08 May 2006
Whistler
And the reason this entry is labelled 'Whistler'? Because at about ten day's notice, I was asked if I could run up here and do something for a magazine. To their credit the tourism people over here moved swiftly to accommodate me, and this is written from a suite in a boutique hotel right in Whistler village, after day spent first trying out something called a Sno-Limo (don't trust me on spelling here--I don't have the press kit in front of me), and then going out bear watching (two spotted--it's early in the season). My wife and child are with me for a change, and I've half a bottle of a half-decent merlot, compliments of the hotel, at my elbow.
Today was rather a good day. Both the Sno-Limo and the bear watching made good copy and the weather was balmy in Whistler village, but with three inches of new powder up on the mountain some of which my Sno Limo was the first to carve. Good for photography all round. Two days up here, one doing some follow-up in Vancouver, one day to write, and the next I'm on the plane to Hong Kong to get two more stories researched and have a few further meetings with editors.
And right now I must get to work on today's tape so that my day of writing won't begin with tedious hours of transcription.
Tomorrow a wander round the village, a treetop walk and zipline ride, a spa visit, and dinner at one of my favourite BC restaurants (the Bearfoot Bistro), although it's with someone from Tourism Whistler, so a lot of shop will be talked.
Now a couple of hours at the keyboard before bed.
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