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Published: January 4th 2010
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Vancouver, our hometown, will be welcoming the world when the 2010 Winter Olympic Games are held from February 12th to 28th. The 2010 Winter Paralympic Games will be held from March 12th to 21st. With excitement in the air and national pride building across Canada as the Olympic Torch crosses Canada in the grips of winter, we start our series of Winter Olympic blogs covering venues, sites, and landmarks that will play a prominent role in the host city and its partner municipalities of Whistler, Richmond, and West Vancouver.
We hope Olympic visitors and enthusiasts, friends and TravelBlog readers will find this blog informative and inspire those living and traveling to Vancouver to get the most out of their Olympic experience. It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to live in a host city, so the Travelling Canucks hope to make the most of it - Mama Canuck and Canuck Junior are taking a two-week Olympic break; unfortunately, Papa Canuck will need to work between Olympic events!
The Travelling Canucks have been eagerly waiting for the Games to begin ever since Mama Canuck took Canuck Junior to GM Place over 6 years ago to find out which
host city won the bid for the 2010 Winter Games! Luckily, the Travelling Canucks spent the late summer and fall of 2009 touring Olympic venues since all the venues are now sadly surrounded by security barriers. Whether you attend or follow the Games on TV or on the Net, we hope to share our experiences with you! 39 days to go and counting!
Torch Relay The sacred Olympic Flame, lit in an ancient ritual in Olympia, Greece and handed over to Canadian Olympic Officials in Athens, made the Trans-Atlantic flight and arrived in Victoria, BC's capital city, on October 30, 2009. The flame, carried in a miner's lamp, ignites the 2010 Olympic Torch, designed and manufactured by Bombardier. Canada’s open land, vast potential and smooth, fluid lines left in the snow and ice from winter sports were the inspiration for the torch's design. At 37 inches/95 centimetres high and weighing 3.5 pounds/1.6 kilograms, the torch, made of stainless steel and aluminum, is engineered for extreme winter conditions: -40C with a wind of 50km per hour. After bearing the torch for 300 metres, every torchbearer has the option to purchase their torch for $300.
Travelling by land, air, and
water, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay will be the longest torch relay to take place in a host country in the event's history. The Olympic Flame will visit over 1,000 communities as 12,000 torchbearers carry it on its 45,000 kilometre journey by over 100 modes of transport ranging from dog sled, snowmobile, canoe, skateboard and surfboard over 106 days of Canadian winter weather. To date, it has been as cold as -60C with wind chill. Since Canada is one of the largest countries in the world, the Flame will be carried by torchbearers in the more populous centres and transported between communities to ensure 90%!o(MISSING)f Canadians will not have to travel further than one hour to see the torch!
Check out the
Vancouver 2010 website for videos of the torch relay to watch excited and proud red mitten clad Canadians and visitors gathered to celebrate the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Famous torchbearers to date include former Olympians, NHL star Sidney Crosby, and country singer, Shania Twain.
On February 7th, the Olympic Torch will arrive in Metro Vancouver. The Travelling Canucks cannot wait to attend Vancouver's celebration site and watch the Olympic Flame pass through our community!
Olympic Rings and Sails
Vancouver is getting ready to wow the world! Vancouver Olympic Venues and Landmarks
Vancouver is the largest city to host the Winter Olympics in the event's history. Alpine venues are located in Whistler and on West Vancouver's Cypress Mountain and the speed skating oval is located in Richmond. All the other venues located in Vancouver were refurbished with the exception of the new Trade and Convention Centre, UBC Thunderbird Arena and Curling Rink. The new rapid transit line connecting Richmond/YVR to Downtown Vancouver, called Canada Line, opened in August 2009 and the Ski to Sky Highway linking Vancouver to Whistler has undergone a major upgrade over the past 5 years.
2010 Countdown Clock The official Vancouver 2010 Countdown Clock stands in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery giving up to-the-second updates on exactly how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds to go before the opening of the 2010 Winter Games.
