The annual Richmond Canada Day in Steveston will feature a free, full-day street party throughout Steveston Village alongside the much beloved Steveston Salmon Festival on Sunday, July 1, 2018. Here are 5 features you won’t want to miss:
5 Reasons to Attend Richmond Canada Day
Concerts
The Canada Day Street Party will feature 50 diverse performances on eight stages, including Main Stage performances by Big Sugar, Terra Lightfoot and Vince Vaccaro.
Salmon Festival
The Steveston Salmon Festival is known as Canada’s biggest little birthday party! The festival is famous for its salmon barbecue where over 1,200 pounds of wild salmon filets are grilled over open fire pits. An annual tradition since 1945, the Salmon Festival also features a huge Canada Day Parade through historic Steveston Village. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Summer is just a day away and with the heat already causing us to slather sunscreen on our normally Gore-Tex-covered skin, Vancouverites are looking for ways to cool off. With cottonwood fluff in the air, and the cedars emitting their aromas that smell like home in the PNW, our local Metro Vancouver lakes make for some lovely, scenic day trip destinations. Enjoy a picnic, paddle a canoe, build sandcastles with the kids, take a hike, and definitely cool off in the waters where swimming is available.
Here is a roundup of our beautiful local lakes, thanks to those who have shared their photos with the Miss604 Flickr Pool and the #Photos604 tag on Instagram:
Metro Vancouver Lakes
Any more to add? Feel free to leave a note in the comments:
Surrey
Green Timbers Lake Trails, fishing, cycling. No swimming.
Surrey Lake Trails, fishing, cycling. No swimming.
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Contributed by Megan Edwards and Janet Reynolds “The Und8ables” and authors of Girl it’s Not You (it’s definitely him)
Now ladies, we get it, the dating world is a tough one. It’s a dark and twisted tunnel that can swallow us up whole – leading us to believe we’ll be single forever, or asking the question, “what’s wrong with me?”. We’ve been through it all and we’ve actually written a book on it called “Girl it’s Not You (it’s definitely him)”.
From guys who disappear for 5 hours, to guys who arrive in their car to pick you up for the date butt naked. No matter how many bad dates we’ve endured, we have faith that the right guy is out there for everyone (yes, Miss Und8able, that means YOU too!) and you want to be at your best when that time comes. You go ahead and pamper yourself, spoil yourself, and when your date walks in, it’ll be all eyes on you! And hey, if the date doesn’t work out, call up your girlfriends and hit the town, cause you’ll be looking like a smoke show!
Below are 5 “date ready” tips from some of our favourite places in VanCity – you’ll leave feeling like your best YOU – confident, gorgeous, and ready to grab the dating world by the balls (just the world, not your date).
How to Get Ready for a First Date in Vancouver
1. The Skin Girls
Girl, there’s nothing like having flawlessly soft, glowing skin, are we right? We can only do so much at home, so why not let the pros take care of the rest! The Skin Girls are at your service! How about an oxygen facial? Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
Executive Hotel Le Soleil’s signature restaurant, Copper Chimney Indian Grill & Bar, located in downtown Vancouver’s financial district, is kicking off the summer season with fresh menus, a new Bread Bar concept, one of the city’s most extensive gin & tonic cocktail selections and an accompanying Indian Happy Hour.
These exciting changes come hot on the heels of the restaurant’s 2018 Vancouver Readers’ Choice Award in the “Downtown Indian Food” category hosted by the Vancouver Courier.
Copper Chimney Indian Grill & Bar
Where: 567 Hornby St, Vancouver
When: Happy Hour is Monday-Friday 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Reservations: Call 604-689-8862
The Copper Chimney’s new menus continue to reflect an ongoing commitment to authentically prepared contemporary Indian comfort foods made in-house from scratch using family recipes, hand-ground exotic spices, fresh BC ingredients and the use of two tandoor (clay) ovens. The extensive, yet simple, menus pair classic Indian dishes with more western- influenced menu items with a few fun twists. There are also gluten-free, dairy-free and vegetarian options.
