Got back from SF around 6:00pm and it was still about 30° (88°F) here. The lawn across the street was a bit of a paradise. In the unpacking and decompression a vital piece of information went undiscovered: last night was Illuminares, my favorite public event of the year (it is a lantern festival, held annually on Trout Lake in Vancouver's east side). I've been every year since I've lived here (photos from 2000 and 2002) and I'm a little sad to have not known. Aw, nuts.


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