Canada Place and Vancouver Convention Centre The Vancouver Convention Centre will host the International Broadcast Centre and the Main Press Centre during the Games with a total of 1.1 million square feet of space to accommodate over 5000 media personnel! The convention centre expansion is a model of green building technology with a six-acre “green”
Vancouver Convention Centre
Green roof viewed from the seawall along Harbour Green Park. roof.
Canada Place, site of the Canadian Pavilion at the Expo 86 World’s Fair, is a Vancouver icon with its five 90 foot sails that houses the convention centre, cruise ship terminal and Pan Pacific Hotel.
British Columbia Canada House and Media Centre Robson Square, located on Robson Street between Hornby and Howe Streets, features the Vancouver Art Gallery at the former Provincial Court House, Arthur Erikson's Provincial Court Complex, and the new GE Ice Plaza.
Robson Square will be the site of the International Media Centre for 2000 unaccredited journalists and British Columbia Canada House featuring exhibits, free entry to the Vancouver Art Gallery (10am to 5pm), and free outdoor skating on the GE Ice Plaza (noon to 9pm).
Located in the heart of downtown across from the largest Canadian flag in the world, Robson Square will be a major gathering point over the Games featuring athlete demonstrations, entertainment and family events. The BC Canada House, located on the fourth floor of the Vancouver Art Gallery, will feature interactive displays that will highlight the rich cultural fabric and industry of British Columbia.
Vancouver House and LiveCity Celebration Sites LiveCity Yaletown at David
Lam Park on Pacific Boulevard is a waterfront celebration site featuring giant screens to watch the sporting action, live entertainment, nightly laser light and water show, Vancouver House, and pavilions of Olympic sponsors - Coca Cola, Samsung, Acer, and Panasonic. LiveCity Yaletown will be open daily from 11am to 11pm. Canada Line Station: Yaletown-Roundhouse.
LiveCity Downtown, across from the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Georgia Street between Beatty and Cambie Streets, is another celebration site that features giant outdoor screens, Canada Pavilion 2010, CentrePlace Manitoba, daytime interactive school programming, street entertainers, and late-night entertainment (Open from 11am to 12:30am). SkyTrain Station: Stadium/Chinatown.
Hamilton and Mainland streets will become pedestrian thoroughfares to link the LiveCity sites.
Four Host First Nations Pavilion Four Host First Nations Pavilion, located at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza, features Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations arts, crafts, food, stories and culture. The Pavilion features a Trading Post in a Coast Salish longhouse topped by a high-tech 20-metre-high, 3,000 square foot air-supported sphere and a Reception Hall featuring Aboriginal cuisine and stage that will showcase Aboriginal groups from all regions of Canada, including Inuit throat singing, Métis jigging, hoop dancing, as well as
Vancouver Olympic Village
on southeast shore of False Creek. contemporary Aboriginal performances.
Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Village Vancouver's Olympic Village is a model of green building technologies, located on the southeast side of False Creek. It not only offers views of the city’s downtown skyline and Coast Mountains, it is within close proximity to GM Place and BC Place Stadiums, shopping and entertainment districts, nightly Victory Ceremonies at BC Place, pavilions, cultural celebrations at the LiveCity sites and transit options: Bombardier streetcar to Granville Island, Canada Line's Olympic Village Station and SkyTrain's Science World/Main Street Station.
BC Place Stadium The newly renovated BC Place Stadium will host the 2010 Olympic Winter Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies and Victory Ceremonies. 55,000 spectators will be watching the spectacles under the largest air-supported stadium roof in North America.
Victory Ceremonies will feature a provincial celebration, medal ceremony, and musical concert. Canadian superstars, Nelly Furtado and The Barenaked Ladies, Britain's Stereophonics, Australia's INXS, the East Coast's Great Big Sea, Canadian music legends, Burton Cummings, Trooper and Loverboy, country star, Paul Brandt and newcomers, Theory of a Deadman and Hedley, will be entertaining over 10 nights.
