Archive for August, 2009

BC Lions Tickets and Dinner – Quick Giveaway

Comments 21 by Rebecca Bollwitt

If you don’t already have something planned for this Friday night, consider taking in a BC Lions game as I have two tickets as well as $25 to spend at the Kingston to give away. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr To enter to win this combo (and to see the Lions stomp the Roughriders) […]

Where Will Winebard Wed

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Social media experiments are popping up all over the place, from sales initiatives, to fundraisers and even selling houses through Twitter. Karen, a local wine blogger known to those on Twitter as Winebard, is conducting her own experiment for one of the most important days of her life. “I am inviting vineyards in Napa and […]

Metro Vancouver Park Series: Derby Reach

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We’d head out to Derby Reach as a family on a Sunday afternoons cruising past farms on back country roads, in those years before Walnut Grove had a space station movie theatre. Photo credit: sashafatcat on Flickr Derby Reach is tucked away along the Fraser River between Walnut Grove (Langley) and Fort Langley, which makes […]

The Cloverdale Blueberry Festival 2009

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A few weeks ago at the Surrey Fusion Festival I cam across this advertisement for the Cloverdale Blueberry Festival and was immediately captivated by the sight of a giant blueberry riding a hot rod. Turns out the image serves a dual purpose as the event next weekend will also include the Pacific Highway Show & […]

West End Cultural Festival 2009

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The West End Cultural Festival is taking place Saturday August 8th over at Gordon Neighbourhood House. Back in 2007 Keira and I went to the West End Block Party and had a really fun afternoon of exploring, playing games, eating snacks, and checking out garage sales. This year the community celebration is expanding. The event […]