Above is a little sample of some of the more exotic participants in Sunday's Pride Parade here in Victoria. It's a very exub...

I've mentioned before that sometimes during the summer months I get the feeling I'm living in a giant theme park when I'm in dow...

Regular visitors here will know that I like to see murals on our buildings rather than ads or blank walls and here's another that I have...

I had the good fortune earlier this week to sample the fare at one of Victoria's newer restaurants, Frankie's Modern Diner . It'...

The interesting looking structure pictured here is a bike shelter I recently noticed in the downtown core - corner of Yates and Douglas Stre...

If you want color during these gray winter days the best place to find it is in the mall. This one is on Douglas Street downtown and is a ni...

For many years the derelict Janion Hotel stood boarded up and empty at the eastern end of the Johnson Street Bridge. It looked haunted enoug...

The sun peeked out from the clouds on Saturday. Many Victoria families took advantage of its benign rays for an afternoon stroll around the ...

Here is a family enjoying the Bright Pearl, a large stainless steel globe of the world that can be rotated by hand in its cool water bath. I...

National Aboriginal Day (NAD) in Canada takes place on June 21. It is a special day to celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and o...

The artworks pictured here are selections from a couple of walls of graffiti on Discovery Street here in downtown Victoria. Most of what is ...

Here's a bunch of Victorians perched along Douglas Street on Monday. What are they doing?

Here's another favorite heritage building, this one in Chinatown. It's the Chinese Public School on Fisgard Street that opened in 19...

I tend to focus on musicians who perform on the Inner Harbour Causeway, probably mostly because they are dependably seasoned local artists w...

Victoria has two "main" streets. Douglas Street is for traffic and business and a couple of blocks west is Government Street which...

Victoria's Quadra Street might more aptly be named Church Street since so many of the city's churches (and a mosque) are located the...

Here's a building I've not featured before on this blog although it is one of the more interesting heritage buildings in downtown Vi...

Last week I was down on the Inner Harbour taking advantage of some warm and sunny weather to try out a "new" legacy lens - a Super...

Here's a view to which I often return, downtown Victoria as seen from Songhees Point. Here we are looking at the oldest part of Victoria...