Canada Hockey Place and UBC Thunderbird Arena GM Place, renamed Canada Hockey
Canada Hockey Place
aka General Motors Place and home of the Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver's NHL Team. Home of Men's and Women's Hockey Olympic Competition. Place during the Games, is the premier Olympic ice hockey venue. Ordinarily, our NHL hockey team, the Vancouver Canucks, call GM Place home. Team Canada, Canada's Olympic Hockey Team, was announced during a one-hour TV special on December 30th to great fanfare. Canada is hockey-crazy with Olympic Gold Medal game tickets going for $7,500 each and $750 to watch the Gold Medal Game on TV at Molson Canadian Hockey House. Hockey fever is rising and will hit its pitch when the puck is dropped at Canada Hockey Place in February with 19,300 cheering hockey fans!
UBC, an Oceanside university campus on Vancouver’s west side, is the site of the new UBC Thunderbird Arena (aka Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre). It will host some of the hockey matches in the men's and women's preliminary hockey rounds on three rinks that will accommodate 6,800 spectators.
Molson Canadian Hockey House and Pavilions at Concord Pacific Site Located in between BC Place Stadium and Sochi House (Science World), Molson Canadian Hockey House, located right across the street from Canada Hockey Place, will be party central with a massive 7,500-square-metre facility broadcasting all of the men's and women's games on giant screens.
GE Ice Plaza at Robson Square
Fun for the whole family. Open daily from noon to 9pm. Besides drinking beer alongside Olympians, NHL Players and Hockey Legends, performances from Sam Roberts, The Barenaked Ladies, Tom Cochran and Colin James, and comedians Brent Butt and Sean Cullen, have been announced. Tickets ranging from $450 to $1,000 per day, or $8,500 for the entire 17 days, are up for grabs!
Provincial pavilions located on the site are:
• Ontario Pavilion - striking in its design, this pavilion will feature exciting, technologically state-of-the-art, original exhibits, events and performances while showcasing made-in-Ontario products and services.
• Quebec Pavilion - expected to be an ultra cool venue, a centrepiece of Quebec culture and cuisine.
• Saskatchewan Pavilion - comprised of a business centre to promote Saskatchewan business opportunities and vacation destinations, and an entertainment venue featuring Saskatchewan entertainment and food.
Pacific Coliseum at Hastings Park The newly renovated Pacific Coliseum, accommodating 14,200 spectators, will host short-track speed skating and figure skating events.
Vancouver Olympic Centre The Vancouver Olympic Centre, which seats 5,600 curling fans, is located next to the beautiful Queen Elizabeth Park with views of the mountains.
Richmond and West Vancouver Olympic Venues and Landmarks
Richmond Olympic Oval The City of Richmond will host the long-track speed skating events
UBC Thunderbird Arena
Ice hockey venue at the University of British Columbia westside, oceanside campus. at the Richmond Olympic Oval, a stunning venue on the banks of the Fraser River that will amaze 7,600 spectators. It beat out the Wimbledon Centre Court roof and the 2008 Olympic Games’ Beijing National Stadium (a.k.a. Bird’s Nest) in the Institution of Structural Engineers’ category of Sports or Leisure Structures!
Richmond O Zone The City of Richmond will be hosting a 17-day long Olympic celebration at the Richmond O Zone, located in the city centre at Minoru Park, just blocks away from the Canada Line Brighouse Station. With over 60 acres, the O Zone will be the biggest celebration site of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Holland Heineken House Vancouver 2010 will anchor the O Zone. "Dutch Party Central", located at the Minoru Arena, will host 4,000 partygoers from 9pm to 2am and feature celebratory medal ceremonies for successful Dutch athletes. It will be rocking with nightly performances by renowned Dutch artists and DJ's while serving Heineken beer, of course.
The O Zone will feature live entertainment and high-definition screens, outdoor skating rink and mammoth ice art, exhibits, virtual bobsleighing, food and fireworks. Canuck Junior's favourite bands, Our Lady Peace, Bedouin Soundclash, Tokyo Police Club and
Richmond Olympic Oval
Stunning interior and exterior! Wintersleep, will be headlining. Theme nights will salute Canada’s diverse cultures and regions. Sounds like fun, so you know the Travelling Canucks will be there!
To find out more about Richmond, check out our blog
Ducks and Dykes on the Delta .
