Following through on your New Year’s resolutions has never been easier now that there is technology to help track, measure, boost, and even entertain while working out. Best Buy’s fitness solutions, both online and in-store, cover everything from wearable technology, health monitors, and training equipment to sports nutrition, vitamins and supplements, juicers and blenders.
Best Buy Fitness Giveaway
To motivate you to finish that lap of the Seawall or do that extra sweat-soaked set in the gym, I have a prize pack valued at $450 to help one Miss604 reader stay on top of their game:
Kaizen Naturals Whey Isolate, Kaizen Naturals Vegan Protein Powder, Monster Adidas in-ear isolating Headphones, Misfit Shine Activity Tracker, and a Breville Juicer! Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment naming your favourite way to stay in/get in shape (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Follow Best Buy Canada on Facebook and Twitter for more product information.
Update The winner is Christopher @teesang!
A few events occurred that have made False Creek a hot spot for nighttime photography in recent years. First, Science World updated its geodisic dome with LED lighting. Then we began populating the Olympic Village and South East False Creek developments. Finally, BC Place got a new roof with its Northern Lights display that can be customized to light up as a Union Jack, a poppy, or a bright rainbow for pride.
The combination of water, mountain views, sunsets, and dazzling light displays with the city in the background lead to some spectacular nighttime photography. Here are just a few of my favourite photos of BC Place at night that have been shared with the Miss604 Flickr Pool:
Stunning Photos of BC Place at Night
Related: Public Tours of BC Place, Archive Photos of BC Place.
The 2015 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival runs January 20th to February 8th, presenting groundbreaking work in the live performing arts. Last year, the festival had over 150 performances and events in 15 performance venues over 20 days. Attendance was almost 24,000 with 37 sellouts! PuSH has become a signature Vancouver event since it began in 2003, showcasing adventurous contemporary works in a spirit of innovation and dialogue.
Win Tickets to PuSh Festival Shows
I have tickets to give away to two PuSh Festival shows:
So Blue
So Blue by Louise Lecavalier (Canada). Presented by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, DanceHouse & 149 Arts Society. Running January 20th and January 21st at SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts.
Louise Lecavalier is a force to be reckoned with. She pushes against the limits of human movement. With the daring of an acrobat, the discipline of an ascetic and the ferocity of a wild animal, she gives a performance that explodes in energy. Along with partner Frédéric Tavernini, she leaps, spins and shakes onstage; as time goes on you may find yourself wondering how much further she can go. It’s a liberated expression of the body, and with her shape-shifting, androgynous stage persona she comes close to representing a wholeness that our gendered world divides. So Blue has a certain strangeness to it, like that of a ritual with its own secret rules, but Lecavalier never loses rapport with the audience. She’s an athlete, an artist and a spectacular entertainer, and her work is a triumph.
Enter to win a pair of tickets to the 8:00pm performance of So Blue on January 20, 2015.
- Leave a comment on this post with the name of this show (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Sunday, January 18, 2015.
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik
The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik by Tim Watts (Australia). Presented by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival & Vancouver International Children’s Festival. Running January 21st to January 24th at The Waterfront Theatre
The oceans have risen, the land has been swamped, and the survivors look down at the water from the tops of skyscrapers and mountains. In this dazzling multimedia show, we follow the adventures of a man who braves the oceans. As human life lies on the brink of extinction, Alvin Sputnik will embark on a mission into the deep, to save the world and find the soul of his dead wife. Tim Watts is a puppeteer and animator at the top of his powers. Through this work, as performed by St John Cowcher, Watts evokes the enchantment of childhood wonder and the power of age-old storytelling, creating a world of beauty and wonder. Children and adults alike will be transfixed; this is an award-winning work of art that crosses boundaries of age. It’s a revelation, and a delight.
Enter to win a pair of tickets to the 8:00pm performance of The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik on January 23, 2015.
- Leave a comment on this post with the name of this show (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Tuesday, January 20, 2015.
Purchase PuSh Passes and PuSh Tickets to attend the 2015 PuSh Festival. View the full lineup online and follow along on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
Update The winner is Annie!
The Vancouver Maritime Museum was built around the RCMP vessel the St. Roch, a National Historic Site in Canada, in 1959. The building’s shape, reflecting the boats that surround it in the nearby marina and waters of the Salish Sea, tell of what treasures can be found within and make it a fitting subject for today’s Vancouver Icons photo feature:
Along with the the St. Roch, an historic arctic exploration vessel used by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the museum also has extensive galleries of model ships, including a particularly fine bone model of the French warship Vengeur du Peuple which was built around 1800 by French prisoners of war, a Children’s Maritime Discovery Centre, a recreation of the fo’c’sle (forecastle) of Vancouver’s ship Discovery, an extensive collection of maritime art, and a large library and archives.
Outdoor displays include the NASA undersea research vessel Ben Franklin and the boiler of the SS Beaver – the first steamship in the Pacific Northwest; the museum also has a small heritage harbour.
A great little “tourist in your hometown” trip is taking a False Creek Ferry to the Vancouver Maritime Museum stop, exploring the attraction, then hopping back on the ferry and heading over to Granville Island or one of its other False Creek stops for more adventures.
Follow the Vancouver Maritime Museum on Twitter and Facebook for more information.
Previous Vancouver Icons posts: Flack Block, The Drop, Prospect Point Lighthouse, Engagement, Ovaltine Cafe, The English Bay Slide, Freezing Water #7, Cleveland Dam, Heritage Hall, School of Theology Building at UBC, Gate to the Northwest Passage, St Paul’s Hospital, Capilano Lake, Stawamus Chief, Nine O’Clock Gun, Malkin Bowl, Search, Vancouver Rowing Club, Echoes, Point Atkinson Lighthouse, English Bay Inukshuk, Hollow Tree, Hotel Europe, Lions Gate Bridge Lions, LightShed, Granville Bridge, 217.5 Arc x 13′, Canoe Bridge, Vancouver Block, Bloedel Conservatory, Centennial Rocket, Canada Place, Old Courthouse/Vancouver Art Gallery, Dominion Building, Science World, Gastown Steam Clock, SFU Burnaby, Commodore Lanes, Siwash Rock, Kitsilano Pool, White Rock Pier, Main Post Office, Planetarium Building, Lord Stanley Statue, Vancouver Library Central Branch, Victory Square, Digital Orca, The Crab Sculpture, Girl in Wetsuit, The Sun Tower, The Hotel Vancouver, The Gassy Jack Statue, The Marine Building, and The Angel of Victory. Should you have a suggestion for the Vancouver Icons series please feel free to leave a note in the comments. It should be a thing, statue, or place that is very visible and recognizable to the public.
