The Front Windows

The Front is a really great consignment/vintage clothing store on Main St. in Vancouver. They have tons of super cute summer dresses, great deals on gently used shoes and bags and awesome window displays. You can see pics of past displays on their website.

Even More Car Free Day

Car Free was so great I had to include as many pictures as possible, epically the free bicycle parking that was available. There was also a booth where you could try out the bike racks that are on the front of buses, I thought this was ingenious because my silly fear of those things has kept me from using them.

Hula-hoopers making us of their new found freedom on the empty road, good uses of the space also included lots of chalk art (is there anything more cheerful than kids chalk art...probably not) and one genius family who set up a small kiddy wading pool and lawn chairs.

loved this sign in the window of a shoe store (it looked really chic considering it's only paint and a stencil, the colours are great)

More Car Free Day

Blim, Vancouver's community based art resource center, had lots of artists and craftsters with tables in front selling their wares. Including Poodlebreath's beautiful work



I espically love the stumps, I can imagine them in a whimsical terrarium. Her glazes are so gorgeous and I like the functional aspect of her pieces, like using the hand plaques for necklace holders. You can find her work on etsy at poodlebreath.etsy.com/


(the pictures aren't the best, taken in the hot overhead sun - she has much better pics on her etsy page)

Vancouver Car Free Day on Main St.

view of the crowd on Main St.

On Sunday I went to Main St. for Vancouver's car free day http://www.carfreevancouver.org/, it was an awesome event with great weather, live music, local artisans, community information booths, and a fabulous vibe of community spirit. The festival closed down streets in four communities this year including main street in an effort to encourage healthy communities, sustainable living and authentic cultural celebrations (woo that!)

One of the best things about the event was that it was attended by so many different kinds of people; hipsters, parents and kids, seniors, lots of dog walkers, craftster mavens, onlookers, hippies, hula-hoopers, tai-chi enthusiasts, typists, musicians and many more. I had a great time just strolling down the middle of the street, it sounds simple but it's pretty neat to walk down the middle of a normally busy street.

The Regional Assembly of Text ( more on them in a later post) had a letter
writing station along with a button workshop.

More on the event plus more pics in next post