Cypress Mountain West Vancouver's Cypress Mountain, the freestyle skiing and snowboard venue, is the site of six courses: Freestyle Skiing Aerials, Freestyle Skiing Moguls, Ski and Snowboard Cross, Snowboard Halfpipe, and Parallel Giant Slalom. Cypress Mountain has three stadiums: The Olympic Snowboard Stadium will accommodate 12,000 cheering fans, 12,000 fans will be watching Freestyle Skiing and 8000 fans will be wowed by the tricks on the Snowboard Halfpipe. The new Cypress Creek Lodge, offering food and drink at the Cypress Creek Grill and Crazy Raven Pub, is a great addition to Cypress Mountain!
Located in Cypress Provincial Park, Cypress Mountain has the largest vertical rise and best snow accumulations on the North Shore mountains featuring 53 downhill winter skiing and riding runs accessed by 6 chairlifts and 2 surface lifts, 19km of track set cross country trails, a snow tubing park with a tube tow lift. Although Cypress is only a 30-minute drive from downtown Vancouver, Cypress will only be accessible to
Olympic ticket holders. Skiers/Boarders will have to ski/ride at Grouse Mountain or Seymour Mountain over the Games.
West Vancouver Spirit Square The City of West Vancouver will be hosting a 17-day long Olympic celebration at Spirit Square, located in its Community Centre at its new Civic Centre on Marine Drive & 21st Street. Live evening performances in the Atrium of visual artistry, traditional and contemporary music, and a Canadian Space Agency sponsored exhibit, including models of the International Space Station, Canadarm2, and Dextre, will be enjoyed by locals and visitors.
Whistler Olympic Venues and Landmarks
With more than two million visitors a year, Whistler is consistently ranked as the number one ski resort in North America. With a long history of hosting International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup competitions, Whistler is poised to co-host the Games.
Whistler Olympic and Paralympic Village The Olympic and Paralympic Village in Whistler is located within the scenic Cheakamus Valley and less than 20 minutes from all Whistler competition venues. The heart of Whistler’s town centre and the Whistler Celebration Plaza is a 4km shuttle ride from the athletes' village.
Whistler Celebration Plaza Victory ceremonies will be held at
an outdoor celebration plaza accommodating 8,000 spectators in the town centre. All American Rejects, Estelle, Feist, Our Lady Peace, Hedley, The Fray, and Usher are scheduled to perform after the nightly medal ceremonies.
Whistler Sliding Centre The Whistler Sliding Centre will host the Bobsleigh, Luge, and Skeleton competitions on Blackcomb Mountain. 12,000 spectators will be watching athletes slide on one of the fastest tracks in the world.
Whistler Creekside Whistler Mountain's Dave Murray Downhill will host the men’s alpine skiing events and Franz's Run will host the women’s alpine skiing events. Whistler Creekside will accommodate 7,700 spectators for the Downhill Skiing and Giant Slalom events.
Whistler Olympic Park The Nordic events of Cross-country Skiing, Biathlon, and Ski Jumping are being held at the beautiful Callaghan Valley's Whistler Olympic Park, which will host 1/3 of all Olympic Winter Games events, including:
• 10 Biathlon events
• 12 Cross-country Skiing events
• 3 Nordic-combined events
• 3 Ski Jumping events
The Cross-Country Skiing, Biathlon and Ski Jumping venues, each accommodating 12,000 spectators, feature a 6,000 square-foot technical building, 10 kilometres of competition trails in two distinct five-kilometre loops, 150-metre-long stadium area, state-of-the-art shooting range, large hill and normal hill ski jumps, coaching
stands and a state-of-the-art technical building known as the judges’ tower, as well as a spectacular day lodge located between the ski jump area and the cross-country skiing stadium.
For Whistler residents, hotel patrons, and Olympic ticket-holders, Whistler Blackcomb will remain open for skiers and boarders to enjoy. Don't miss out on taking the "Peak 2 Peak" gondola that connects the mountain with the world's longest and highest gondola. It takes travelers on an 11-minute, 4.4km journey, 436m above the valley between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains. With one gondola cabin departing every 49 seconds, 2050 people can be moved per hour each way. Very cool! Special Events and Attractions
Inukshuk and Vectorial Elevation The city’s landmark Inukshuk, a symbol of Inuit culture gifted to the City of Vancouver by the Northwest Territories following Expo ‘86, stands proudly on the shore of English Bay. This imposing grey granite sculpture was the inspiration for the official logo of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. The 2010 Winter Olympics logo is named Ilanaaq the Inunnguaq. Ilanaaq is the Inuktitut word for friend.
