Seen around town: Another grey, sometimes deluge like day here in Vancouver. In this case, at the City Hall-Broadway subway station.

Seen around town: Some straphangers lined up along the rainy block of West 4th ave & Vine earlier this week.

If you don’t know what a straphanger is check out Taras Grescoe’s awesome book on the topic: www.tarasgrescoe.com/straphanger/about.html.

Water… the stuff of life

Seen around town: The Astoria Hotel last night

here are some recent reflections from around town

I’ve got some more pics here if you’re interested in checking ‘em out.

Seen around town: An old bike repurposed into a mini street side garden on the 10th avenue bikeway here in Vancouver

Getting Around: ‘Good Bicycle Karma’ (Video)

Here’s a fun, simple, and low cost idea to encourage smart and safe cycling in cities. Copenhagen’s ‘Karmaspotters’ walk the streets of the city giving out good karma presents to cyclists who are being considerate while biking around the city.

(Source: Cycling Embassy of Denmark)

Related:

• ‘When the Bad Guys Ride Bikes’ (Atlantic Cities)

Here a few brick-heavy shots of Portland, Oregon from late April of this year. I was down there with a posse to explore the city and feast at the annual food cart festival. Good times, good times!

Around Town: Granville Street, just south of West Georgia (Downtown)

earlier this week

Around Town: “Yogi Bear” posted on a wall just east of Main Street along the 10th Ave bikeway. More pics here if you’re interested.