Grab your best girlfriends and head to wine country in Osoyoos as they host Champagne & Stockings, the ultimate holiday getaway.
Happening November 23rd to November 25th, 2012 at Spirit Ridge Vineyard and Resort, Champagne & Stockings will feature fabulous wines, mouth-watering meals from Chef Dave Ryan, a fashion show, a dance party, plenty of shopping, and a silent auction benefitting the South Okanagan Children’s Charity.
The South Okanagan Children’s Charity has assisted families of children with health problems for the past four decades. The Children’s Charity also provides equipment to health-related agencies and awards grants to other organizations that provide health-related services to the region’s children. One hundred percent of the money collected is used to help local children and their families.
Suite packages can be booked at Spirit Ridge for one or two nights starting at $179. Packages include accommodation, dinner, brunch, access to the Champagne & Stockings events and more proving that winter in wine country can be incredibly fun!
Spirit Ridge is located adjacent to Nk Mip Cellars up on the Eastern slope of Osoyoos, overlooking the lake and Nk Mip’s beautiful vineyards. My sister and I stayed there for O! Osoyoos Celebrates and loved the amenities, free WIFI, spacious bathroom, full kitchen, and fireplace in the living room. You can also walk right down to the resort’s ballroom and meeting space from your suite so there’s no need to worry about a ride home from the event’s festivities.
If you would like to win your way into all of the weekend’s events, along with a stay at Spirit Ridge, I have a fantastic prize package to give away. Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment on this post naming who you would take with you on this ultimate girls getaway weekend (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 12:00pm. Prize includes access to all Champagne & Stockings events for two people and two nights accommodation at Spirit Ridge (valid at the time of the event only). Must be 19+ to enter and attend.
Update The winner is Janice Meehan!
Halloween has passed and the countdown to the holiday season is on. Here are some events around Metro Vancouver that have been sent my way this month:
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Penny Drive For Our Kids [PDF]
Day of the Dead: Dia de Muertos
A Good Book Drive (until Nov 30)
NaNoWriMo at the West Vancouver Memorial Library (until Nov 30)
To|From BC Electric Railway 100 Years (until Nov 10)
Farm to Cart
Diwali Burnaby
Friday, November 2, 2012
Cuban Jazz Master Chucho Valdes at The Chan Centre
Gazillion Bubble Show
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Rio Grind Film Festival
Langley Weavers & Spinners Guild Artisan Sale
Vancouver Maritime Museum Presents LURED
Trans Himalayan Aid Society 50th Anniversary Gala
Julie Morstad’s The Wayside Book Launch
Vancouver Motionball Gala
Vancouver Celebrates Diwali
The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer with Bocephus King
Gazillion Bubble Show
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Vancouver Celebrates Diwali
Mom Inc Tradeshow
Marc-André Hamelin at The Chan Centre
Gazillion Bubble Show
Swinefest at Hog Shack
Monday, November 5, 2012
Vancouver Celebrates Diwali
Balding for Dollars
10th Annual Night of a Thousand Dinners
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Vancouver Celebrates Diwali
Balding for Dollars
Safe Harbour Champions Breakfast
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Vancouver Celebrates Diwali
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
Public Salon
EnRoute Air Canada Film Festival Screening
Circle Craft Christmas Market
Balding for Dollars
Bullying Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Deer Lake Craft Festival
Vancouver Celebrates Diwali
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
Beauty for a Cause
Langara College Photography Master Series
Make It Vancouver
Leonard Cohen Artworks Opening Reception
SHIFT Theatre Presents Closer (until Nov 17)
Circle Craft Christmas Market
Balding for Dollars
Timeraiser Vancouver
Friday, November 9, 2012
Deer Lake Craft Festival
Vancouver Celebrates Diwali
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
Drop it like it’s Art! A Snoop [Lion] Art Show
Make It Vancouver
FUSE at the Vancouver Art Gallery
Solo Collective Theatre Presents: Play With Monsters (until Nov 18)
Circle Craft Christmas Market
Balding for Dollars
Free Movie at the Guildford Library
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Deer Lake Craft Festival
Vancouver Celebrates Diwali
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
Make It Vancouver
Burlesque – Long Form
2nd Annual National Neighbourhood Toy Store Day
MEC Snowfest
Vancouver Winter Farmers Market
Circle Craft Christmas Market
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Remembrance Day Ceremonies (list)
Deer Lake Craft Festival
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
