With all the holiday hustle and bustle, it’s hard to find the time to spend quality time with your loved ones, even more so if you spend all day in the kitchen preparing Christmas dinner. Many restaurants are now doing all the work for you and preparing Christmas dinner…
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Getaway for Christmas at The Empress
Many of the Christmas traditions we know and love were established in Victorian England, and that Christmas charm lives on in the city of Victoria. Central to Victoria’s Yuletide spirit is the famed Fairmont Empress. The grand Castle on the Coast is making spirits bright with Christmas at the Empress, the first festive season following its…
Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival illuminates PNE
This Friday, December 15, 2017, the PNE debuts the Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival, the largest of its kind in Canada. One of the most beautiful and culturally significant festivals will light up the skies of Vancouver with dozens of spectacular gossamer lanterns, some reaching nearly 200 feet in length. Bin Zhu, Director of Sichuan Tianyu Culture…
Vancouver Foodster Holiday Market Recap
This week, Vancouver Foodster presented the first edition of Holiday Market, a great evening of browsing, shopping and tasting. The event brought together two dozen vendors at 4 locations around South Granville, Kitsilano and Mount Pleasant. The evening’s vendors included a mix of food products, artisans, and gift ideas just in time for Holiday shopping. …
Polygon Gallery anchors Lower Lonsdale, North Vancouver
After nearly 30 years of planning, The Polygon Gallery has opened to the public on the Waterfront at Lower Lonsdale in North Vancouver. Since 1976, the Presentation House at 3rd and Chesterfield has been a community art space that for the last three decades has had a focus on photographic arts. Now in its new…
Holiday Light Displays for the 2017 Season
As the Holidays draw near, Metro Vancouver twinkles as people and places put up light displays all around the City. Some of the brightest and most festive displays are opening to the public in the coming weeks, here’s a list of light displays to enjoy the twinkle of the Holiday Season: Lights of Hope at…
Holiday Market from Vancouver Foodster
‘Tis the season for shopping and browsing the Holiday Markets around the city and on December 6th Vancouver Foodster introduces a Holiday Market like no other. A night of tastings to celebrate the Holiday Season, Vancouver Foodster’s Holiday Market explores a trio of neighbourhoods to see what merchants have in store. South Granville, False Creek…