From February 4th to 28th, 20 robotic, 10,000-watt searchlights will move and create patterns in the skies over English
Bay from locations in Vanier Park and Sunset Beach. Covering an area of 100,000 square metres, this art installation will be visible within 15 kilometres of the city’s downtown core, including Richmond, the North Shore, and the peaks of Cypress and Grouse Mountains.
At www.vectorialvancouver.net, you are invited to design how the lights will move, their angles and how they are clustered in timed sequences to create your own patterns over the Games period. A personalized webpage will be automatically created for you to document your design. A real-time video stream of the work from four cameras placed around English Bay will be viewable via the Internet. Sounds cool!
Organizers estimate 130,000 different patterns, displayed rain or shine from dusk to dawn over 24 days, will be viewed by millions.
Olympic Superstore and International Village at The Bay Downtown The Hudson's Bay Company is a Canadian institution and the official outfitter of the 2010 Games. From cuddly mascots to Olympic clothing and memorabilia, Olympic fans can purchase official Vancouver 2010 merchandise at the HBC department stores and online. At the flagship store on the corner of West Georgia and Granville Street, Ralph Lauren's USA Olympic clothing line
Olympic Store
at Hudson's Bay Company's flagship store at the corner of Granville and Georgia Streets. is for sale!
With Olympic merchandise flying off the shelves, especially the Vancouver 2010 Red Mittens, over 1.5 million Canadians are already wearing their red mittens with pride! Come February, the city will be a sea of red and white!
Besides the HBC stores, Nike stores carry Olympic-sanctioned clothing, including hockey jerseys for Canadian and International hockey fans. Roots Canada, with a flagship store on the corner of Robson and Burrard Street, is selling its signature clothing for Canadian fans and fans from 14 countries. Lululemon is selling a "rogue" clothing line for Canadian and International fans of the cool event taking place between 2009 and 2011!
Olympic Mascots The three Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics mascots, which were inspired by traditional First Nations creatures, are:
• Miga - a mythical First Nations sea bear that is part killer whale and part Kermode spirit bear. Miga, based on the legends of the Pacific Northwest First Nations of orca whales that transform into bears when they arrive on land, is an avid snowboarder.
• Quatchi - a shy sasquatch loves all winter sports, especially hockey. Quatchi dreams of becoming a world-famous goalie.
• Sumi - an animal-guardian spirit that wears the hat
of the orca whale, flies with the wings of the mighty Thunderbird and runs on the furry legs of the black bear.
Mukmuk, a Vancouver Island marmot, is not an official mascot. Although he is just a sidekick, we have a soft spot for Mukmuk since he enjoys popping up unexpectedly, like our travel mascot, Mukluk the Canuck!
Grouse Mountain & NBC's Today Show North Vancouver's Grouse Mountain will be open 24/7 and will play host to NBC's Today Show over the games period. While night skiing is not our thing, the Travelling Canucks are Today Show fans, so we might just visit Grouse Mountain to watch the 4am live broadcasts! To learn more about Grouse Mountain and the North Shore, check out our blog:
Peak Experiences on the North Shore.
Granville Island's French Quarter Vancouver’s Granville Island will be home to Place de la Francophonie, the “French Quarter” celebrating Canada's French heritage and Francophone culture, House of Switzerland, and Atlantic Canada House.
The French Quarter will feature a French bistro and pub, a concert stage, and an "artists' alley" like Rue Sainte-Anne in Quebec City. Besides free performances scheduled on February 12, 14, 15 and 17 listed on the Cultural
Olympiad website, there will be family-friendly events and street entertainment.
Atlantic Canada House will be located at the Arts Club's Granville Island Stage, Revue Stage, and the Backstage Lounge. Hosted by the East Coast provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland/Labrador, visitors will be treated to East Coast culinary delights and discover the East Coast's culture and spirit. Atlantic Canadian artists will be featured nightly, and daily performances on the Revue Stage will celebrate the region's culture. Nova Scotia fiddler, Ashley MacIsaac will be performing on one of the nights.
