3sharesLast weekend, John and I noticed a trend as we observed fellow shoppers on West Broadway: Every second person was holding a brand new pair of snowshoes. Fun for the whole family and for all skill levels, snowshoeing is quickly becoming the hottest snow activity around. Whether you bought your own pair of snowshoes last […]

7sharesThe Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival returns for the sixth year, offering up creative takes on the comforting, indulgent drink at participating restaurants and cafes around Vancouver from January 16 to February 14, 2016. Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival Participants and their menus for the festival will be added to the event’s website within the next week […]

1shareEvery January it seems, I do a roundup of photos of Vancouver fog. We start each year covered in low cloud in the city, while up on the local mountains it’s sunny and clear above the pillowy layer. Vancouver is known for its views, which makes fog cover that much more unique, and mysterious, but […]

76sharesBlackbird Theatre presents the 10th anniversary performance of The Rivals with an all-star cast of Vancouver talent. On now until January 23rd at The Cultch, this is a wickedly witty, joyfully irreverent production. Martin Happer, Emma Slipp and Scott Bellis. Photo credit: Tim Matheson Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The Rivals is directed by Jessie-Award winning Johnna […]

2sharesThe annual No Pants SkyTrain Ride is coming up on January 10th presented by Vancouver Improv Everywhere. No Pants SkyTrain Ride January 2016 Since the first event in New York in 2002, the No Pants SkyTrain Ride coincides with an annual, global stunt that will see pants drop on mass transit in about 60 cities […]

29sharesI’m going to go ahead and declare Whyte Islet, off of Whytecliff Park in West Vancouver, the most photographed little island in the region. Surrounded by water at high tide, and within walking distance from the pebbly beach when waters retreat, its position in front of glowing sunsets make it such a photogenic outcropping of […]

0sharesDal Richards, legendary band leader and Vancouver’s King of Swing, has passed away just ahead of what would have been his 98th birthday on January 5th. Richards played 79 consecutive New Year’s Eve gigs and was a part of the PNE for 76 years. He was a radio host, performer, lyricist, and much more to […]

Vancouver New Year’s Eve fireworks photos from Coal Harbour and around the Vancouver Convention Centre on December 31, 2015

Tree chipping events & where to recycle your Christmas tree in Vancouver, Surrey, Langley this January 2016.

5sharesAs we ring in the new year, we often look back as we move forward. Thanks to the late, great Chuck Davis for his History of Metropolitan Vancouver, and the City of Vancouver Archives, we can take note of some major events and milestones that happened 100 years ago in Vancouver: Vancouver in 1916 February […]