a study of awkwardness

The first time I was in Vancouver was when I was 12. My mother, God love her, packed my sister and I into a car and drove us across the country. A full week in a car with someone in the throes of teenage-girl-angst, I'm not sure I'd have done it.

When I saw these pictures I was instantly transported back to awkward teenage land. The beach is the same, my hair's the same, my expression's the same and my 'oh god get the frickin camera off of me' discomfort is the same.

I haven't really changed all that much, I'm same same but different :)




My standard 'look away at the last moment' move. I do that a lot.

jericho beach

mysore meets vancouver

Last year in India we used to have chai 'n' cookie nights. We'd meet on our rooftop and eat ourselves silly basking in the electrifying rush of sugar and the heartwarming buzz that is generated when surrounded by very wonderful people.

We're not in India this year but several of us were together in Vancouver so we celebrated chai 'n' cookie night Canadian style, bringing a little bit of the East to join us in the West.

For just about all of us life is unspeakably different this year than it was last in ways both shocking and glorious - often at the same time. Then again, it's very much the same: more than enough food to eat, the beauty of the setting sun, laughter, and amazing people bringing friendship, warmth and love.

Life can be counted on to be good if we don't get stuck up on the details. Very blessed, we are.

bc sadhu

last year

Can't help thinking about this time last year.

That's all.

i missed you

Was away visiting friends in the mountains for a bit. Back in my happy place on the balcony looking out to the ocean.

toronto-bashing bc-style

A roadside advertisement for beer in the mountains of the BC interior:

"Colder than most people in Toronto"

Hah. Funny.

oh my

This was a good day

best date ever ;)

Becca and Susan's excellent Canada day adventure...

Becca & Susan take a ferry


Becca & Susan get their Canada Day flags


Becca gets a tattoo on her cheek (Susan got one on her arm -not pictured)


Becca and Susan take a yoga class


Becca and Susan are in a post-yoga chilled out haze


Becca & Susan eat big salads and are very VERY happy


Becca & Susan watch the sun set over the ocean. Very romantic


Becca and Susan finish their Canada Day date with big smiles. Happy Canadians, happy yoginis, happy happy.

dear vancouver: i love you II

you don't want to know...

...how many pictures I have of these ships...



I was obsessed. Something about the vastness of the ocean, the way the sun reflected off the water, the density of the ships off on the horizon. Obsessed.

Changing apartments today to be closer to Stanley Park & the ocean side. Perfect for sun basking and sunset watching. I'm off.

tree huggers

looking up

dear vancouver: i love you

Kits Beach this morning. Loaded down with heavy bags, high winds, and thunderstorms threatening - spent hours wandering the beach loving the feeling of sand beneath my feet, wind in my face and cold seawater shocking me back to reality.

Grey sky, dark mountains, turquoise water, pale sand and green moss covered rocks. Mother nature is a genius.

job offer

Wonderful dear friends, good yoga, green space, mountains, the ocean, and now a job offer --- Vancouver wants me to stay.

signs i don't see in toronto

Was out for a walk on the UBC campus at dusk with the intention to watch the sun set over the ocean. The cliff leading down to the ocean is heavily forested, I wandered deeper and deeper into the woods looking for a clear spot to watch the sky change.

As I walked, my quest to watch the sunset was displaced by curiosity over the strangest, loudest sound coming from way off to my right so I forgot about the sun and followed my ears instead. As I walked, the strange sound changed to a strange noise to an absolute cacophony and I began to get a bit freaked out - alone, in the forest, at night, no idea what was making the noise I was walking into - when something liquid splatted on the ground just in front of me and I looked up.

Huge, ginormous nests dotted the trees high, high up above with very large forms moving about inside of them making a whole lot of noise. Mystery solved. Herons. Lots of them. I love life.

so the weather will do what tomorrow?

Everything but snow, good to have that cleared up...

crazy dancing

my gorgeous family

up, up, and away