The Vancouver Heritage Foundation, known for hosting unique history-filled tours around the city, presents the Vancouver Special House Tour on September 22nd. A 2012 tour home. Photo courtesy of the Vancouver Heritage Foundation. Learn more about these unique-to-Vancouver houses, their building styles, and see how owners have transformed and modeled these dwellings. What is a […]

Global Civic will host another Public Salon this month with another great line-up of speakers with diverse backgrounds, topics, and expertise. The Public Salon hosts eight speakers who each have eight minutes on stage to present on any topic they like. It could be a personal story, a motivational anecdote, photos from an adventure, or […]

I was told a Maui sunrise would be spectacular so I made sure to schedule it in during our trip to Hawaii this week. John and I are staying in the Ka’anapaali Resort area which is on the Western side of Maui, about a two hour drive from Haleakala National Park on the Eastern side […]

Davie Day has turned into West End Fest, a community celebration in Vancouver’s West End neighbourhood happening on September 8th. From 12:00pm to 7:00pm, Davie Street will be hopping from Burrard to Denman with two performance stages, vendors, displays, activities for the whole family, Urban Rec Dodge Ball Tournament, artist gallery, a Charity Ball Run, […]

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s Run for the Cure is coming up September 30th and a group of local bloggers has created a team to support the cause. Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr Nicole Ludwig from the blog Resolving Timeline Issues said that the team was an “accidental happening” last year since she signed […]