Something I’ve come to appreciate in recent years is the Brewmaster’s Dinner. While you may have had wine pairings with your meal courses, just wait until you have perfectly matched brews to go with everything from your salad to your banana cream pie. If you haven’t yet discovered this wonderful culinary experience you’re in luck as The Sandbar will be presenting the Granville Island Brewmaster’s Dinner Monday, October 24th.
When Monday, October 24, 2011 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm Where The Sandbar on Granville Island What An autumn-inspired 5-course dinner with beer pairings designed by Executive Chef Will Tse and Granville Island Brewing’s Brewmaster, Vern Lambourne.
Here’s what the menu looks like so far:
Pan-seared marinated halibut » Cypress Honey Lager
West Coast seafood chowder » Lions Winter Ale
Island lager granita » Island Lager
Apple wood roasted 8oz ribeye steak » Pumpkin Ale
Tickets are currently on sale for $60 (not including tax and gratuity) and they’re bound to go fast. Contact [email protected] or call (604) 638-1633 to reserve.
The Sandbar has consistently been voted the best place to take out-of-town guests (in the Georgia Straight’s Best of Vancouver) but it’s also a beautiful place for locals to dine. If you would like to win your way into the GIB Brewmaster’s Dinner, I happen to have two tickets to give away. Here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 10:00am Thursday, October 20, 2011. Must be 19 years of age or older to enter and win. Please enjoy responsibly and plan a safe ride home. I would highly recommend taking a mini-cruise on the False Creek Ferry or Aquabus if you need to get back to Yaletown or the West End.
The stainless steel piece by George Norris takes inspiration from a First Nations legend that told of a crab guarding the entrance to the harbour [source]. The sculpture was an entry in a contest held by the Vancouver Centennial Committee – the crab was also the zodiac sign at the time of the Canadian Centennial [source].
It’s 20 feet high and was welded together from separate parts by Gus Lidberg. Today, it’s one of the most-photographed sculptures in Vancouver thanks to visitors of the Museum, Space Centre, and Vanier Park.
The West Coast Women’s Show, the ultimate entertainment, beauty, and health expo, returns to Tradex in Abbotsford next week. Show highlights this year include HGTV’s Colin & Justin in the celebrity speaker series, TLC’s Cake Boss: Next Great Baker Jay Qualls on the Kitchen Stage, and RoseMarie Pierce on the Health & Wellness stage.
Hours
Friday, October 21
from 1:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday, October 22, 2011
from 10:00am to 9:00pm.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
from 11:00am to 6:30pm
Tickets are currently available and there will be special events happening on Sunday for “Mother Daughter Day”. Children are welcome to attend and those 5 and under are free.
The West Coast Women’s Show will also have martini nights, calendar firefighters, fashion shows, and ‘Dream Date’ contest giveaways. I’m running my own contest as I have a 4-pack of tickets to hand out to one lucky reader (and 3 of their friends). Here’s how you can enter to win these 3-day passes:
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I will draw one winner at 12:00pm on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
The other day I joined a fan club – a real fan club. I didn’t just “Like” a group on Facebook, I entered my credit card information online, anxiously awaited the delivery then ripped open the small brown box that contained my Codes and Keys mug along with my membership card. I felt like Ralphie receiving his Little Orphan Annie decoder ring (without the crummy commercial letdown in the end). I’m now a DCFC Union member.
Hot on the heels of the release of this latest album, Codes and Keys, Death Cab for Cutie will be playing Rogers Arena Friday, October 21, 2011 with guests, The Hold Steady.
John first introduced me to the brilliance of Death Cab’s Ben Gibbard about a year after the release of Transatlanticism and I was hooked. I scooped up everything I could find from his solo projects, The Postal Service, and the rest of the Death Cab for Cutie discography.
It’s the music, it’s the lyrics, it’s his hauntingly sweet voice that sang “Such Great Heights” at the end of our wedding ceremony. Whether you have the same emotional attachment to the music as I do or you simply enjoy the moving melodies, you’ll want to check out this show — they are fantastic live. Tickets are currently on sale from Live Nation starting at $37.45 to $66.15.
I also have a pair of tickets to give away, here’s how you can enter to win:
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 10:00am on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
With another year comes another battle downtown over a historic property that is slated for demolition to make room for a high-rise. This time around it’s the Legg Residence on Harwood that’s on the chopping block. Listed as one of Heritage Vancouver’s Top 10 Endangered Sites for 2011, it’s one of only three West End estate homes that remain from the turn of the last century.
Circa 1914. Photo credit: Heritage Vancouver and Phillippa Wenstob – via Heritage Vancouver on Flickr
What is the threat to the Legg Residence?
The owner of the Legg Residence is seeking to negotiate a Heritage Revitalization Agreement with the City and is planning on restoring this important heritage home located in Vancouver’s West End. [source]
Why is the Legg Residence significant?
The Legg Residence is one of the few surviving grand estate homes built in the West End at the end of the 19th century. This house was under construction in July 1899, just 12 years after the arrival of the CPR railway. Gordon T. Legg, who arrived in Vancouver in 1889, was the manager of Union Steamships of BC, and was one of the founders of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. [source]
These manors (like Gabriola on Nicola and Davie, which was most recently the Macaroni Grill) are part of the reason that the West End, in particular West Georgia, was nicknamed “Blue Blood Alley“. They were status symbols that showed off the wealth of the western core of downtown Vancouver at the time which was home to railway executives, coal magnates, and the like. Allegiance to the crown was evident in the architecture and decoration of the homes during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Heritage Vancouver updated their listing of the property this month: “The City has received an application that seeks to demolish the Legg Residence, one of the city’s three remaining grand estate homes from the turn of the 19th century. Heritage Vancouver is now shocked by the alternate proposal to demolish the A-listed building while still allowing a 17-storey tower to be built on the site.” “The demolition of this West End Mansion is absolutely unnecessary and would undermine the credibility of the City of Vancouver’s Heritage Program.”
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According to News 1130, the City will hold an open house on Monday, October 24th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Gordon Neighbourhood House. You can attend to learn more about the proposal and voice your opinions on the matter.
