Some time after we hit the streets to celebrate along with the whole of Vancouver after the Canada-USA gold medal hockey game I realized it was time to put away my camera. I had just watched one of the greatest and most meaningful games to be played in Vancouver and wanted to be part of the wave of euphoria rushing through the streets. About an hour in -- and mindful that I had to move later on that night, I stuffed my two cameras back into the bag and just was swept along.

This is only my second shot ever of Coal Harbour at night, one of the more iconic Vancouver locations that untold generations of visitors have captured. However, I doubt that many have taken it with an old tank like my Polaroid 600SE or with instant film. It happened that I was on my way to check out the Saxony House (an unofficial pavilion by the Saxony region of Germany) and took this shot with Fuji instant.

As I wrote yesterday, I took a long lunch hour to hang out amid the chaos of Granville St. Those of you who already live in busy cities can be forgiven for yawning but Vancouver never gets this busy -- perhaps during the hockey playoffs. For about three blocks of Granville it is pretty gonzo. I hadn't had time to wander down Robson yet, I'll try that later if I have time.

Whenever I take moody shots like this I think about my friend who paints a lot and sometimes takes my photos and remakes them. I like them and I like paint but I can't do that. But I found myself painting this, making adjustments in Photoshop and Lightroom even though some film purists would just squeal. I don't squeal.

Unlike seemingly half of Vancouver I'm not a 24-hour Olympic fan. I'm not against the Olympics, only that I don't have a huge capacity to jump up and down in a frenzy. It would take a lot of Red Bull and these days I'm drinking the opposite.

The Olympics must be a huge boon to camera manufacturers -- at least in Vancouver -- because you cannot turn your head these days without smacking your head against a Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax or what have you. Everyone and their grandmother has a DSLR.

It's a strange feeling getting ready a house for someone else to move into. Do you want it? It's been hardly lived in. A little more than a year, actually. The people who built it did not waste any expense on the nice things and for the amount of space, the layout really made it feel spacious. Anyway, I'll let the agent do the rest of the pitching.