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Archive for October, 2016

Shopping on Robson Street in the 1970s

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Stretching from BC Place to Stanley Park, Robson Street has been one of the city’s most popular thoroughfares, and shopping destinations, for the last century. Thanks to the City of Vancouver Archives, we can take a peek at what this bustling retail corridor looked like decades ago. Shopping on Robson Street in the 1970s Archives# […]

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Rock ‘n’ Roll Oasis Vancouver Half Marathon

by Rebecca Bollwitt

This weekend is the Rock ‘n’ Roll Oasis Vancouver Half Marathon and Cunningham Seawall 10K, involving more than 10,000 runners who will enjoy a scenic route featuring live bands interspersed with entertainment along every mile of the race course. Race weekend kicks off with a two-day Health & Fitness Expo at the Vancouver Convention Centre, […]

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Win An Exclusive Dinner Experience at S+L Kitchen & Bar in Langley

Comments 214 by Rebecca Bollwitt

I seriously envy young couples in Surrey and Langley in this day and age, with great date night and dine out options available like the impressive new S+L Kitchen & Bar. In my early twenties, most of the date night options in my hometown suburb would have been a pub (with pull tabs), or the […]

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Experience Vancouver with Fieldtripp

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Every holiday season I enjoy putting together a “Vancouver Experience Gift Guide” so that you can purchase activities for (and with) the ones you love. It’s this same passion, for time and memories instead of stuff, that inspired local entrepreneur Amielle Lake and her business partners to create Fieldtripp. I first met Amielle about eight […]

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