Outdoors

Have you seen this on the Vancouver Park Board web site? They've created guides for 35 free, self-guided walking tours. Each walk includes step by step directions and a PDF brochure.

A little while back I introduced you to the epic public art project, the Vancouver Biennale, which is taking place over 22 months in the city.

Sign at the top of the stairs at Wreck....

On one of my treks about the hills and trails of North Van, I saw some pretty amazing jumps. I don't ride BMX or mountain bikes but these kind of tempt me to get a a kuwahara again. Looks like it was professionally built.

Vancouver is such a dog-friendly city. I was pretty amused when I came across this gem in Deep Cove. Woof, indeed.

Mike Mckinlay , who you might know from his exploits on a skateboard over the years, or from his camerawork in Carts Of Darkness , has been working with Vancouver's Pacific Wildlife Foundation producing some short nature docs as of late, focusing on

According to Westjet's inflight magazine, UP , Vancouver has been voted the #1 most walkable city in Canada! Below you'll see what other cities ranked in the top 10.

I would imagine that tomorrow morning when the whole city dumps out their bong water at the same time there will be a tsunami. I am hitting the sheets in a gas mask and life vest tonight. Better safe than sorry.

They may muck up the city's drainage, cover your cars in sap, but it's hard to really front too hard on the many tree lined streets in Vancouver.

Here's a cool video piece about what's on top of the new convention centre. Holy crap. The landscape architect who designed it has the same thing on his garage! Thanks to Andy Jukes for the heads up. And Sigur Rós for the soundtrack. Awesome.