| Monday, October 15, 2007 |
| So, Vancouver... |
What a beautiful city!
I was in Vancouver for Canada's Crop for Kids, a fundraiser for Canada's children's hospitals which was actually going on simultaneously in 6 cities throughout the country this past weekend. Early estimates place the combined amount raised at around $200,000, and that's in Canadian dollars (which, as was pointed out to me several times over the weekend, is worth more than the American dollar currently.) Nicole and Mary, who were in charge of the event, went out of their way to take care of me, and I really, really appreciate everything you did, ladies! I hope you're both taking it easy today, though!!
I enjoyed teaching classes for Fiskars bright and early on Saturday morning to a great, fun, easy-going group of women. Fiskars donated all of the tools and leftover supplies from the classes to the Vancouver children's hospital, which I thought was great! I also had the pleasure of meeting and working with Heather, who is wonderful and funny (and she wears a watch, so she was extra helpful!) SO bummed I didn't get to say goodbye to you, Heather!
Along the way I learned what a loonie and a toonie are (I'm probably not spelling those right, but I did manage to spend all of mine.) I saw the stadium where the Canucks play as well as the site of the official 2010 Winter Olympics countdown. We also managed to throw in a little photo shoot for the lovely Carolyn and her husband, Rick. (Check out the second photo below to see just how willing Rick was to have his picture taken!)
Hey Rick -- I think Carolyn might owe you a little for this photo shoot, eh? (See? I said that in Canadian.)
All in all, it was fun, though it felt like a whirlwind...and I have to say that I'm rather tired today. I returned home yesterday, and managed to catch the sunrise in Vancouver, the sunset in Cincinnati, and a crescent moon hanging over Asheville along the way. (Definitely small blessings during a very long trip.) Speaking of blessings, none of my 6 flights were delayed more than 10 minutes, so that was good! The only thing that was delayed, actually, was my luggage, which decided it'd rather stay in Atlanta for a bit and return home to me today. |
posted by Joanna Bolick @ 2:56 PM  |
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Hey you! It was sooooo awesome to meet you this weekend and hang out (of course, I wish it would have been longer). LOVE!!!!! the photos of Carolyn and Rick! They are gorgeous!
Glad you made it home after a very long day (hopefully your luggage is there now too)! :)
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Gorgeous photos of Carloyn and Rick!!! Isn't Vancouver a beautiful city?
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That last picture is my favorite! How beautiful!
So jealous you got to meet Heather!
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Hey girl,
Thanks for posting these photos. I LOVE them. I adore the final one. It was such fun to see how quickly your eye discovered where the best place to take photos would be.
I can't wait to see the whole shoot (wink!)
Glad that you enjoyed Vancouver.
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Love that last one! Carolyn......you look fabulous!!!!! :)
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sounds like a great (quick) trip!
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glad you made it home safe and sound! :) those photos of miss carolyn are gorgeous!
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sad I missed you, but hopefully we'll get a chance to meet up soon. and that last picture is AMAZING! wow.
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that last photo took my breath away! so gorgeous, joanna!
glad you had a good trip :)
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YOu are a lucky girl if that was your only delay!
Love that last photo!
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those shots of carolyn and her dh are gorgeous, joanna! wish i could have seen you when I was up there but edmonton was pretty darn cool too ;)
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WOW.that last pic is awesome!
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Hey you! It was sooooo awesome to meet you this weekend and hang out (of course, I wish it would have been longer). LOVE!!!!! the photos of Carolyn and Rick! They are gorgeous!
Glad you made it home after a very long day (hopefully your luggage is there now too)! :)