A cold, cloudy day here in beautiful Vancouver. So, naturally, it was time to head down to the crummy part of town to photograph the usual grime. And it's got to be done now, 'cause that area's changing rapidly into yuppie heaven (in other words, hell). It's getting all spiffed up for the up-coming Olympics and the hordes of tourists (like we don't get enough now) that event will bring.

It's amazing to see. Where there used to be interesting low-rise buildings, relics from the early 20th, late-19th centuries, there are now high-rise condo blocks with hip, groovy shoppes and beestros at street level. And they alllllll look the same. And sell the same stuff. And serve the same food. And you couldn't swing a cat without knocking someone's iPhone flying. Hmmmmm, that might be satisfying. Not for the cat, of course, but...