Make It Vancouver
Circle Craft Christmas Market
Death at the Opera: One Day Class
Free Storytelling and Video Making Workshop
Monday, November 12, 2012
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
Hopscotch Festival: Beer, Whisky, Scotch, Spirits
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
Episode 3: Globe Trotting and Planet Hopping at YukYuk’s
Hopscotch Festival: Beer, Whisky, Scotch, Spirits
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Exile Island for Childrens Wish BC
DishCrawl Vancouver
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
Subway Super Series: WHL All Stars vs Russia
Hopscotch Festival: Beer, Whisky, Scotch, Spirits
Sparkle and Shine
“Race” by David Mamet (until Dec 1)
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Vancouver Jewish Film Festival
HootSuite Talk at Capilano U
Hopscotch Festival: Beer, Whisky, Scotch, Spirits
Education Generation Birthday Fiesta
Beggars Banquet
Free Movie at the Newton Library
Funk Gone Wild for CPAWS BC
A Special Night with Canada’s Favourite Recipes
CivicMeet Vancouver
Lynn Valley Optometry 20th Anniversary
Friday, November 16, 2012
World Kindness Concert
Karen Flemenco Snow Queen
Vancouver Chamber Choir
RODFEST 2012
Creativity Heals: Africa
Park Royal Starry Nights
Suicide Girls Take Vancity
Eastside Culture Crawl
Beaujolais Nouveau Time
Hopscotch Festival: Beer, Whisky, Scotch, Spirits
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Lace Bite Screening Party
lux/nox
Karen Flemenco Snow Queen
Eastside Culture Crawl
19th Annual Art For Life Fine Art Auction & Gala
Christmas Craft Fair at Herbert Spencer Elementary
Santa Arrives at Lougheed Town Centre
Hopscotch Festival: Beer, Whisky, Scotch, Spirits
Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival
Vancouver Winter Farmers Market
Learn To Geocache at Geo-You Training Day
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Eastside Culture Crawl
Hopscotch Festival: Beer, Whisky, Scotch, Spirits
Beethoven Celebration: VAMSO with Guests
Kris Elgstrand’s Social Anxiety Hour
Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival
Village Shop
Free Storytelling and Video Making Workshop
Vintage Vancouver: Archival Films from the Vancouver City Archives
November Urbanist Meetup
Monday, November 19, 2012
YWCA Public Hearing
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Unwrapped: A Charitable Night of Shopping at Coquitlam Centre
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Tasting Plates Vancouver Fall Edition
Park Royal Starry Nights
Social Actions: Building Strong Communities through Business
Free Movie at the Newton Library
Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise Chowder Showdown
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Live Tree Decorating Challenge at Surrey Library (until Dec 20)
Anonymous Art Show
Lace Up For Kids
Arts Club Presents: Santaland Diaries (until Dec 22)
Art Studio Winter Sale & Silent Auction
Field to Fork: Creating community Through Food
Friday, November 23, 2012
Candytown in Yaletown
H’Arts for the Homeless Gala
StopWar Celebrates a Decade of Resistance
Hockey Helps the Homeless (Mens)
Hockey Helps the Homeless (Womens)
SFU Women’s Basketball Home Opener
Pecha Kucha Night Vancouver Vol 24
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Candytown in Yaletown
Free Movie at the Guildford Library
ArtStarts on Saturdays: Spin Cycle, with Greg Tarlin and Kristi Heath
Surrey Tree Lighting Festival
The Punch Brothers at The Chan Centre
Portobello West
Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival
Vancouver Winter Farmers Market
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Portobello West
Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival
Free Storytelling and Video Making Workshop
Monday, November 26, 2012
Arts Club Presents: It’s a Wonderful Life (until Dec 29)
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Artists for an Oil-Free Coast
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Artists for an Oil-Free Coast
Thursday, November 29, 2012
The Dance Centre Presents: Discover Dance
SFU Surrey Fundraiser in Support of United Way month
Free Movie at the Surrey City Centre Library
Amacon’s Annual Tree Lighting in Vancouver
Arts Club Presents: White Christmas (until December 23)
Moustaches for Movember
Amy Mukai: The Alchemy of Practice
WATER BORN: Amelia Alcock-White’s 3rd Solo Exhibition Opening Reception
Children of the Street Society Community Event
Richmond Day of Giving
Friday, November 30, 2012
UBC V-Day
Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance
Occupying the Economy: Counterculture Lecture by David Barsamian
Random Hacks of Kindness
Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival
West Coast Christmas Show
Random Hacks of Kindness
These events have been submitted through my contact form or researched on my own. Please feel free to contact me if you would like your event listed. This list is updated throughout the month.
