Ah, summer, and the tourists are in town. Piling off the cruise ships by the hundreds with their lists of "must see"s, marching through the streets, ticking 'em off. Done? On to Alaska!

Ah, tourism. Those wonderful gates are, I think, less than 10 years old. As you might guess, they mark the entrance to Vancouver's Chinatown. Is the term "Chinatown" still politically acceptable? The place itself is all of about two blocks long, and it's definitely gone a long way downhill since I used to wander around there. Suburbs - everyone's gone to the suburbs.