Wednesday evening, the streets of Gastown will once again be filled with the sounds of music. For the fourth year, Make Music Vancouver presents a day of music, hundreds of music acts, absolutely free! The grass-roots volunteer run event shuts down Water Street in Vancouver and transforms the pavement into a series of stages and performance spaces….
Friday Find : Cube2Go
Where was this when we were packing and moving last fall!? I was just introduced to Cube2Go, a handy new storage solution made for Vancouver. The start-up was born out of the lack of space in many new Vancouver residences, especially downtown. The small spaces often mean small or no storage, sometimes even for the…
Tasting Plates Olympic Village
Vancouver fast-growing Olympic Village neighbourhood is the location of the next Vancouver Foodster Tasting Plates. With new food and beverage options popping up regularly, the ‘hood is ripe for exploration on a Tasting Plates. So far committed to be showing off their chef’s creations are; Big Rock Urban Eatery, Aqua Sushi & Juice Bar, de Dutch…
Picks of the Week – June 17, 2015
The start of summer is upon us, what lies ahead for the official kick off of the season? Let’s see in the picks of the week… Heroes: Capt American, Iron Man, Thor and more are all battling evil when Marvel Universe Live brings the heroes together at Pacific Coliseum for 8 shows Thursday – Sunday Roar:…
Periscope pops up at FIFA WWC Half time
The FIFA Women’s World Cup has brought thousands of football fans to Vancouver and cities across the country. For the Vancouver matches, Destination BC is introducing a new way to show fans what else the province has to offer. Follow @HelloBC on Twitter and watch for a “Live on #Periscope…” tweet during half time, click…
Starsailor and Embrace wrap up NA tour
British rock acts Starsailor and Embrace just wrapped up their co-headlining North American tour this weekend. Both bands made a splash in the early 2000s but after a few quiet year are back on the road, they made a recent stop at The Imperial in Vancouver. Starsailor was on hiatus from 2009 until 2014 but the regrouped…
Friday Find : ManCakes Bakery Mini Donuts
No longer do we need to wait until the end of summer to get our fill of those Mini Donuts at The PNE. ManCakes Bakery on Robson Street has launched their very own Mini Donuts and these ones are tossed with ManCakes house-made blends of flavoured sugars. At their launch evening, owners Tyler and Jeremy debuted 4…