon us! The Vancouver Awesomes (not The Vancouver Is Awesome as noted below... oops) take to the streets tomorrow 3 times at rink 16! Come on down and cheer on V.I.A.'s team!

Haven't done one of these posts in a hella of a long time. But thought I'd get back to it since I have so many different hood photos. This is post featuring my photos of Strathcona.

(L-R Steve Bays, Dave Grohl, Rivers Cuomo, Taylor Hawkins, me, Chris Shiflett) Paul Hawley is the drummer for local rad band HOT HOT HEAT! HOW DID THIS PHOTO OP COME ABOUT? We were on tour with Foo Fighters and Weezer and someone said "photo op" so w

Long time friend Matt Layzell of the band The Matinée just released some new songs on their myspace page from their latest album. The Matinée plays a roots-rock tune that is best enjoyed with a fine ale.

The tees that we printed for Emerica's Wild in the Streets Vancouver are in! Pick up either the I Heart Leeside Tee or the Wild in the Streets Tee for only $10 each , with 100% of the sales going towards Leeside Skatepark.

They were militant about no cameras or video cameras at the David Sedaris book signing at Chapters yesterday but they didn't say anything about audio recorders.

I dropped into Blim the other day and found this amazing hand cut wooden doily which is a part of a micro art show containing 3 pieces that Caroline Balhorn constructed.

Steven and Jane Cox of Cause + Affect are on the cover of the current issue of the Westender! If you look closely at Steven's shirt you'll notice it's the winning design from our first V.I.A. T-shirt design contest ! Big thanks to Steven for A.

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