“A place to eat, drink and worship chocolate” is how SOMA Chocolatemakers describe themselves. One of the few artisan chocolate makers in North American, Toronto’s SOMA make their chocolates in small batches using mostly organic, Fairtrade cocoa beans from around the world. In the SOMA chocolate lab, they use an 80 year old melangeur from…
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Top 10 memories of Vancouver Outgames/Pride Week
So many great and fun activities and events happened over the last week of July with the North American Outgames and Vancouver Pride week combined it’s hard to choose a favourite so here’s my Top 10! 10. Seeing the Outgames Flag relay take off for Whistler on Helijet, bonus having my good friend as one…
BC Cultural Crawl – August 1-31
This summer why not vacation close to home and celebrate the arts & culture scene in your own back yard. British Columbia communities are full of great local arts & culture, events, performance, displays and celebrations are happening every day across the province. “The BC Cultural Crawl is a celebration of the arts and culture…
What’s on this Weekend! July 28 – August 1, 2011
What’s on this weekend? What’s NOT on this weekend!? There’s so much happening, I can’t keep up! Happening all week long is the Vancouver 2011 North American Outgames ; sports, culture and human rights conference all rolled into one event. Visit the Outgames website for all the activities happening around Vancouver, Whistler, Burnaby and beyond….
The Rectory Cafe
A short ferry ride away from the megatropolis of Toronto, lay the Toronto Islands chain and just a five minute walk from the Ward’s Island Ferry dock is the beautiful Rectory Cafe. Built in 1948, the former home of the priest of St Andrew-By-The-Lake, The Rectory sits peacefully in a grove of trees. As you enter it feels…
What’s on this Weekend! July 21-25
WOW! There’s so much happening this time of year that I want to check out, I can’t keep up…you all will have to attend some of these great events and tell me all about it. Thursday July 21 – if you can get down to Venue and check out Cults, I saw them at NXNE…
Elevate Your Next Party – Make It A Theme Event
Recently, my friend Brian Webb and I co-hosted a summer party (even though the weather has been less than summery). To add some extra fun to the event, Brian thought to make it a theme party…’Boogie Fever’, a retro event. Guests were recommended to get some boogie fever and dress in 70’s or 60’s attire, many were…