There is a wonderful new vegan restaurant in town called Graze (at Kingsway and Prince Ed) and I was lucky enough to be asked to take some photos pre-launch!

I was even luckier because I got to taste a whole bunch of these magnificent dishes ahead of time. I will definitely be heading back there soon, and so should you!

Okay, how cute is that little cabin?!

I stayed at the Ocean Village Resort while in Tofino, and they might have had to drag me out of there if I stayed any longer. It’s awesome, has a beautiful view of McKenzie Beach, and there is a hot tub…which I used excessively because I froze my butt of on the whale watching boat, and shooting surfing pictures.

Here are some more shots of the place over on Vancouver Is Awesome.

So I got to FLY to Tofino (which was amazing) for this trip on Orca Airways…tiny little plane with awesome views of the islands.

The windows were tinted blue, and thus every photo out the window looked blue, but it gave it a very BBC-Blue-Planet-esque feel to it.

Here is the rest of the post on Vancouver Is Awesome…my favourite is the rental car, which I named Liam Nissan.

I just did a HUGE post over on Vancouver Is Awesome about my recent trip to Tofino for their food festival “Feast!” - click here to see the pictures/read the article.

I’ll blog a few from the other posts as well…

So I fell behind with blogging my adventures in music for the last few weeks - though you can always see those on Vancouver Is Awesome every Tuesday.

Here are a few of my favourite shots:
1) Kenton Loewen aka The Crackling just released a wonderful album - you should check it out.
2) Zach of The Zolas from their show at The Vogue
3) Rich Aucoin killed it at the Commodore…I love watching him perform. (note to self - jumping in heels is a bad idea)
4) Gorgeous Hannah Georgas FINALLY played a headlining show (almost 3 years) in Vancouver and nailed it. Don’t tell her, but I cried…twice.
5) I shot a Green Couch Session with the Local Natives…I didn’t know how huge they were until I instagram’d a photo and everyone freaked out. They were delightful human beings, and the session is going to be AWESOME.
6) You need to listen to Willhorse. I INSIST. Also, they’re going on a huge tour, so you should see them when they’re in your area. (I INSIST again).

There you go, you’re caught up for the most part.

One day I’m going to make my own recipe book, complete with my own photos…maybe I’ll make sure you can have it as an e-book/pdf too.

Anyways, top is a homemade turkey burger that I threw together and bbq’d on my deck.

Below is what I made from the leftover mix - turkey meatballs with cheese melted on them. Kinda like chicken parm, but ground up.

Both were delicious.

Was going through some photos and I realized I hadn’t posted in a while. Thought I’d throw a few behind-the-scenes shots up from the shoot I did recently with The Oh Wells! (I’ve shot photos with Sarah and the gang before and they’re always hilarious/awesome).

Third set down is Sarah taking a photo of me while I took a photo of her with boxing gloves on. I still can’t believe that worked.

Look for the shots soon, and check out The Oh Wells music by clicking here.

I had the honour of shooting some photos for one of my favourite publications, Megaphone Magazine, of the delightful (seriously, I’m smiling just thinking of her) Judy Graves.

Judy’s retiring soon and was a huge avocate for the homeless in Vancouver.

The talented Jackie Wong wrote this story, which is ALSO published over on The Tyee…you can check it out there, or pick up a copy of Megaphone from a vendor for a suggested donation of $2!

(also, a bonus shot of the herons that were nesting in Stanley Park and freaking me out!)

In March I got the chance to do some event photography for Dalmore Whisky, which included hearing Richard Paterson, their Master Distiller since 1970, speak about the process of making their whiskies.

He’s a very fun man to watch, and it’s almost a performance and an art history lesson, more than a speech. My heart did ache when he threw whisky on the ground though hah…

I went to Seattle…and I ate an insane amount of oysters, and other happy hour foods. I wish we had happy hour in Canada.

Top: The Flying Fish - Oysters (50cents!) and Two Beers SoDo Brown Ale
2nd Down: Toulouse Petit - Classic Shrimp Creole w/ Hale’s Ales Pale Ale - and a Toulouse Hurricane
3rd Down: Ferris Wheel!
4th Down: Left: Elliott’s Oyster House - 75 cent Oysters! — Right: Serious Pie - Mini Pie w/ roasted seasonal mushrooms & truffle cheese w/ Chuckanut Pilsner
5th Down: Brouwer’s Cafe - Flyer’s Low Visability - White IPA and the Chef’s Choice!
6th Down: The Foghorns at the Nectar Lounge
Bottom: The band, friends and myself post-show.