For more events around Metro Vancouver check out the On the Go Kids iPhone application and blogs like Fraser Valley Pulse and TheV3H (for events in the Tri-Cities).
The Surrey Tree Lighting Festival is set for Saturday, November 24, 2012 and it will be filled with activities and entertainment to ring in the holiday season.
This free family festival will run from 12:00pm to 8:00pm at the Central City Plaza where the tree be lit at 6:15pm. Come throughout the day to catch some of the fantastic local and internationally-acclaimed talent on six stages.
Main Stage in the Christmas Plaza
Dragonette at Surrey Canada Day 2010
12:15pm Circus West
1:00pm Santa’s Arrival
1:15pm Carnival Band
2:00pm Ronnie “Elvis” Scott
3:00pm Revolver “The World’s Best Beatles Show”
4:10pm Surrey Celebration Dance Team
4:30pm Langley Ukulele Ensemble
5:30pm Dear Rouge
6:15pm Tree Lighting Ceremony
7:00pm Dragonette
The Tree Stage in the Christmas Plaza will have choir performances and the BC Hydro Kids Stage will be in Santa’s Workshop with Circus West, choir performances, and story-time.
Inside at the SFU Theatre there will be holiday movie screenings and near Winners ‘Winterland at Central City’ will be setup with choir performances as well — with a quick visit from Elvis.
Photos with Santa will be at the North Pole (near Tim Hortons in the shopping centre) starting at 2:00pm.
Follow @Surrey_Events and the tag #SurreyTree on Twitter for more information and check out the full schedule for the Surrey Tree Lighting Festival online.
The City of Surrey always does an amazing job at not only including everyone in their festivals, entertainment, and activities but also making sure that events are free and accessible for all (thanks to Coast Capital Savings and other generous sponsors).
Miss604.com is proud to once again be a media partner of the Surrey Tree Lighting Festival.
Christmas at Canada Place is right around the corner as the city’s iconic attraction hosts a series of family-friendly events, getting everyone into the holiday spirit. Their most popular event, which sells out almost every year, is Breakfast with Santa presented by Real Canadian Superstore.
Breakfast with Santa 2011 – Photo credit:
John Bollwitt on Flickr
What 6th Annual Breakfast with Santa at Canada Place presented by Real Canadian Superstore
When Saturday December 15th & Sunday December 16th, 2012 from 9:00am to 11:30am
Where Canada Place, Vancouver Convention Centre East Facility, Exhibit Hall A
Tickets are on sale now for $33 (adults/seniors); $21 (kids 3-12); free for children 2 and under.
Not only is it a lovely catered breakfast in a Canada Place ballroom, there’s live entertainment, a chance to meet Santa, and the best part is that it all supports a great cause. Proceeds from Christmas at Canada Place benefit the Strathcona Community Centre’s Food Security for Children.
Breakfast with Santa 2011 – Photo credit:
John Bollwitt on Flickr
Follow Canada Place on Twitter and Facebook to learn more about their activities, events, and community initiatives throughout the year.
Vancouver has always been a hot tourism destination. From being marketed as the “City of Destiny” to visitors sending postcards around the globe to say: “wish you were here”. I searched the Vancouver Archives and Vancouver Public Library Archives this week to find some old postcards that tourists and locals alike could purchase and send home throughout the years.
Vintage Vancouver Postcards
1907 – Touring care near Brockton Point. VPL Number: 138. Photographer: Philip Timms.
1927 – Kitsilano Beach. VPL Number: 86724. Photographer: Leonard Frank.
Unknown – Entrance to Stanley Park. VPL Number: 86821.
1950’s – White Rock. VPL Number: 71570. Photographer: JC Walker.
1917 – VPL Number: 71516 & 71517 & 71518.
Unknown – Joe Fortes at English Bay Beach. Vancouver’s Citizen of the Century. VPL Number: 50133.
1919. Photo postcard by Leonard Frank. Archives# CVA 1477-1429.
1910s: Broadbridge Bullen photo postcard. Archives# CVA 677-393.
1920’s – Crescent Beach. Archives Item# CVA 99-3102. Photographer: Stuart Thomson.
