Canadians are full of pride even after ridicule and weather worthy of a so-called Spring Olympics. Verena von Pfetten reports on whether Vancouver will think it was worth the $11.6 billion.
Verena von Pfetten is a freelance writer who has covered entertainment, style and pop culture for Jezebel, Scanner, and Yahoo!, among others. She was formerly the Living editor at The Huffington Post and Senior Editor at Air America. She twitters sporadically here.