Amanda | March 30, 2011
Wandering around Gastown is the closest you’ll get to old Vancouver. I absolutely adore this part of town with its red brick buildings, characteristic restaurants, hole in the wall pubs and brick-paved streets. If you ever tour around Vancouver, this is one place I recommend you visit with your camera and an empty belly. Being [...]
Amanda | March 24, 2011
Spring feels like it’s finally here in Vancouver. Oh, yeah! I see ranunculus and tulips at every flower stall in town and the cherry blossoms have arrived. Oh, the blossoms! 16th Ave and I have a date next week. It’s lined with sakura and I can’t wait to see her in full bloom. The magnolias [...]
Amanda | February 10, 2011
Amanda | January 19, 2011
In Vancouver… Newsagents don’t exist- you get your newspapers, magazines, greeting cards, wrapping paper and stationery in separate stores. Flat Whites are now apparently available at one coffee shop not far from my house- need to investigate. Rainboots are an everyday clothing item. You can’t buy a single roll toilet paper- only 6 packs and [...]
Amanda | December 31, 2010
And I’m ending off the year in Polaroids with a little sampling of some of my favourite shots and happy memories from 2010 to remind myself that it wasn’t all bad. A year of some travel, meeting new/old friends, baseball games, signing a book deal with Chronicle Books, visiting cousins, getting to know my new [...]
Amanda | December 22, 2010
As the year winds down, I’m finding myself caught up in a lot of mixed emotions. As you may have heard around the traps, the first draft of our Polaroid book is done. I am quite exhausted but very relieved to have come to this point. It’s been an emotional journey but one that I’ve [...]
Amanda | November 23, 2010
I watch the clouds roll in and out over this mountain from my office window all the time. It amazes me how quickly the peaks disappear and then reemerge with a smile. With the crazy cold and snow the Pacific North West is having right now, the mountains have been putting on a show for [...]
Amanda | October 25, 2010
A weekend wander through Granville Island Public Market. Oh, joyous, joyous, Granville Island. I hope you had a fabulous weekend.
