This update will include 2 weekends that were both highly entertaining though completely different.
August 15-16: I decided, from word from a few people from work and roomates, to go to Hempfest (no I do not, have not, and do not plan to smoke). It's a rally to legalize weed that takes up a huge portion of the waterfront next to downtown; it includes hundreds of performers from bands to comics to inspirational speakers. It was pretty interesting in general. The first day I went with a roomate, Brad, his friend and his friend's girlfried. The other guys decided to drink before and the girl was a general downer so I didn't really interact with her. I drove Brad's friends car down there and talked alot with my roomate. He finished writing a book and is working on a second and really likes to talk, especially when tipsy. So we talked about everything from politics to religion to the fallicous natures of each. Because none of us smoked we just walked through the area continuously. I hear there were easliy 120,000 people there. So it was a bit crowded but we easliy walked 4-5 miles just talking and looking. btw, they have the coolest bongs/pipes that I wanted to buy just to put up as artwork. I wanted a souvenior so I decided to buy a shirt. I'm not sure how that'll work out if I try to wear it around LA, but I guess I'll find out.
Almost forgot, that night the girls next door had a party for some birthday. We played some pong before, which I won, went over. Met a bunch of new people, who were all surprisingly nice. Played some more pong, which I won. Did my first kegstand. Helped Brad climb a ladder to get to his own window (he friends girlfriend locked him out of his own room) to try to get his friend out and party. Unsucessful, no injuries, just didn't get him out.
On the second day, Brad asked if I wanted to go at around noon because he had other friends around that hadn't gone. I said sure, I had nothing better to do. These friends, 3 girls and another guy, all smoked. So we did a lot more sitting. Which was nice as well because I got to relax on the waterfront and get some good pictures. Anways, everything was the same and we walked the same distance too cause we got a ride back with them and they forgot how to get to the car they parked, surprising?
August 22-23: I've been looking forward to this weekend for a while (where pic is from). The drive was only 2 1/2 hours and Drew picked me up at around noon. I had cooked some spicy turkey speghetti for the drive which worked well for the long border passing wait. We got to our hotel and walked around Granville street and Robson street for some time and walked over to Stanley Park. The place was massive, we took a tram ride around it, 45 minutes! Its really cool to see all the people running/biking/walking around. I really like the atmostphere where everyone loves to be outside and just do random things. Vancouver is really good for...really anyone. They have a lot to do and lots to enjoy, although the beaches are kind of dissapointing, but thats okay. We then got dinner at a sushi place. For $12 a head the meal was really really good and pretty darn filling. We then picked up some mugs for memory and for use, we got an immediate return out of it. We then consumed some liquid courage and discovered an amazing game, flip card. Ask me, I'll teach you. We then went out to the clubs. We had talked to a few of the bouncers while they were setting up (lesson learned, always do this) and got some info out of em. So we went to the place that had a sampler set up, got in for free and got our sampler then headed out. We then went to a swankier club, waited in line, and got it. The place was pretty cool and pretty crowded. Loud good music, I was happy. We then ended the night with some pizza, worked out well.
The next day we woke up at 10 or so and walked down to the beach. On the way we picked up some breakfast crepes which worked out pretty well. It was cooler that day and the beaches were not crowded but I did see their outdoor heated pool. It was nice and quiant with a capacity of 2,894 people! friggin massive! We then headed back for home/Seattle.
All in all, Vancouver was an amazing time. The theme of the weekend seemed to be, it worked out. We got one of the last trams at Stanley Park, found that cheap sushi place, thought we missed the freeway but found it. And we made a vital discovery for all of you US natives driving in Vancouver. The flashing green light means left turn is allowed at that time at that intersection. It took us 26 hours to figure it out, but after many hours of confused civil engineering concentrating on an issue, we figured it out. Also, I trust this is my introduction to club life, drinking age in Vancouver is 19 so the clubs are open to 19+ year olds. So come November I hope to be hitting up the famous clubs in hollywood/suset area. And more pictures are available on facebook, I will upload them now.
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