Archive for June, 2013

Surrey Doors Open 2013

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Be a tourist in your own city (or a neighbouring city) on Saturday, June 22, 2013 as Surrey hosts Doors Open. From 11:00am to 4:00pm various businesses and attractions will open their doors to the public so that you can explore culture, history, architecture, guided tours, and more all for free. At each Doors Open […]

Italian Day on Commercial Drive 2013

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Commercial Drive will be even more alive with music, food, and art this Sunday for Italian Day, a free family festival for all. Food, dance, art, fashion, music, costumes, contests, and live performances will be abundant thanks to the Italian Day Festival Society who is bringing a touch of Venice to Vancouver with Carnevale di […]

Vancouver History: Photographer Curt Lang

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Last year there was a symposium at SFU about the cultural impact of Curt Lang’s work and his name is one I come across often when perusing the Vancouver Public Library and City of Vancouver Archives. Lang was much more than a photographer and the symposium focused on a book by Claudia Cornwall titled: At […]

Canadian Tire Road Trip Essentials Giveaway

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I love road trips of all kinds, whether it’s taking off to the Sunshine Coast for a night on a weekend or packing up and heading east to chase sunrises over the Rockies. Great tunes on the radio, snacks in the console, windows down, photo ops in the review mirror, spotting wildlife, playing eye-spy with […]

The Restaurant at Painted Boat

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Disclosure: Review — This is not a paid post. Views are my own. Our meal was compliments of The Restaurant at Painted Boat, however we paid for our own drinks/wine. Please review the Policy & Disclosure section for further information.

Getting over to the Sunshine Coast is so easy, it’s a wonder why we don’t cross over to the other side of the “604” more often. From downtown Vancouver it’s a quick drive up to the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal (where you only pay one-way), about 40 minutes for the crossing of Howe Sound, and […]