It’s our final two days in Vancouver, which didn’t seem possible. We just got here! But that’s always the way it is.

You arrive and relish the fact there are six days stretching out ahead of you, and then poof! It’s over.

Trying to hold onto time never works.

While standing in a long, long line to enter the Olympic superstore, Theresa Corigliano questions her sanity and ruminates on the hot-ticket tchotchkes of the 2010 Games.

Yes, I want to buy souvenirs, I admit it. Marie has a point. Souvenirs only mean something to people if they care about where you’ve been.

A very good friend of mine cares nothing about sports. In fact, she thinks I’m crazy to be here. “The Olympics … that’s sports, right?”

In her next Olympic blog, Theresa Corigliano encounters the oddities of a heavily secured host city, and discovers a new kind of currency that only comes out at the Games.

It’s not just me. Apparently, all manner of Olympic fans are perturbed.

Why is the Olympic cauldron, lit by the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, being held hostage?

We picked up new and improved tickets for the Opening Ceremonies, which was a very good thing indeed.

We moved from upper deck to lower bowl, and the seats were awesome.

I gave the extra pair of seats I had to two lovely Irish lads we met at the Raincity Grill the night before—I didn’t want them to go to waste.

Theresa Corigliano is a studio executive off on an adventure of a lifetime: attending the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.  

She’ll blog regularly from Vancouver on how the experience lives up to the anticipation, and share her lessons learned on preparing for the Olympics.

My mother was born in Vermont, child of ice and snow and frozen ponds, which meant two things: sliding down hills on hand-me-down American Flyers or pieces of cardboard; and skating in vintage white boots with silver blades.

While folks on the East Coast are snowed in, organizers of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver are sweating out an unseasonably warm stretch of spring-like weather.

Thanks to the warmest January on record and a mild, rainy start to February, the slopes—especially on Cypress Mountain—appear to have more mud than snow.

How will this lack of winter weather impact the Games? Keep reading to find out what organizers are doing to get the mountains ready for Olympic competition.

Just in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics, travel photographer Seth Grant shares his images of Vancouver, British Columbia.

A third-generation photographer, Seth has journeyed to countries on five continents.

His work has been published in magazines and newspapers worldwide, and is currently on display at The Columbus Museum in Columbus, Georgia.

On January 9, 2010, Peter was broadcasting his radio show from The Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver in Vancouver, BC. Featured guests include:

Scott McCartney, travel editor for The Wall Street Journal and “The Middle Seat Columnist,” analyzing the latest terrorism attempt and discussing what’s ahead for air travelers;

Mike Killeen, 2010 Olympics reporter for CTV, discussing what Vancouver is doing to prepare and the city will do things differently from previous games;

Barrie Kerper, author, former journalist and avid traveler, discussing her new book Istanbul: The Collected Traveler and the dazzling treasures and monuments of Istanbul;

 

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