I attended my first Interesting Vancouver conference in 2008 at the Vancouver Rowing Club and through a line-up of diverse, knowledgeable, and creative speakers, I walked away feeling inspired and motivated. What did they each talk about? Something completely different. Interesting Vancouver invites speakers to share some time on stage to talk about anything. Really, […]

TELUS presents Voices in the Park, a benefit concert for the Sarah McLachlan School of Music, this Saturday, September 15, 2012. The line-up is stacked as Canadian and international talents, as well as local music students, take to the stage in Stanley Park. Confirmed performers so far include Sarah McLachlan, Bryan Adams, Stevie Nicks, Hey […]

The British Columbia Wine Institute (“BCWI”) presents the 8th Annual Chef Meets BC Grape event in Vancouver on September 20th. 75 BC wineries will be sharing more than 300 of their BC VQA wines that will be paired with 14 dishes from local Ocean Wise partner restaurants. Restaurant: Amuse on the Vineyard Beta-5 Butter on […]

Triple O’s, home of everyone’s favourite BC-born burger creations, has just announced its latest menu offering: The Peanut Butter, Bacon & Jalepeno Burger. The 4 oz. 100% fresh Canadian beef burger comes with crunchy peanut butter, two bacon slices, jalapeno peppers, mayo, shredded lettuce, and tomato. Triple O’s has gone nutty for peanut butter as […]

Grammy-winner Jason Mraz is returning to Vancouver to play Rogers Arena on September 21, 2012. The “I’m Yours” artist is currently touring to promote his latest album Love is a four letter word. The first single from Mraz’s new album “I Won’t Give Up” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s digital song chart and was […]

Osoyoos presents the first annual O! Osoyoos Celebrates festival of food and wine September 14th to 16th, 2012. Located at the southern tip of the Okanagan, Canada’s only dessert is packed with orchards, wineries, and recreation on the lake. O! Osoyoos Celebrates events will include the Red Carpet Soiree (at the NK’MIP Conference Centre) and […]

In July of 2008, Vancouver got its very first Crumpler store, which had laptop and camera users rejoicing. The coveted Crumpler messenger bags, backpacks, camera bags, satchels, straps, wallets and other accessories for your tech on-the-go were available to peruse in Gastown. At the time, my friend John Biehler stated that “This is the next […]

It’s time for students of all ages to return to school to begin another year of academic growth. I always enjoyed back to school shopping even though it meant we were that much closer to returning to class. Highlighters, binders, duo-tangs, pencil crayons, Trapper Keepers and geometry kits (always a new geometry kit even though […]

The BC Travel Tuesday series concludes for another season as we’ve given away over $3500 worth of hotel stays and experiences for properties around BC. Thanks to everyone who entered and to my contest partner, Backyard BC. Featuring a variety of hotels and resorts located throughout the province, Backyard BC provides residents of British Columbia […]

We put maple leaf emblems on our backpacks and our flag is waved at sporting events, concerts, and wherever we may roam. Canadians are Canada’s #1 fan and the Canadian Tourism Commission (“CTC”) is enlisting all 35 million of us to help spread the word about how awesome our country is to explore. The 35 […]