Last Christmas Santa included a Starbucks gift card in my stocking because he wanted to show me that I could use it on the Starbucks Canada iPhone application.
After downloading the app, you can enter your gift card information and pay with your phone the next time you order your venti, grande, or tall beverage. Yesterday PayPal announced that you can now set your Starbucks application to auto-reload your Starbucks card.
From PayPal Canada: “Last summer we asked Canadians to tell us the ways that making money more digital could make their life simpler and more convenient. The results were that a third of you said you would happily use your mobile device to buy a latte. Thanks to the latest update to the Starbucks Canada app for iPhone and iPod Touch, being able to use your smartphone to buy a coffee without having to ever open your wallet just became reality!
Now you can directly reload or auto-reload your Starbucks Card balance using PayPal right within the Starbucks app, and pay for your beverage simply using a digital barcode that gets scanned at the cash.”
To promote this seamless digital coffee purchasing system, Starbucks Canada and PayPal Canada have offered up three $50 gift cards for my readers. Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment here naming your favourite Starbucks item (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw three winners at random from all entries at 12:00pm next Thursday, April 12, 2012. Follow PayPal Canada on Facebook and Twitter for more information about their payment solutions.
Update The winners are Jodi, James, and @SarahSaysStuff!
The YWCA Women of Distinction Awards are fast-approaching and while nominations are now closed we’ll find out who the finalists are on April 10th.
In the meantime, tickets are now available and they’re going fast. Secure your spot at the awards ceremony, complete with dinner, prizes, and silent auction, as soon as possible. Aside from being a fun event, the YWCA Women of Distinction Awards are so important in terms of supporting our community and the YWCA. You’ll hear soul-touching stories from the nominees and distinguished guests, and chuckle quite a bit as the charming Sophie Lui hosts.
I am once again proud to be the exclusive social media sponsor of this event and will be providing a live blog (complimented by John’s photos) as it happens on May 24th. Follow @YYWVanWODA on Twitter for updates and get your tickets today.
Brian Jessel BMW is presenting their 7th annual charity gala, Cabriolet, this summer with special guest, CeeLo Green. Each year the gala support a variety of local charitable recipients and this year the Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation will benefit.
Where Brian Jessel BMW, 2311 Boundary Road
When Saturday, June 23, 2012
Tickets Available now online. General admission tickets are $200 and VIP tickets are $500.
The event will feature a live performance from CeeLo Green (Gnarls Barkley, The Voice), complimentary valet parking, beverages, and appetizers, a live auction, and a chance to win a one-year lease of a new 2012 Brian Jessel BMW.
Proceeds from this event will partially benefit the new children’s ER currently being built at Surrey Memorial Hospital (which happens to be where I was born). The children’s ER will open to patients as a central feature of a 57,600 square foot Emergency Centre to be located on the first floor of the 8-storey Critical Care Tower.
Established in 1992, Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation has raised more than $60 million to purchase medical equipment, fund innovative programs, and support training and research.
If you’re looking for that one fabulous gala experience this summer, consider this event and support a great local cause. The VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation will also be benefitting from the evening.
Several times a day you can look at a blog, Twitter stream, Facebook post or Pinterest and find photos of food — but it’s not often that these posts turn into a full 70+ page e-book. For Paul Jarvis however, it was a natural progression. The Tofino-based web designer, musician, and vegan has just launched Eat Awesome A regular person’s guide to eating plant-based whole foods.
Cover photo by Marnie Recker
Paul Jarvis, whom I first met when I interviewed his band Mojave back in 2008, posts simple and colourful images of his food – with ingredients like almond milk, quinoa, cashew cream, and hemp seeds – to his Instagram account.
“Dozens of friends, family members, and social media buddies have been asking me how to cook like I cook, eat like I eat,” says Paul who ended up typing up recipes by email to all those who inquired. “It occurred to me that I ought to save myself (and my friends) some serious time, and just write a book.”
Eat Awesome is available for download right now for just $5 and is splashed with taste-bud tingling photos courtesy of Marnie Recker. Chapters include dressings and sauces, meals, desserts and drinks. Once you’ve read the book Paul even offers up some Twitter updates that you can copy and paste to help spread the word.
The e-book asks, “If you are what you eat, why not eat awesome?” and Paul hopes that you’ll do just that. “I don’t know everything. But food is my life, and my life is pretty awesome.” If you would like to check out the book, you can leave a comment on this post to enter to win 1 of 5 copies. You can also post the following on Twitter to enter to win:
I will draw 5 winners at random from all entries on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 12:00pm.
Update The winners are @JoanneBee_, @juwelly, Jenny, Samantha, and Tamara!
April has arrived in Vancouver and along with it comes the city’s 126th birthday, Easter events, Vaisakhi, and more rain showers meaning more beautiful blossoms.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
UBC Bookstore: National Poetry Month Celebration
Vancouver Auto Show
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Twenty Something Theatre Presents The Bomb-itty of Errors (until April 22)
Vancouver Auto Show
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival: Cherry Jam Downtown
Vancouver Auto Show
Friday, April 6, 2012
Free Clothing Swap
Terminal City Rollergirls Season Opener
Vancouver Auto Show
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Local Easter Egg Hunts & Events
Vancouver Auto Show
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival: Sakura Days
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Local Easter Egg Hunts & Events
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival: Sakura Days
Vancouver Auto Show
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