We are coming into the annual Lunar New Year season as Chinese and other Asian communities prepare for the more important festive occasion of their year. This year, Sunday February 10, 2013 ushers in the New Year, the Year of the Snake on the Chinese zodiac. People born under the year of the snake (1954,…
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Mr Gay Canada at Whistler WinterPride
In just 2 days, the Resort Municipality of Whistler will unfurl the rainbow flag as it welcomes Winter Pride 2013 from February 3 – 10. A fun filled week with dances, activities and performances and of course there will probably be some skiing and snowboarding thrown in too. One of the big events within the…
Dine Out Vancouver Festival: Raincity Grill
To celebrate a good friend’s birthday this weekend a group of us went to Raincity Grill, taking advantage of the special occasion and Dine Out Vancouver Festival. I’d only been to Raincity Grill for brunch, so it was a great opportunity to experience dinner at this icon of Vancouver’s restaurant scene. The award winning service…
Trip Advisor: Travellers’ Choice 2013 Top 25 Canadian Hotels
; Top 25 Canadian Hotels Vancouver often listed as a best place to live, now Trip Advisor’s travellers have choosen Vancouver and British Columbia one of their top places to stay in Canada. With 16 of the Top 25 Canadian Hotels from British Columbia, 8 from Vancouver, our regions hoteliers are definitely doing something right….
The Fish Shack
With a name like The Fish Shack and a slogan “Hook It & Cook It”, evoking a dockside fish monger, you’d better have a great seafood menu to live up to the name, this latest entry from The Glowbal Group indeed lives up to it. One of the first things that greets guests…
Dine Out Vancouver Festival 2013
Warm up your taste buds Canada’s largest restaurant festival is coming soon! Since its beginnings in 2002, Dine Out Vancouver Festival has enticed tens of thousands of food enthusiasts to step out of the house and experience the city’s fine array of restaurants. Over 200 restaurants participate in the festival, offering custom tailored prix-fix 3…
Fave events of 2012
As the old year closes and a new year begins, it’s a time for all of us to reflect on the events that past before we reboot for the year ahead. Here’s a few of my favourite activities of 2012 (in no particular order): – London 2012 – my visit to London to visit good…