party on, wayne... party on, garth...

(first party venue: the 'chimera' at the vancouver marina. the olympic flame in the background, even without fence from this side ;) )

it was kind of hard to get the motivation back after this 'most unlucky day of the trip', but hey: some really good parties coming up at the eve of the men's halfpipe finals: scott serfas had invited us to an exclusive endeavour party on a luxurious sail yacht, the 'chimera' at the vancouver marina.

(max, serving vodka shots - johnnie lyall, having a chat with scott and his wife - christian, tech talk with rob)

we had to be picked up at the entrance to the private marina and could already see the impressive mast of the sailboat. tied to the outer dock, right besides the nocturnal skyline of downtown vancouver, facing the olympic flame at waterfront, i could not imagine a better place for a nice, decent party.

(view from the boat towards downtown vancouver. looked a bit like gotham city in batman!)

christian and i had some nice talks with scott, his wife, max jenke, rob dow and johnnie lyall (a.k.a. the lord of the rings), who was telling funny storys from the openin ceremony and the party afterwards. some delicious sea-fingerfood, beers and vodka shots finally made us forget the beginning of the day...

thanks so much, endeavour crew. you definately saved our day!

right afterwards, we headed back to downtown vancouver, as we had an invitation to jake's party at his penthouse suite. we got picked up at the gate by a hostess/concierge, who used her fingerprint for the elevator... :)

we thought, that the keefer was already pimp, but nothing compared to jake's appartment: a two storey penthouse suite, equipped with an indoor pool, some fireplaces, everything designed in a decent, art nouveau style.

the perfect ending for a hard day. thanks so much for the invitation, jake!