As volunteers we get some really neat perks.....one of those is that we are sometimes offered venue tickets (that's how we got to see the Voodoo Valentine show with the Vancouver Symphony). We were able to get free tickets for a fantastic Friday night show: Hal Willmer's - Neil Young Project.....it was a huge review with multi artists including Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Ron Sexsmith, Broken Social Scene and many more including Allistair Roberts (google him). It was exciting to see Allistair perform because it was only Wednesday when we had dropped him at his hotel (Time Square Suites). He had flown in from Glasgow specifically for this performance and would be flying home again the next day. I got some really cool video footage of Elvis, Lou and Allistair.
Between the time we were finished driving and the time the show started, we were able to have a really nice dinner at an Earl's restaurant on Robson (located right in the heart of everything....closed off roads.....right around the corner from the Olympic cauldron). Our waitress was an actress from Toronto (Brittany)....we spent a lot of time chatting. She was telling us that she came here for the Olympics because the money is so good. We have met a lot of people who have done this, from police officers, to security personnel, to waitresses to bus drivers (most of the drivers who leave from the depot where we work are from Washington State). You name a job or profession and there are people from all over the world filling those positions here. In fact, the times we drove to Whistler we passed a cruise ship harboured at Squamish. We found out later that it is housing for workers at Whistler.
The show ended around 11:30....we headed for the Skytrain to begin the long trek home....what a zoo.....almost scary.....we're glad we didn't leave it any later....too few cops, too many rowdy drunks. Wall to wall people all day and all night in downtown Vancouver.....families during the day......not quite so family friendly at night. We have been down there a few times at night and the change is noticable.
Between the time we were finished driving and the time the show started, we were able to have a really nice dinner at an Earl's restaurant on Robson (located right in the heart of everything....closed off roads.....right around the corner from the Olympic cauldron). Our waitress was an actress from Toronto (Brittany)....we spent a lot of time chatting. She was telling us that she came here for the Olympics because the money is so good. We have met a lot of people who have done this, from police officers, to security personnel, to waitresses to bus drivers (most of the drivers who leave from the depot where we work are from Washington State). You name a job or profession and there are people from all over the world filling those positions here. In fact, the times we drove to Whistler we passed a cruise ship harboured at Squamish. We found out later that it is housing for workers at Whistler.
The show ended around 11:30....we headed for the Skytrain to begin the long trek home....what a zoo.....almost scary.....we're glad we didn't leave it any later....too few cops, too many rowdy drunks. Wall to wall people all day and all night in downtown Vancouver.....families during the day......not quite so family friendly at night. We have been down there a few times at night and the change is noticable.
Attached are pictures of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre and some street scenes.
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