Deflating the Fun
Inflatable structures like the yellow one above that are brought to life by an air compressor and flop around in the breeze seem to be the fad these days among local businesses as a way of getting the attention of passersby. It worked for this martial arts place, but got our attention not in the way I'm sure the business owner intended; we stopped to take pictures of mimicry. As we left the scene somebody came out from the building with purpose and pulled the plug on the inflatable man, who promptly became the deflatable man:

Dude, Where’s The Snow?
Snow isn't too common here in the Vancouver City area over the winter months, but we usually get a little bit of it. I can only recall one day so far this winter that we've received snowfall, and it's been the mildest winter on record. My local bike shop, Velocity Cycles, had the cheeky advertising going on above. Advertising works, as proved my newly acquired bicycle below:
