Coovey? The V-Coove? Old ‘couver?
Things they have a lot of in Vancouver, besides movie shoots and sushi restaurants:
- Trees
- Coffee shops (I love that you can get a good Americano in the gift shop at the Vancouver Aquarium)
- Crepe places
- Gelato places
- Joggers
Hopefully number 5 will peer pressure me into doing some form of actual exercise. By Toronto (and the rest of North America) I’m pretty average, but by Vancouver standards I’m kind of a porker. Luckily, UBC has a nice pool and is surrounded by bike paths.
Alex and I didn’t find a place on our foray to Vancouver (”The Coov”? I need an ironic Vancouver nickname, like “the T-Dot,” but “the Coov” sounds vaguely pornographic). But we did see lots of stuff, including the gorgeous Jurassic Park-type forests surrounding UBC (!), creepy naked and semi-naked men on the nude beach right near UBC, that corner where the Starbuckses are kitty corner, Ian, the setup for the “Tour de Gastown,” a heron, lots of gelato shops and crepe stores, dolphins and belugas and sharks at the aquarium, and, uh, a crazy lady being held down by security guards. Vancouver has its ups and downs.
We did take pictures, but Alex has the camera.
11 Responses to “Coovey? The V-Coove? Old ‘couver?”
Rach on 24 Jul 2006 at 11:17 pm #
I heard “Van-City” being bandied about some, but I think “The Coov” has a nice ring to it.
brenda on 24 Jul 2006 at 11:53 pm #
Van-City’s also totally a chain of some kind: bank maybe? I saw a bunch of them. I don’t want corporate city nickname.
sara k. on 25 Jul 2006 at 1:01 am #
do you eat burgers? ’cause next time you’re out there, you should go to White Spot…friggin AMAZING burgers.
i call vancouver “hong-couver” but that’s a bit off colour (heh). i’ve also heard “vansterdam”
Tara on 25 Jul 2006 at 2:58 pm #
White Spot isn’t that great; go to Vera’s.
brenda on 26 Jul 2006 at 8:19 am #
They have a White Spot in Calgary; I’ve always found it pretty meh.
Rach on 26 Jul 2006 at 9:09 am #
Tara’s right - Vera’s > White Spot, though the Spot will do in a pinch.
Jaya on 26 Jul 2006 at 10:16 am #
Dooce calls it Vangroovey. I quite like that name.
sara k. on 26 Jul 2006 at 2:35 pm #
haha i guess my tastes differ..i love white spot!! haha
brenda on 26 Jul 2006 at 5:00 pm #
It’s not like White Spot’s bad, but I can definitely name many many better burgers I’ve had in my life.
Jaya: Vangroovey! Heh.
Miss 604 on 09 Sep 2006 at 12:33 pm #
Nobody from Vancouver calls it the “coov” I’ve only ever heard people from back east come up with such a name. Vancity is often used and it has no relation to the credit union :p
The beach with the naked people is Wreck Beach- it’s the best beach in Vancouver(lots of sand, open ocean) but there are rules/etiquette surrounding the nudeness :p
I know this is an older post and you’re here now (found you off Beyond Robson). So, welcome! Have fun, and discover more of your likes/dislikes about this place - we all have them and it sparks good blog comments/debates :)
brenda on 10 Sep 2006 at 12:24 am #
Believe me “The Coov” is totally ironic.