While our friends to the South are celebrating their Thanksgiving, we’ll be swiftly dragged into the Holiday season with a festival feeling picks of the week Taste: Tonight, explore the flavours of Chinatown on Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates Chinatown Solo: Tonight at Venue, Nick Carter sheds his Backstreet Boys and goes solo with support from Dan…
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12 Craft Fairs & Christmas Markets for 2016 Holiday Shopping
In spite of the current pineapple express keeping our weather unseasonably warm, there’s no denying the Holidays are speeding towards us. Along with the Holiday season, comes the busy shopping season. While we have a plethora of new big name shopping options, why not avoid the frustration of the malls, experience one of the fun…
Tasting Plates Marpole – recap
Wednesday night we had the chance to explore a new neighbourhood on Vancouver Foodster’s Tasting Plates Marpole. While Marpole is one of Vancouver’s historic neighbourhoods, it is often overlooked as people drive through enroute to Richmond or downtown Vancouver. The neighbourhood is going through a bit of a renewal and new merchants and eateries are…
Picks of the Week – December 16, 2015
Less than 10 days until the Jolly Old Elf makes his visit, evidence of the Holiday is all over the city, and we also have some Winter Solstice events in the picks of the week… Ballet: A Holiday tradition, The Goh Ballet’s The Nutcracker runs December 17 – 22 at The Centre In Vancouver Ugly: Get…
Twelve 2015 Christmas Craft Markets
The Holidays are speeding towards us and with that, comes the busy shopping season. Why not avoid the frustration of the malls, experience one of the fun and festival Christmas Craft Markets to find something unique and handmade. Check out these Christmas Craft Markets to get you in the festive spirit. Circle Craft Christmas Market…
Vancouver Farmers Markets turn 20!
In 1995, a few hundred people descended upon the Croatian Cultural Centre where 8 brave farmers had set up the first Vancouver Farmers Market. Now 20 years later, Farmers Markets are firmly entrenched in the city’s landscape and are a welcome shopping destination for hundreds of locals. The first of this Summer’s weekly markets, in Yaletown,…
Twelve 2014 Christmas Craft Markets
Even though it’s bright and sunny, Christmas is just around the corner and time is ticking away. Handmade Gifts and DIY Crafts are becoming more and more popular in the age of Christmas commercialism. Here is some of the Christmas Craft Markets and Holiday Fairs to get your Holiday shopping started: Circle Craft Christmas Market…