In honor of our boys kicking some serious NJ Devil a$$ tonight, Luongo getting a shut out and Alanah’s live blogging, here’s a clip folks have been buzzing about lately: Mason Raymond is mentioned on the hit CBS sitcom “How I Met Your Mother”. Yes, Neil Patrick Harris’ character disses the Canucks name-drop. Cool.
Side note: If you sponsor me for the Skate for a Cure I may have the chance to meet Mason too!
I admit, I don’t think I’ve ever done any shopping in Yaletown aside from the new Dollar Store I discovered but if you’re out and about downtown and need some of your Christmas gifts done up in pretty little bows, keep this destination in mind.
For six glittering days from noon ‘til six pm, volunteer elves – direct from the North Pole – will be at the Yaletown BIA office to wrap up your holiday presents by donation. All monies raised will be donated to the Empty Stocking Fund and Yaletown House, right here in the neighbourhood. [YaletownBIA]
Where: Corner of Hamilton and Drake [Google Map]
When: December 20-22, 2007 from 12:00 noon until 6:00pm
More Info: Visit the Yaletown Business Improvement Association website.
Update: Here’s another program on Robson Street with all proceeds going directly to A Loving Spoonful.
Where: Milestones on Robson Street
When: December 17 to 21 – 5pm to 9pm, December 22 to 23 – 12pm to 9pm, December 24 – 12pm to 4pm
While attempting to locate other by-donation gift wrap centres downtown I came across VancouverPlus.ca’s “Green Christmas Guide“. It offers up “Green Gifts” that you can purchase at various stores and also supplies some useful tips that would nicely compliment Keira’s pointers.
For more information and tips on having a “Green Christmas” visit VancouverPlus.ca.
The other day I was offered some Bon Jovi tickets for this evening and the Surrey girl inside of me just couldn’t pass them up.
I grabbed my girl Keira and tonight we tossed back two plastic cups of wine and enjoyed a trip down memory lane. Every single person there was singing along at the top of their lungs to many of the “oldies” and fans were able to hear the new album in its entirety (which was a little bit too country for my liking).
As a good child of the 80s I was pleased to witness certain singles like Livin’ on a Prayer, Bad Medicine, and Wanted Dead or Alive – you know, the kinda tunes that would close down the Wheelhouse on a Friday night.
The stage was decorated with Christmas lights and Santa even made an appearance during the encore. It was fun to watch Richie Sambora play, and the band’s sound was pretty spot on while Jon danced around the stage in pants that left nothing to the imagination. It was a pretty good ending to this crazy-busy weekend – the rest of my blurred camera phone pics are up on Flickr.
PS – Thanks to Buzz for making this happen, check out his shiney new wordpress blog @ buzzbishop.com/blog/
This has nothing to do with Vancouver, but this is my blog and I can post anything I want on here (most of the time). I first heard about these guys at Keira’s birthday and last night I was reminded of their funness so here are a couple slices of “Flight of the Conchords”:
I’m not sure when I last held a rolling pin in my hands. Today I headed to Keira’s for something we’ve been planning ever since she setup her Christmas tree oh so many weeks ago. We baked. We made coloured icing. We baked a lot and we had fun.
