Friday, February 5, 2010

Day #21,597

Walk km 3840-3848: 46th/Fraser/5th/2nd/Main

entrance to Sammys Marketeria
aprox km 3846 Fraser @ Broadway

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Day #21,596

Walk km 3832-3840: 32nd/Pine/33rd/Cypress/57th/Laburnum/66th/Granville/67th/Heather/68th/Ash/Marine

Red Star Seafood Restaurant
aprox km 3837 Granville @ 67th

Movie #1202 (#26 this year): Public Enemy (1931,William Wellman)

One of William Wellman's most famous movies but not his best. This is the one that made James Cagney famous. I found the atmosphere a bit too light and breezy for the subject matter. Loved that final scene though.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Day #21,595

Walk km 3823-3832: Smithe/Hornby/Nelson/Richards/Davie/(skytrain+bus)/Angus/75th/Milton/Marine/Hudson/77th/Oak/Marine

strange looking tree
aprox km 3827 Angus Street

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Day #21,594

Walk km 3816-3820: Robson/Hamilton/(skytrain+bus)/Broadway/Bayswater/Point Grey/1st/Stephens/York/Cornwall
Walk km 3820-3823: Burrard/Georgia/Denman/Robson

apartment block entrance with Andy Warhol artwork
aprox km 3821 Georgia St

Monday, February 1, 2010

Day #21,593

Walk km 3803-3816: Burrard/(skytrain)/Science World to English Bay (and return) with the Meetup group/(skytrain)/Burrard/Robson

Korean flag
aprox km 3815 Robson St

Movie #1201 (#25 this year): The Dark Corner(1946, Henry Hathaway)

This one doesn't really work. Mark Stevens and Lucille Ball are miscast as the private eye and secretary. That and the upper-crust world of the protagonists destroys any "noir" feel that Hathaway tries to evoke. And he does try to evoke a noir feel by the clever use of shadows which give a great look to some of the individual scenes.