Wreck Beach is an odd name for a clothing optional beach but no doubt makes for enthusiastic slogans.

Cioffi’s and the Heights sign, painted when nights on the street seemed a little darker than usual.

Vintage industrial crossed with steampunk tourism.

Springtime burst of pink confetti petals.

A synecdoche is a part that represents the whole. This is a rainbow of east and west side Vancouver landmarks.

Bait stations remind us that unwanted and unseen living creatures exist.

Being the greenest city in the world by 2020 means there's a big program in place to change our behaviour.

Industrial structures look gentle and unthreatening in the soft early morning fog.

Piles is a colloquial term for hemorrhoids. And sulphur used to be called brimstone.

Siwash Rock looks like a small child tree who wants to wander off into the dangerous unknown.

"Great White" brings three concepts to mind: Great White North, Great White Hope, and Great White Shark.

The 4/20 celebration in Vancouver is comparable to the Fireworks Festival except with fewer liquor containers and more food wrappers.

Escape is often an uphill struggle, whether cultivated or naturally grown.

Vancouver's 2010 Olympics logo was intended as a world welcome. Locally, it's more of a pretty insignia for beach volleyball.

The East Van Cross is an emblem of light which is both a threat and a beacon.

Crows represent our dark and feisty domestic urban lives.

Predators live on the surplus of others except Vancouver housing doesn't have any surplus.

Density is a contentious topic in Vancouver.

The bridge lions face traffic going into north Van. They are a subtle North Shore defense mechanism.

The shoes-over-wires thing is a literal environmental footprint.

“FTW” means “For The Win!” to one generation but it is is a punk epithet to an older one.

In practice, “Mono No Aware” means appreciate what you have because it never lasts.

In the 1880s, Canada's National Dream was unity.

The orange fences of doom signify that this old wood house will be demolished to make way for larger plywood one.

Pork Bellies are a commodity. Housing isn’t.

The River District is an ex-industrial site on built on reclaimed swampland. It is marketed as the next Yaletown.

Stem cells are blank cells that can become any cell. STEM is also an acronym for "science, technology, engineering, and math."

Places where people read and learn are full brightness.

Until recently, Vancouver's real estate market was a somewhat laissez-faire system with houses flipping faster than fingers at a Main Street cyclist.

Oil tankers and sunsets: there is nothing more symbolic of End of Days.

A little study of Indian Arm for the 2015 Anonymous Art Show in North Vancouver.

The Ironworker's Bridge set against the Lions Mountains.

A little juxtaposition of some of Vancouver's primary colors: blue mountains and water, red oil tankers, and yellow sulfur piles.

Charthouse Restaurant on the wharf at Steveston Village in Richmond. Seafood doesn't get any fresher than here.

Vancouver's dancing core. This painting was stolen October 31, 2010 from the Beaumont Gallery.

Heritage building and passport office.

The Capilano Suspension Bridge is like walking through the forest on stilts.

The iconic Brockton Point lighthouse is like an exclamation mark on the seawall.

I have never failed to get dizzy on this ride. That is why it is probably painted a little more swirly than usual.

The gateway to the North Shore and a daily commute – and sometimes frustration – for many.

Ironworker’s Memorial Bridge, AKA Second Narrows. All roads lead to North Van.

The seabus is a daily commute for many. It's a relaxing way to get downtown.

North Shore Credit Union's Parkgate Branch on opening day. It's called "Blueshore" now.

If you live in Deep Cove, it is almost a requirement to own a boat.

One of North Vancouver’s most idyllic spots.

Cute, eclectic Edgemont Village is a city of sidewalks and color.

The Lions are also known as “The Twin Sisters”.

These are two tall vertical views of the Lions over Capilano Lake in the summer and the winter.

The view of Lion’s Gate from Ambleside with Vancouver in the background.

View of Lion’s Gate looking west. This is the path the cruise ships take out to Alaska.

Parkgate Library at dusk with the lights on.

The Tomahawk Restaurant in North Van is like going back in time. I hope they never change it.

The seabus terminal at Lonsdale Quay.