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Win Tickets to Realwheels Theatre Re-Calculating

Comments 8 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Realwheels, an award-winning, disability-based professional theatre company, presents Re-calculating from Thursday, January 22nd until Saturday, January 24th at CBC Studio 700 in Vancouver. This new play by Lucas Foss and Liesl Lafferty is a one-man show featuring quadriplegic drummer Dave Symington (drummer for Spinal Cord, Bodi Rose, and co-founder of Vancouver Adapted Music Society). Re-calculating […]

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Robson Redux Design Competition for Summer 2015

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Local and international designers will once again get the chance to design an entire block of downtown Vancouver this summer with the return of the Robson Redux Design Competition. Last summer we ate our food truck fare on the Urban Reef, before that we had the Pop Rocks loungers, PICNURBIA, and a cedar plank patio […]

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Giveaway: The Liberty Distillery on Granville Island

Comments 96 by Rebecca Bollwitt

We often want to eat local, but what about drinking local? Granville Island’s own The Liberty Distillery is the only distillery of its kind in BC to make all of their spirits from local, certified organic wheat and barley that is grown in Vernon and Armstrong, BC. Specializing in vodka, whiskey, and gin, The Liberty […]

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Wedding Shows in Vancouver

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

Love is in the air for brides and grooms to-be all across Metro Vancouver and as appointments for flower arrangements, photographer bookings, and dress shopping fill calendars over the next few months. To make it easy on the happy couple, there are several wedding shows in Vancouver and the surrounding area that will have everything […]

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Dine Out Vancouver 2015

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The 13th annual Dine Out Vancouver Festival returns this month with more than 70 food-themed events, 25 hotels offering special room rates and packages, a record-setting 277 restaurants dishing up prix fixe menus at $18, $28 and $38 price points (many with BC VQA wine pairings available at an additional cost). The diverse mix of […]

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The City Before The City

by Rebecca Bollwitt

Celebrating the 125th anniversary of the City of Vancouver a few years ago was very fun but for anyone who is truly into local history and the roots of the place which we call home, we know that our town sits on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. With […]

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Win Glasses from ClearlyContacts.ca

Comments 133 by Rebecca Bollwitt

A pair of glasses has moved beyond simple necessity and onto being an individual fashion statement. With hundreds of styles to choose from, both in store and online, ClearlyContacts.ca has become our go-to shop for eyewear. Although I don’t wear my glasses as often as I should, John requires a stronger prescription so he’s lived […]

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#SingItFwd with K-os, Hey Ocean, Dear Rouge, Bear Mountain

by Rebecca Bollwitt

#SingItFwd is a local charity concert like no other, bringing together renowned acts for an acoustic evening to raise funds for Saint James Music Academy in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This year’s lineup, presented by 102.7 The Peak and The Vogue Theatre on January 8th, includes K-os, Hey Ocean!, July Talk, Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, […]

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No Pants SkyTrain Ride January 2015

by Rebecca Bollwitt

The SkyTrain gets you from point A to point B, like from home to the office, to a shopping destination with the family, from the game to a restaurant, or even a Halloween Party. However next Sunday, one specific SkyTrain ride will have the sole purpose of dropping trou. Photo credit: colink. on Flickr No […]

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Where to Recycle Your Christmas Tree in Vancouver

by Rebecca Bollwitt

If you have a live, cut Christmas tree that you will need to dispose of over the next week or so, there are several tree chipping and tree recycling options in Vancouver and surrounding cities for 2015. Where to Recycle Your Christmas Tree Photo credit: mrlerone on Flickr « Click Here For January 2016 » […]

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