The Sinking of The Greenhill Park is one of my favourite tracks off The Matinee’s latest album We Swore We’d See the Sunrise. It’s a beautiful and haunting song with a very real — and very tragic — event behind its name. An event that took place 69 years ago (tomorrow) in Vancouver’s harbour. March […]

Western Canada’s largest annual Celtic Festival returns March 8th to March 16th as CelticFest Vancouver celebrates its 10th anniversary. CelticFest Vancouver 2014 The 10th Anniversary CelticFest Vancouver features nine days of great music, dance and entertainment, with dozens of free and ticketed concerts, events and activities in downtown Vancouver and the Village on False Creek. […]

Rain and snow continue to fall around the Lower Mainland which means it’s a great time to check out the local mountains. With restaurants, an outdoor ice rink, sleigh rides, zipline, snowshoeing, and snowy slopes, Grouse Mountain is your ultimate winter playground. To get the most out of the rest of this season — and […]

After the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics ended the city was cold, quiet, and left like an empty ballroom after the wedding party and guests took off for the night. However when the Paralympics began a few days later, what we thought we be a warm rekindling of Olympic spirit turned out to be an all […]

Our wedding anniversary is fairly close to Valentine’s Day but John and I have decided that each year we’ll celebrate our holiday instead of the other. With the date drawing near we wanted to find a special getaway destination and it wasn’t long before we decided on Victoria, recently named “Most Romantic City in Canada“. […]

The Broadway hit WICKED is coming back to Vancouver this summer and judging by the reaction on Twitter whenever I mention the show, it will be one hot ticket. Back by popular demand! Variety calls WICKED “a cultural phenomenon” and it continues to break box office records across North America. Winner of over 50 major […]

The Academy Awards (Oscars) are taking place on Sunday, March 2, 2014 and when I was browsing the City of Vancouver Archives recently, I found the iconic statuette in a most unusual place: perched outside a building on Burrard and Georgia. Zoomed in. May 1955: Photograph by Walter E. Frost. Archives# CVA 447-330 Oscar’s Steakhouse […]

Pepsi is launching Pepsi Next in Canada, naturally sweetened with sugar and stevia, delivering the great taste of Pepsi but with 30 per cent less sugar and calories than Pepsi. It contains no artificial sweeteners. The first chance for Canadians to sip and savour Pepsi Next will be right here in Vancouver at the NHL […]

I’m not sure where January and February disappeared to but I can’t believe that March is here already! Crocuses are popping up, cherry blossoms are budding, and the city is hopping with activities, special events, family fun, and more. Photo credit: BX Photos on Flickr Jump to: Saturday, March 1st to Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 […]

Over the last few of years I have featured themed collections of photos from the City of Vancouver Archives on my site. However, this month I thought I would change things up a bit and issue a challenge to my readers and local photographers. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create […]