Located within the luxurious Loden Hotel, Tableau Bar Bistro is Coal Harbour’s neighbourhood restaurant. Chef Marc-Andre Choquette has created a play on the traditional French Bistro for the West Coast. Using old world technique with new world local ingredients the Chef and his team have made a comforting and welcoming room. Judging from the number…
Van Dusen Garden Festival Of Lights
While Vancouver has many spectacular festive light shows, Van Dusen Garden’s Festival Of Lights is one of the brightest of all. Millions of glittering lights adorn the 55 acre botanical garden as it is transformed into a Christmas wonderland. Take in the Dancing Lights on Livingston Lake, wander the Gingerbread Wood and Gold Chain Walk,…
What’s On Weekend – December 15 – 18, 2011
With Christmas coming up next weekend this week’s activities include a lot of festive festivities. Thursday Dec 15 – ongoing, through the Holidays are a number of festive fun activities including Vancouver Christmas Market, The Peak of Christmas at Grouse Mountain, Capilano Suspension Bridge’s Canyon Lights, VanDusen Festival of Lights, Bloedel Conservatory Jewel Box of…
Bright Nights in Stanley Park 2011
With two millions lights twinkling in the forest it’s hard to miss Bright Nights in Stanley Park. Returning for its 14th year, this annual fundraiser for the British Columbia Professional Firefighter’s Burn Fund is a family favourite. Assembled by Vancouver Park Board and local Firefighters the grove surrounding the Miniature Railway is transformed into a…
Hyatt Regency Vancouver – Gingerbread Lane 2011
Hyatt Regency Vancouver‘s Annual Gingerbread Lane has become a holiday tradition for many locals and visitors. Over 40 gingerbread houses have been created by schools and colleges, amateur and professional chefs from around the city. Included in this year’s Lane is the live sized gingerbread house, the gigantic confection contains 1400 egg white, 300 of…
New Movie Preview – Carnage
Carnage starring; Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly Based on the French play Le Dieu du Carnage/ God of War and adapted for the screen by original playwright Yasmina Reza and director Roman Polanski. The black comedy tells the story of two sets of parents whose children are in an altercation at…
Blood Brothers – Arts Club Theatre
Now playing at The Arts Club Theatre Company’s Granville Island Stage, Blood Brothers is a tale of nature vs nurture told in a musical retelling of the Alexandre Dumas tale, The Corsican Brothers. Set initially in the working class industrial slums of 1960’s Liverpool the first act centers around single-mother of 7, Mrs Johnstone who,…