Vancouver is home to a wide array of fine luxury hotels and city resorts, from the global brands of Shangri-la, Rosewood and Fairmont to the many fine, independent boutique properties. Each year Condé Nast Traveler survey’s its readership to come up with their favourite properties around the globe. This year, The Loden Hotel Vancouver has…
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The Forbidden City at Vancouver Art Gallery
The Forbidden City: Inside the Court of China’s Emperors, is now open at the Vancouver Art Gallery and on view until January 11, 2015 The exhibition brings together 5 centuries of Chinese culture; paintings, ceramics, jewelry, metalware, textiles and cultural artifacts, curated from Beijing’s Palace Museum. Throughout the main floor of the Gallery, guests are…
Vancouver International Writer’s Festival 2014
The next six days will be filled with literary brilliance as the 2014 Vancouver International Writer’s Festival fills the city with events. Centered around Granville Island the Festival kicks of today and funds until October 26th. Now in its 27th year, the Festival celebrates the story, through a series to readings, workshops, presentations and more…
Hops to it at Harrison Beer Festival.
The third annual Harrison Beer Festival and Oktoberfest Dance happen in the hamlet of Harrison Hot Springs, on October 24 & 25, 2014. Three events are spread across the two night fest; Cask Night on Friday and the Beer Festival and Dance on Saturday. Cask Night sees six BC craft breweries; Old Yale Brewery, Dead Frog…
Taste Of Yaletown is underway!
For the next two weeks, October 16 – 30, many of Yaletown’s restaurant will be welcoming patrons to the 10th annual Taste of Yaletown. Yaletown chefs will be creating unique menus, special tastings, and their own creative innovations for the Taste of Yaletown fixed prices of $25, $35 & $45. Menus can have any combination…
Tasting Plates Yaletown – Recap
The rain broke just in time on Wednesday, for a few hundred food enthusiasts to descend upon Yaletown for another great Tasting Plates event. As with all Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates, tasters check-in, this time at Bella Gelateria Yaletown, to receive their Tasting Plates card then take off on a tour of the neighbourhood to…
Brunch at Morocco West
Located just off Robson Street, on Jervis Street, in Vancouver’s West End, Morocco West takes patrons’ taste buds on a trip. While any meal is great at the small bistro, brunch is a brilliant combination of exotic flavours and comfortable plates. Benedict, omelette, scrambled eggs, flatbread all sound familiar but Chef Nourdine Majdoubi adds his…