This morning I sat on the steps of the Terry Fox Plaza in downtown Vancouver with George Stroumboulopoulos and chatted about the city, music, hockey, and his greatest passions in life; radio and motorcycles. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr I first met George at the David Suzuki Foundation/Vancouver Fashion Week wrap up party earlier […]

Photo credit © Dalai Lama Centre His Holiness the Dalai Lama is in town over the next few days to participate in the Vancouver Peace Summit as well as Free the Children’s We Day. Discussions and presentations are taking place Sunday September 27th at the Chan Centre over at UBC and then at the Orpheum […]

The Vancouver Film and Television Forum is happening September 29th until October 2nd at the Vancity International Film Centre. This is the 24th edition of the Forum and this year’s sessions include discussions about the changing face of media and storytelling. Each day there will be a theme, from Film Talk on Tuesday, TV Talk […]

A few weeks ago I explained the nature of a “photo walk”, which is to basically go for a stroll around town and snap photos along the way. This morning John and I headed deep into the West End to enjoy a little breakfast and a leisurely walk through English Bay and around Lost Lagoon. […]

For 14 years the Georgia Straight had put together an annual Best of Vancouver issue. The BOV combines dozens of reader’s choice categories with staff selections and editor’s picks. This morning I headed to the steps of City Hall to accept my award for “Best Local Blog”, as voted upon by the readers of the […]