YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

Ideas on Tap Liveblog for M2O

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

4sharesOnce again the Yaletown Brewing Company is packed shoulder-to-shoulder with business folks, techies, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in beer and networking at the first Ideas on Tap of 2009. I’m not presenting this time around, I’ve actually been commissioned to cover this event live on my site by Media2O Productions so I’ll be providing updates […]

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Pattullo Bridge History Tidbits

Comments 5 by Rebecca Bollwitt

5sharesI recently received an email about the Pattullo; in fact more information came in this email than I could find anywhere else online or on any of my favourite history sites. As I trust the source (more than any online source), I’ll share what has been revealed to me. “Enclosed attached pics are of the […]

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Review: CHANGE on Cambie

Comments 5 by Rebecca Bollwitt

5sharesMy husband has been commuting along the Cambie corridor for over a year and has seen the area develop, buildings reach the sky, and new shops open their doors. Last July CHANGE moved in, (between Starbucks and Save-On-Foods) and he was quick to tell me about this European lingerie boutique. For Christmas he treated me […]

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Vancouver Opera: Blogger Night at Carmen

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

3sharesLast November I was a guest of the Vancouver Opera for their season-opening performance of Eugine Onegin. I hadn’t been to the opera in over ten years and the experience was lovely. Since that time, the Vancouver Opera and I have been brewing up something very special (thanks to a suggestion from Tris) and our […]

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History Tidbit: Duff Pattullo

Comments 8 by Rebecca Bollwitt

43sharesMy personal history with Pattullo goes back about 29 years however the name played an important role for me in high school biology. I used to be able to remember that the knee cap was called the “patella” since it was like a bridge between the femur and tibia (at least in my mind it […]

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