15 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT VANCOUVER

You may see mascots Quatchi, Miga, Sumi and Mukmuk out and about in Vancouver before the 2010 Winter Games. Photo courtesy VANOC/Covan

1 Quatchi. The sasquatch is the most huggable of the 2010 Winter Games mascots (pictured left).
2 A big, juicy, messy burger from White Spot or Fatburger.
3 Jogging along the seawall, even in the rain and fog.
4 Countless Christmas celebrations already underway. Ho ho ho!
5 All the breakfast choices at Paul’s Place Omelettery Restaurant.
6 The miniature aboriginal art at Spirit Wrestler Gallery, on display during Mini-Masterworks III.
7 The art deco-style Burrard Street Bridge.
8 The chocolate bar at Urban Fare at Shangri-La, which tempts with 400 different styles and flavours from around the world, including incomparable Thomas Haas.
9 All the great musicals on local stages, such as Evil Dead: The Musical, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, A Chorus Line and Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
10 The sense of anticipation in the air as the city primps and preens for the 2010 Winter Games, coming here in just three months.
11 Cookworks, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.
12 Critical Mass. At 6 p.m. on the last Friday of each month, thousands of cyclists meet in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery for a mass bike ride along an ever-changing route. Find out more at vancouvercm.blogspot.com.
13 Cheering for the Vancouver Canucks.
14 The picturesque mountains and ocean. Vancouver has been described as the supermodel of world cities.
15 BC Place (pictured below), where the opening and closing ceremonies and nightly victory ceremonies will take place during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

BC Place and downtown Vancouver. Photo courtesy Tourism British Columbia

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