How exciting! Canada has won its first Gold Medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics, in the men's moguls up at Cypress. I can see the lights of the mountain from my balcony -- pretty amazing.

 Alexandre Bilodeau, Gold Medalist!

From all appearances, our champion Alex Bilodeau is a sweetheart, who loves his family and is very close with them. So Canadian!

Having the Olympics in Vancouver has been amazing so far -- everyone here was absolutely devastated at the horrible accident on the luge course, just hours before the Opening Ceremonies, but I believe it has been handled tastefully and compassionately (despite CTV showing the accident over and over. That's a FAIL.)

I took a couple of pictures as the torch went by my apartment on Davie street on Friday, on its final leg before arriving at BC Place.  I was also lucky enough to be at the dress-rehearsal for the opening ceremony, which I thought were spectacular.

That's my apartment, proudly flying the Canadian flag!

A mounted police escort for the torch, as it travels up Davie street on its way to BC PLace
on Day 106 -- the last day! -- of the torch relay. 

The Torch!! 100 metres from my home.

This afternoon I spent a couple of hours wandering around our beautiful city in today's sunshine, and couldn't be prouder. As I type this, I can hear the nightly celebratory fireworks exploding over Coal Harbour. Being an Olympic host city is AWESOME!!!

My Mom shot this photo