All Things Yummy

Just got back from Vancouver where I participated in the Alcan Dragonboat Festival and caught up with bunch of friends.  Vancouver has changed so much in the last decade or so that I don’t even recognize the skyline anymore!  The Harbour centre, mainstay of must Vancouver postcards from my era, is completely obscured by the new soaring condos dotting the grounds around the Science World.  As I walked around, I was in a constant sense of deja-vu as familiar things were mixed in with new, unfamiliar buildings and structures.  In any case, it was good to go back and reconnect with some of my roots again.

Here are some pictures from the dragonboat festival, some from around Vancouver, and while we’re at it, some pictures of Santa Cruz All Sports Kickball session and Livermore Rodeo from a while back.

Here are some pictures from the DieselFish Holiday Party and volunteering at the SF Food Bank. Things to be thankful about - we didn’t get stranded in San Francisco even though the car we drove there was left behind a locked gate. It was a (tiny) adventure, though, and I guess it’s always fun to do something different and out of the way.

Things are busy, but going well. Here’s some pictures from the Hallowe’en, DieselFish Season End Banquet, and picture of Hulk stealing the Hallowe’en candies. Election in 2 days, should be interesting.

I attended the Kaiser Permanent San Francisco Dragonboat Festival as a member of the DieselFish Dragonboat Team. It was fun but tiring weekend… the entire thing is a bit hard to explain, so here are some news articles, videos, and pictures.

DieselFish 2 in the final race (this is the crew that I’m part of, row 7, on the left side)

DieselFish 3 in their final race

Pictures from the festival

Couple of news articles

On a completely different note, Phil is still alive!

I went to the Victoria Dragon Boat Festival with my dragonboat team over the last weekend. I’m figuring a picture of worth thousand words, so 253 pictures is worth at least 253,000 words. I will point out some interesting/funny photos, though.

Day 1: Body bag, Duck Car, Pinned!, Faux-Unabomber, Victoria Clipper IV, Seattle, Jimmy, Pimpin’ Car, Empress Hotel, Sleeping Gordon, Horseplay

Day 2: Todd, Tag Newbie, Donut-Hole-Eye, Bear Wrestling, Veggie “Burger”, Darth Violin, Charlie’s Angels, Kilted Gordon, Haggis (Wow, it really does look kinda nasty…), Haggis Eating Competition (Go Mark!), Sneaky Jimmy, Origin of Half-Life 2, Street Art

Day 3: Marshal, Unmasked Darth Vader, Restin’, Slumped Kathy, Team Photo, Lifting Brandon with one finger, Crazy eye, Final, Ribbon, O’My!, Wine Change, Gambling Table, Drinking Table