Olympic Fever

It's been a whirlwind kind of a week. Vancouver is buzzing with locals, visitors, and athletes here to celebrate the Olympics. I've been having a blast. Aside from watching the games from home (no way I'm ready to cough up $200 dollars for a seat at GM Place!), I've been volunteering at BC Place, visiting the cool sites in the downtown core, and attending free concerts.


Volunteering has been fun. Ok, some of it is not so cool - standing for hours on end outside, eating "complimentary" dinners that might be even worse than KD and Sidekicks, and missing out on some of the night concerts. But the positives outweigh the negatives by far.

Opening ceremonies were pretty amazing, except for the glitch that, uh, had Wayne and Steve pretty worried about, and my second shift was checking accreditation for vip guests (the Olympic Family) upon entry into the stadium for the victory ceremony. I shook hands with John Furlong (CEO of VANOC) and met the prince of Jordan (who later that night presented the silver medal to Jennifer Heil). The best part of volunteering is that I get to see the shows for free :)

Not much to report from the kitchen, but I promise I'll have something up soon!