The popcorn spread
The rest of us may be watching events unfold this evening from our couches, which vary in comfiness. The Harper family will be casting a keen collective eye on the proceedings from a suite at the Hyatt Regency Calgary--a nice place--with easy access to the Telus Convention Centre, where Harper will respond to the results later tonight.
This has been something of a family do all day: Today was the first time Stephen and Laureen Harper ever brought along their kids, Ben and Rachel, to vote.
Nicholas Köhler is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in Maclean’s, the South China Morning Post and The Christian Science Monitor, among other places. He has reported from around the world, including New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, northeast Japan after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, and more recently from Myanmar as it lurched toward democracy. You can reach him at nick@nicholaskohler.com.
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