Happy Canada Day
Happy Canada Day everyone!
Brian and I are enjoying the lovely, rainy holiday Monday in Vancouver post-Canada Day fun yesterday. We spent Canada Day selling glowsticks and other novelty items downtown where we had a great first hand view of the music, food and fireworks.
Two moments stood out for me:
The first occurred while selling glowing plastic swords. A Vancouver police officer came up to me. I was sitting on a ledge, waving a sword in the air to attract children and parents. ”Hey,” he says. I cocked my head. He nods at the sword: “Mind if I borrow that for a moment?” I hand over the sword, bewildered. He holds it, a glowing green plastic sword and nods approvingly. ”I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time,” he says. ”Think it’ll fit?” He pops his baton out of his belt and slips the sword in. ”Niiiiiiice.” He grins at me like a ten year old. I recover from my shock and remark, “If you had one of the other side, you’d be just like that video game ninja!” True story – only in Canada!
And later, I wandered over to the Olympic cauldron and main stage area. Standing on a ramp overlooking the main stage, I watched as several hundreds of people clapped and sang along to Spirit of the West’s “Home for a Rest.” The ultimate Canadian theme song.
Here’s to 145 years of Canada!
That is brilliant!!! Was it a job or an entrepreneurial thing? Did you do well? I was in Quebec for the 400th (maybe 500th!!) anniversary a few years back and that was immense.
We made a decent amount
It’s a commission based gig working for one of the vendors, who Brian has worked for before during special events.
We would have been down there anyways to watch the fireworks, so making a bit of money while we waited was pretty sweet.