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Accolade (Burnaby North) March 17, 2013 On Halifax street (corner of Kensington), the Accolade cherry tree is 30% bloom. I love photographing cherry trees in that early stage when you can capture both blossoms and buds! There… Read more
Whitcomb cherry (Burnaby North) March 17, 2013 Today on Broadway street (corner of Cliff), I went to investigate a tree with dark pink blossoms and discovered with pleasure that it was a Whitcomb cherry tree! The tree… Read more
A Ukulele Celebration – beginners workshop March 11, 2013 The event "A Ukulele Celebration of Cherry Blossoms" is a partnership between the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival and Ruby's Ukes. On Saturday March 9, I rescued my ukulele from the… Read more
Urban Tea Merchant March 10, 2013 Since there are no blossoms yet at the Burrard skytrain station, you can do your cherry blossom viewing at this beautiful window display at Urban Tea Merchant (1070 West Georgia… Read more
What’s up at Burrard Skytrain Station March 8, 2013 At the Burrard skytrain no cherry blossoms yet, but plenty of buds! The only cherry blossom I found was this knitted blossom that someone had hung on a branch. (This… Read more
A Ukulele Celebration of Cherry Blossoms March 5, 2013 Learn to play "Sakura Sakura" on the ukulele in this fantastic workshop brought to you by Ruby's Ukes Ukulele School and the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival: March 9th 2013, 3-5pm:… Read more
Accolade on Halifax (Burnaby) March 3, 2013 Have you seen the first signs of spring in your neighborhood yet? Last week, during a bus ride onboard #136, I noticed a bit of pink in a tree on… Read more
World Umbrella Dance rehearsal March 2, 2013 It was a dark and rainy night for the Nikkei Centre rehearsal Friday March 1st. It was the second day of a torrential rainstorm and huge amounts of rain was… Read more
Sakura bento February 21, 2013 Doesn't that look yummy? Pre-order your Sakura bento box now for pick-up during Cherry Jam Downtown on April 4 between 11:00am to 1:30pm inside the Burrard SkyTrain Station. Holding a… Read more
Crazy for cherry blossoms! February 20, 2013 After five years of cherry blossom viewing in Vancouver, I've learned two things: cherry blossoms don't last sunny days are rare. So if you're lucky enough to have both sunshine… Read more
Zoobie Doobie! February 19, 2013 Last week, I rented a movie called "3 idiots". The title seemed really familiar, but it's only in the middle of the movie (at 1 hour 14 minutes to be… Read more
My Umbrella Dance experience February 18, 2013 http://youtu.be/7Y8CJx_BQ38 I've always wanted to be in a flash mob, and last year, my dream came true thanks to the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival: I joined the 500 dancers who… Read more