Coming to Canada

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Are you in Canada right now? OK, stay there for a minute. I’ll be right up.

I’m speaking at Vidfest with Heather Armstrong. (Whose name, incidentally, I can never type without thinking, “Arm strong, feel arm! Heather strong, like ox!” But I digress.)

It’s taken me thirty-two years to get up to Canada, and I cannot wait. Everyone tells me how gorgeous Vancouver is, and how no one locks their doors. As you might imagine, I’m excited to walk around trying all the doors and photographing what’s inside.

While we’re there, my very helpful husband Bryan, arranged a meet-and-greet for me and Heather, and you should come because I want to meet you. Also, if you have one of my books, I will write something nice inside.

When:
Friday night, May 23rd
5-7 p.m.

Where:
Dockside Brewing Company
behind the Granville Island Hotel
1253 Johnston Street
Granville Island, Vancouver B.C.V6h 3R9

(Google Map)

Please join us.

In other news, regular readers may remember that “Cross the Canadian border” is one of the items on my Mighty Life list (lower left sidebar if you haven’t seen it). The offer to speak at Vidfest was one of the slightly uncanny things that happened right after I posted the list. I’ll tell you about the rest of it later. In the meantime, if anyone has a boat that needs christening, you know who to call.

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55 thoughts on “Coming to Canada”

  1. “with Heather Armstrong. (Whose name, incidentally, I can never type without thinking, “Arm strong, feel arm! Heather strong, like ox!” But I digress.)”

    I can’t drive on (or cross) “Silliman” street without yelling “SILLY MAAAAN… Sil-Ly MAN!”

    Vancouver’s a fine town. I lived there for 10 years (graduated HS there – go Magee Lions! 🙂 It is, geographically speaking, the most beautiful city I’ve ever seen — and I’ve seen quite a few. Enjoy!

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  2. hope your border crossing experience is all you’ve ever hoped for!

    i wish i could be there to warmly welcome you, but i am busy living the life of a canadian expat in africa and won’t be back until your canadian ship has sailed.

    but be sure to do as the van city locals do – smoke noncriminalised pot, hug a tree, and occassionally leave your doors unlocked just because the chances of anything going missing really are slim to none.

    western canada is a great place, enjoy it!

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  3. Here’s a wave from Toronto, and another invitation for you and Ms. Dooce to come here. Hope Vancouver was fun! But Tronno (it’s pronounced Tronno) is better. Or at least bigger.

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  4. Or Ottawa. We don’t lock our doors here, either. But don’t tell my neighbour’s teenagers that. Just in case…

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