{"id":2227,"date":"2014-07-09T05:50:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T09:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2014-07-22T05:58:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T09:58:38","slug":"vancouver-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=2227","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Vancouver,<\/a>

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Five days in Vancouver for a wedding last week. What a great city! Outdoor art, cathedral-forested Stanley Park, great food (order the salmon!), friendly people, and water views everywhere. Especially enjoyed the Aquarium (for a smile, see the sea otter cam<\/a> here\u2014I wanted to show you the jelly fish cam, because they were so spectacular, but I\u2019m not sure it\u2019s working; you can try), a walking tour of the city\u2019s scattered Art Deco buildings (Vancouver is a city where the Developer is King), reminders of the 2012 winter Olympics, and being on the water. Great to leave a place with \u201cmore to see\u201d and reasons to return. You may recognize the “Gotham” doorway at right from numerous movies!<\/p>\n

\"orca,<\/a>The Aquarium is caught up in the anti-cetacean captivity controversy, touched on in this recent New Yorker<\/a><\/em> article about challenges in aquarium design. The Vancouver Aquarium’s position is explained in this open letter<\/a>. They are non-profit and do not keep orcas, problems about which were stunningly revealed in the documentary, Blackfish<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

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