Saturday walking club

What with the unsettled weather this past month and different members of our group having previous commitments, we've had no serious walks in March ... today Lorna and Virginia (me) took the bus down to Granville Street where the Juno Fanfare was set up in anticipation of tonight's Juno Awards Ceremony.
The Fanfare was in a long tent with five tables set up behind barricades ... on entering, we were given a colored wrist band and were invited to line up in rows at the far end of the tent ... there were about 200 young people waiting in those rows to meet their favorite music entertainers at one of the five tables ... these entertainment individuals and groups were among the nominees for the awards .
Lorna and I explained at the entrance that we had no idea who any of these entertainers were, we were just curious to know what was happening ... as it happened, we got free Kit Kat chocolate bars and discount scratch cards for West Jet flights ... West Jet is one of the sponsors of the Juno Awards and was giving away a dozen free flights as well as hundreds of discounts of 5% and 10% ... we went back several times for Kit Kats and to see if we could win a free flight ... we got the extra Kit Kats but no free flights ... outside was raining off and on and at one point the droplets turned icy then stopped ... after an hour, we left ...
Next week, we plan to meet at Canada Place and walk along Coal Harbour which has been redeveloped with wide walkways, gardens, benches and sculptures past the Westin Bayshore Inn and the marina ... I did this walk two weeks ago with Laurette ... her writeup and photos are in the seniors blog ...
Until next time, in the spirit of St. Patrick's Irish, may the road rise to meet you, the sun be in your face, and the wind at your back, as you travel Life's roads {I apologize if the quote is inaccurate, however the intent is well meant} ...
Contributor Virginia

Relay for life is coming

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0sCnsKv9Fw

"Relay for Life" held in more than 400 communities. Vancouver date & location is May 29-30 at Hastings Racetrack. It is a 12 hour event. Starts at 7pm the Friday & ends next morning at 7am, it is NON-COMPETITIVE. That is one can walk-run or even STROLL the track.
Another big + is that Dianne Smith (Britannia) is the team captain. Her team is called "Britannia Wranglers". This event is for anyone touched by cancer.

"TEAM BRITANNIA WRANGLERS" is needing new people to join.

March 19th Party

We had our St Patrick Day Party finally. Supper was green themed. Green salad, pasta with pesto & choclate chip mint ice cream. We had around 32 persons. The 1st pic is Frank (volunteer) who helps out. I took this from outside looking into our small kitchen!!!

http://www.ballyhooley.com/

REMINDER

Thursday 19th

Al Mattison Lounge

St Patrick

dinner & Celtic entertainment

still a few tickets left

6:30-9pm

Lion's Den St Patty's Lunch Friday 13th Mar

Fun was had by all. Sing St Patty's song & this great brass band. The youngest is 12 yrs old. We had Irish stew & then sang & danced. The music was great!!!

Tuesday Walking Club

Today our small group (Virginia, Patricia & me) went down to Canada Place to start our walk. On our way to the waterfront we passed this large building (pic 1) nearly done. This will be Vancouver's New Convention centre http://www.vccep.bc.ca/ for details & proposed finished look. We then walked along Coal Harbour to Denman Street for a coffee.
On our way thru Coal Harbour we found this lovely waterfall fall between 2 buildings with a statue at the top. As you may notice the water was frozen in a few places. It has been pretty cold the last couple of days &warming up to normal later this week.
Coal Harbour is the name for a section of Burrard Inlet lying between Vancouver, Canada's downtown peninsula and the Brockton Peninsula of Stanley Park. It is also in recent years the name of the neighbourhood adjacent to its southern shoreline, which was redeveloped as an upscale high-rise condominium district in the 1990s.
The harbour is bounded by the Financial District to the south and Stanley Park to the north. To the east is Deadman's Island, the site of the naval station/museum HMCS Discovery, where the harbour opens up to the Burrard Inlet. The discovery of coal in the harbour in 1862 inspired the name. Within the harbour is a floating gas station for marine vessels.
After our coffee we went up to Barclay Manor to visit with Anne Jackson who is temporally working there for 3 months. She had been at the Al Mattison for 22 years. Change of pace for her. Beautiful hertiage building. http://vancouver.ca/parks/cc/westend/website/facilities_BarclayManor.html

Contributor Laurette

age & beauty?