Today marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year 4709, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival. In the Chinese Zodiac this marks the year of the Dragon, the sign for those born in years, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012. This is also the year of the Water Dragon, each year…
Author: Jay Minter
Hyatt Regency Vancouver
Centrally located in the heart of downtown Vancouver’s business district, the Hyatt Regency Vancouver is a welcoming place to rest your head after a day of meetings or spent at a convention. The 644 rooms over 35 floors, gives the hotel the largest number of rooms in one tower in Vancouver, add in the 45,000…
CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Kicks Off
Thursday evening the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament kicked off at BC Place in downtown Vancouver. From January 19 to 29, eight teams are competing for the two spots available to represent the CONCACAF region at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Two groups of 4 teams…
Finalists for inaugural Paul Carson Broadcast & Media Awards announced
The nominees for the inaugural Paul Carson Broadcast & Media Awards were announced Wednesday January 18th, recognizing excellence in sports broadcast and journalism in the Vancouver marketplace across nine categories of radio, television and print. The Vancouver sport scene lost a friend, advocate and legend when Paul Carson passed away in December 2010. Carson was…
What’s On Weekend – January 19 – 22, 2012
What is up this weekend? Ongoing: – ongoing until Jan 21st at The Cultch, Blackbird Theatre are presenting Waiting For Godot – ongoing at Vancouver Art Gallery until Jan 22nd is “Distance Between You & Me” works from 3 contemporary artists from Vancouver, LA and Guadalajara. Plus until Jan 29th, “Shore, Forest & Beyond: art…
Sura Korean Restaurant
Located on the west end of Robson Street amongst throngs of other eateries, it’s easy to over look Sura as just another Asian restaurant, rather you’ll find one of the best. A comfortable, stylish interior welcomes you, as do a compliment of kind, helpful staff. Each meal starts with three small amuse bouche dishes to…
69th Golden Globe Awards
Sunday night, the 69th Golden Globes were handed out in Los Angeles signalling the start of the 2012 awards season. Red Carpets, trophies, glamour and celebrities (and probably a few cocktails) are the name of the game. Hosted by the brilliantly funny Ricky Gervais, who seemed to have his screen-time limited after last year’s controversial…