This photo of Science World and False Creek by Pete Jones was submitted for the 2010 My Favourite Vancouver Photo Contest
1 The lights of Science World —usually white, occasionally multi-coloured, and turning green on Earth Day (Apr. 22).
2 Torrance Coombs. The local actor, a UBC grad, is one of the stars of Endgame, a new one-hour drama filmed here.
3 The daily fresh sheet at Bella Gelateria. Fave flaves: chocolate orange and Tahitian vanilla.
4 People watching on busy Robson Street or South Granville.
5 Perfect sunsets.
6 The Vancouver Canucks, who finish season #40 this month—and start a play-off run that (we hope) leads to a Stanley Cup triumph. The last time locals got their hands on the cup was in 1915, with a win by the now-defunct Vancouver Millionaires.
7 Wandering through the Vancouver Art Gallery.
8 April showers. They bring May flowers, don’t they?
9 Heading out to Ladner’s Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary to see the spring snow geese migration.
This photo of downtown Vancouver by Makaisha Brown was submitted for the 2010 My Favourite Vancouver Photo Contest
10 The blues. Blue sky and blue ocean, that is.
11 Yoga. It’s everywhere here.
12 Celebrity sightings. Tom Cruise, in town filming Mission: Impossible 4, recently dined at Blue Water Cafe. He and wife Katie Holmes also took daughter Suri to Science World and supped at Simply Thai.
13 The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting downtown Vancouver to North Vancouver.
14 Cherry blossoms.
15 Yew, which offers themed “Fresh From Pacific Northwest” meals: three-course, $35 prix fixe menus that highlight the best of BC. April’s spotlight is on local chicken, eggs and leeks.
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