Canada's Biggest Fan
SpandyAndy is a Vancouver celebrity, and we got together to celebrate the Olympics through dance.
He’s a positive and exuberant guy who, “comes out everyday and tries his best to put smiles on people’s faces”, and judging by the mob that surrounded him afterwards, he’s succeeding. Because what you see is genuine.
Loved our time together dude, and look forward to seeing you make it big.
My column wasn’t in today’s paper.
It’s like a movie set here at Whistler Village, all shiny and lined up. I’ve also noted a new theme here at the Games is people photobombing my shots… love it.
And that I held a Gold medal, O M G.
I escaped the city, ending up on an Alberta train yesterday, handed event tickets and given an excellent hat, which I wore all day.
It was the last round of women’s biathlon. It’s how they can lower their heart rate at shooting time that gets me. Certainly there’s training, but it’s a wild level of concentration.
And the size of the ski jump just doesn’t translate to TV. The athletes wake up and think, yup, I’m doing to hurdle down that at 100km/h”. OMG.
How I was lucky enough to ride Canada’s nicest train, the ‘Alberta Train’ by Rocky Mountaineer, I don’t know, nor how chef’s Brad Smoliak and Steve Buzak put out 5 star meals on a moving vehicle.
And what a way to see such a landscape, which I’ve never seen; Canada is gorgeous, eh.
Thank you sincerely, Alberta Train, for a fantastic experience and being genuinely kind. And the sick hat.
