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IT’S SUNNY.

WOOOOO!

I love it.

I love how blue the water looks and how green the leaves look and how much the pinks and purples and oranges of the manicured city gardens pop in the light.

I love that I am wearing a new white t-shirt (a good white t-shirt being the finest item of clothing any tanned individual can own.)

And not only that, I love that my friend (who I have not seen in ages) picked me up from my bus stop today and we got to drive in the sunshine and chat and catch up and YAY!

Everything is better in the sun.

So, to celebrate, my ten favourite Vancouver sunny day sights…

1. Kids shrieking like escaped monkeys at water parks while their harried parents sit off to the side, bogarting the juice boxes they packed for their offspring, and hoping the mini fountains and showers and spray pipes stay entertaining for another two hours.

2. The Patio People ™ sneaking out of work at 3 pm to enjoy festive beverages pretty much anywhere a restaurant manages to squeeze a table onto the sidewalk outside.

3. Businesswomen picking at takeout California rolls (if you can’t be in Cali, the next best thing?), stripped of their suit jackets, tailored pants yanked up to the knees, trying to catch some rays on office building steps.

4. Tanned commuter arms hanging out of open windows, drumming radio beats with wedding rings on dusty car doors.

5. Bored baristas schlepping trays full of tiny sample Frappuccinos to the same three smokers sitting in front of every Starbucks on on the planet, who sit drinking their Tall Darks and reading left-behind sections of the Province.

6. Old women doing their daily constitutionals on not-shady-for-long park paths, natty in crisp white suits and comfort sandals, epic hair unwilted in the heat.

7. Italian men in wine-coloured shirts sipping Pellegrino Limonata outside of espresso shops on Commercial, comparing the temperature to a day only they remember in 1967.

8. Clumps of teenagers awkwardly planning their next destination on downtown street corners, clutching Slurpees and sporting sunburns earned in suburban swimming pools.

9. Granville Market fruit sellers swiveling in 360 degree circles, weighing Okanagan cherries, counting ears of Chilliwack corn, waving flies off of Fraser Valley raspberries, and handing back change in dimes (”It’s all I’ve got!”)

10. The Art Gallery Step menagerie, from bewildered tourists with $2,000 cameras to can collectors catching an afternoon siesta.

I love my city this time of year.