Lunch is a favourite with the rushed downtown business crowd and this is where the two Tandoor ovens really shine as simple grilled meats, fish and breads cook swiftly. The Daily Tiffin (an ancient Indian design) is a popular takeout option that offers curries packed in an environmentally reusable metal container that guests can return to have filled with different daily offerings accompanied by naan bread, salad and rice for only $9.
The Bread Bar, offered at lunch and dinner, is a selection of fresh authentically-made flavoured naan breads and kulchas (stuffed breads or “Indian pizza”) cooked to perfection in the tandoor ovens. At dinner, the tandoor ovens impart a unique flavour to grilled meat, fish and chicken, while braised dishes such as the Bombay Braised Beef Short Ribs or Duck Korma are cooked slowly in their own juices.
Indian Happy Hour at Copper Chimney is destined to be as fun and tasty as it is unique to Vancouver with menu items featuring an Indian-twist on classic dishes. From handmade samosas, Indian pizza, lamb meatballs or Bombay short rib sliders to squash fritters with tamarind dipping sauce and poutine creatively topped with butter chicken.
Copper Chimney’s new gin bar just might offer one of the city’s most extensive selections of gin & tonics and gin-based cocktails. To kick off the season, the bar will initially introduce 18 local and international gins, a selection of six flavoured tonics (using complementary Indian spices) along with condiments and natural flavours.
Win an Indian Happy Hour Party
I have the chance to give away a delicious prize to a lucky Miss604 reader and 5 friends! The prize includes:
- 1 welcome gin & tonic cocktail per person from the new gin bar featuring 18 local and international gins and a great selection of artisanal tonic waters.
- Copper Chimney poutine, topped with butter chicken
- Garlic naan and vegetable kulcha fresh from the tandoor ovens with a selection of three toppings
- Lamb meatball sliders, with avocado mint salsa
- Squash fritters, blue cheese raita, tamarind dipping
- Handmade samosas, tandoori vegetables, tandoori beef or chicken, mango chutney, tomato kalonji
- Bombay short rib sliders, pickled onion and smoked cheese
- Spiced chips and dip, jalapeno and cumin raita dip
- Manchurian cauliflower
Here’s how you can enter to win:
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Prize value $150 (includes taxes but not gratuity). Must be 19+. Please enjoy responsibly. I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2018.
Update The winner is Tammy!
Free outdoor movies are coming to Downtown Vancouver! The Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (“DVBIA”) has just announced the lineup for their upcoming outdoor movie series, Summer Movie Nights on the Square, bringing a fun mix of classics and new favourites to the Vancouver Art Gallery’s North Plaza each Wednesday night.
Free Outdoor Movies in Downtown Vancouver
Summer Movie Nights on the Square will kick off on July 4 and continue through August 29 every Wednesday night. The movies will be shown at the North Plaza — which has just been renamed šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énḵ Square — on Fresh Air Cinema’s giant, four-story, inflatable movie screens.
The theme of the first Summer Movie nights on the Square series will be “cities”. Each week you’ll be transported to another city, real or fictional, all from the comfort of Vancouver’s beautiful downtown core. Our first film will be chosen by you, the viewer, from a selection of five movies, including A Night at the Roxbury, Meditation Park, Midnight in Paris, Sleepless in Seattle, and Ghostbusters.
The 2018 Movie Nights on the Square lineup is:
JULY 4 – VIEWER’S CHOICE!
JULY 11 – Ready Player One
JULY 18 – Fictional – Zootopia
JULY 25 – Las Vegas – Ocean’s Eleven
AUGUST 1 – Paris – Moulin Rouge
AUGUST 8 – London – Notting Hill
AUGUST 15 – San Francisco – Mrs. Doubtfire
AUGUST 22 – Los Angeles – La La Land
AUGUST 29 – New York – Avengers: Infinity War
Bring your lawn chair and join us on a cinematic tour of cities around the world at the first Summer Movie Nights on the Square.
Movies begin at sundown each night, but there are activities and festivities beginning at 5:00pm and continuing until the show begins. For more tips, news and regular updates on shows and schedules, visit Downtown Vancouver online, and Outdoor Movies BC on Facebook and Twitter.