Bombardier's European streetcar will shuttle passengers by rail from the Canada Line's Olympic Village station to Granville Island and False Creek water taxis will provide transportation across False Creek. The free shuttle is expected to carry over 500,000 passengers over 2 months starting in mid-January. Taking public transit in its many forms will be the only way to go since it will be impossible to find parking.
The Travelling Canucks recommend Granville Island be on everyone's not-to-be missed list! To learn more about Granville Island, check out:
Great Times on Granville Island.
Cultural Olympiad Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad is a celebration of culture from January 22nd
Sochi Russia 2014
at Telus Science World between the Olympic Athletes Village and Concord Pacific Site. to March 21st showcasing Canadian and International arts and popular culture, featuring music, dance, theatre, visual arts, film, outdoor spectacles and digital media experiences. Canuck Junior already has tickets for two theatre performances: Robert Lepage: The Blue Dragon and The Drowning Girls!
Sochi Russia 2014 Science World is the site of Sochi Russia 2014 House. Sochi, Russia is the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Its pavilion is expected to be spectacular.
Pedestrian Malls Four main thoroughfares in the downtown core, Robson Street, Hamilton Street, Mainland Street, and Granville Street, will be pedestrian malls where tens of thousands of people will enjoy restaurants, shopping and the party atmosphere.
BC Hydro Power Smart Village The BC Hydro Power Smart Village, one-block from the LiveCity Downtown site on the corner of Dunsmuir and Hamilton Street, will be celebrating the spirit of the games in a theme of conservation and sustainability. Visitors will be able to dance on a sustainable dance floor, create an inspirational message on the digital expression wall, and check out First Nation carvings and “the future is now" home exhibit. Winning Olympic tickets by taking part in one of their many
Hamilton Street Pedestrian Mall
David Lam Park, site of Livecity Yaletown, easily accessible to Canada Line's Yaletown Roundhouse Station. corporate-sponsored events is reason enough to drop by the village!
Olympic Flags at City Hall Vancouver City Hall, where the Olympic and Paralympic flags have been flying high for over 3 years, is also the site of the 1952 Oslo Flag which is encased in glass on the main floor of the building. Once the Games are over, the flag will fly to Sochi, Russia, the host city of the 2014 Winter Games.
Canada Line The Canada Line, an extension to Vancouver’s SkyTrain rapid transit network, opened in August 2009. The new line, which runs under Cambie and Granville Streets, connects the Vancouver International Airport and Richmond city center and downtown Vancouver in about 25 minutes. Transferring at Waterfront Station to SkyTrain's Expo Line, transit riders can stop at Stadium/Chinatown Station to get to Canada Hockey Place and BC Place stadiums, stop at Science World/Main Street Station to get to the Concord Pacific site and Olympic Village, or board the SeaBus at Waterfront Station to get to the North Shore, Cypress Mountain and Whistler venues.
Olympic ticket-holders will ride free on the transit network on the day of their ticketed event. Taking a car to the
Vancouver City Hall
Where are the flags? venues is not an option! On the Canada Line, transit riders can get to the Richmond Oval (Aberdeen Station) and Richmond O Zone (Richmond Brighouse Station), or stop at Langara/49th Avenue Station to transfer to the Langara Olympic Venue Bus Network to get to Cypress Mountain and Whistler ticketed events or stop off at the Olympic Village Station to take the Bombardier streetcar to Granville Island.
With record snowfalls in November and an early opening, snow accumulations should not be an issue! No matter, millions of dollars have been spent on snowmaking equipment! The only questions left are: Where is the Olympic Flame going to burn bright? Who will be the last torchbearer to light the cauldron at the opening ceremony? And, Who will be performing at the opening and closing ceremonies? To find out, don't forget to check out our upcoming blogs on our Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics experience!
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Great job on the 2010 Winter Olympics blog. I have learned more in your blog than anywhere else. Will look forward to keeping up-to-date on what's happening... and congrats on your first blog for 2010. Happy New Year!