Join the celebration of quality craftsmanship while you shop over 150 artists from Vancouver’s own backyard at the 4th annual Etsy: Made in Canada Market.
Etsy: Made in Canada Market
When: Saturday, September 23, 2017 11:00am to 7:00pm
& Sunday, September 24 2017 10:00am to 5:00pm
Where: Rocky Mountaineer Station (1755 Cottrell St, Vancouver)
Tickets: $4 online, $7 at the door. Children 12 and under are free. Half of all ticket sales will be donated to the Enterprising Women Making Art Program run by Atira Women’s Resource Society.
Etsy: Made in Canada Markets will be taking place in nearly 40 cities across the country on Saturday and Vancouver’s event will have two days of shopping, food trucks, and more. The first 50 shoppers each day will also receive swag bags.
Shop accessories, art & design, baby & kids products, bodycare, fashion, food & beverage, home decor, jewelry, paper & stationary.
Browse modern laser cut wood fashion and homeware from Cabin + Cub, lifestyle items from My Cat is People, hand painted personalized mugs from The White Teacup, whimsical children’s jewelry that is created for pretending from Rachel Rainbow, handmade ceramics from Piton Pottery, upcycled block printed tees from True North Trading Post, and much, much more! View a full list of the vendors here »
Enter to Win
I have a $250 gift card for one lucky Miss604 reader to use at the market thanks to Brite Up and Etsy Canada, along with two tickets to the market to do all of their shopping! Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
- Click below to post an entry on Twitter
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 9:00am on Friday, September 22, 2017. Gift card can only be used on-site at the Etsy Made in Canada Market on Saturday, September 23, 2017 and/or Sunday, September 24, 2017.
Follow Esty Canada on Twitter, hosts Brite Up on Instagram, and the event on Facebook.
Update The winner is Jessica!
One of the best ways to get to know a destination is through its food. What is grown there, what is seasonal, what is lovingly prepared and savoured to the last bite. John and I took a little vacation to Ottawa in late August and through ByWard Market and C’est Bon Cooking, we had an experience that left our hearts, and bellies, full.
ByWard Market
ByWard Market is one of Canada’s oldest and largest public markets, with indoor and outdoor vendors, street entertainment, shopping, dining, and aromas that tickle your nose and make you want to eat everything in your path. It’s the birthplace of the Beavertail, home of the Obama cookie, has an Authors Market with books, hosts 260 stands, and over 500 businesses that are open 363 days a year. It’s Ottawa’s number one attraction!
We met up with Stephanie Siska from C’est Bon Cooking, who hosts gourmet food tours in the area as well as cooking classes. We were doing both that day, first shopping for our local ingredients in the market, then heading off to C’est Bon’s kitchen studio to cook it all up for lunch. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
We landed close to midnight, checking into Ottawa’s Alt Hotel on Slater Street in the wee hours of our next day of travel. After our time at the front desk, we noticed the Altcetera Cafe was still open so we grabbed some snacks to take upstairs.
The decor in the lobby was contemporary yet down home, with everything from a dining room table reminiscent of family dinners when I was young, to tree stump tables, basket chairs, and metal stools at the bar. It was a colourful mix of modern comforts that made me feel like we were staying in a room above a really hip friend’s loft.
Walking back toward the elevators, past the iMac business workstations and the pool table, the honeycomb chalkboard and mirror wall had the week’s events sketched out: Cirque du Soleil, changing of the guard, evening light shows, and Pride. We were in town for a specific reason (to visit the Canadian Museum of History) but we made sure to take advantage of the late August events calendar in the capitol city.
Photo courtesy of Alt Hotel
The rooms are all pretty uniform in size, there are 148 in total, 132 have one queen bed (261 sq ft) and 16 have two queen beds (415 sq ft). John remarked that it was laid out like an IKEA designer’s dream room. Exposed concrete walls, tall ceilings, and what it lacked in square footage it made up for in functionality. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
The following has been contributed by Steffani Cameron, who is in the middle of a 5-year worldwide adventure that she is chronicling at FullNomad.com.
God’s Mountain Estate in Penticton
Last night, I slept in the roofless room at God’s Mountain Estate, and it was among the most magical nights I’ve had.
But you might not like it.
If you’re the sort of lodger who requires little bottles of fancy shampoos and soaps, mints on your pillow with turn-down service, sanitized spaces devoid of personal touches, and staff that cater to your every whim, then God’s Mountain is not the place for you.
If, instead, you favour quirkiness over perfection, love character and eccentricity, rest and relaxation, and a sense of “there’s no other place like this,” then perhaps God’s Mountain will speak to you as loudly it does me.
Proprietor Sarah Allen understands that feeling of “the home I didn’t know I was searching for,” because, over 15 years ago, she turned up the mountain lane to be a guest at this then-unknown variable. Arriving, she discovered this odd-but-stunning Mediterranean-style villa during a not-so-well-planned road trip home to Vancouver, and despite low expectations, fell madly in love. She stayed three more times as a guest before she decided her life’s mission was to find a way to buy it. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩
The Firehall Arts Centre launches its 2017/2018 season with the world premiere of Shay Kuebler’s Feasting on Famine, from September 27th to September 30th. Through the lens of the health and fitness culture, Feasting on Famine examines obsession and addiction, and an industry that feeds off weakness and insecurity while monopolizing on one’s ability to flip passion into compulsion.
Feasting on Famine
Where: Firehall Arts Centre (280 E. Cordova, Vancouver)
When: September 27th to September 30th 8:00pm
Post-show talkback September 28th
Tickets: From $25 online or by calling (604) 689-0926
Produced by Radical System Art, Feasting on Famine is one man’s journey through the extremes of bodybuilding and health fitness, exploring the symmetry between the human body, the corporation and the excess of capitalism. The human body becomes a billboard for supplements and big pharma, simmering in the need for an outward aesthetic that controls all decisions in a world where one man consumes the daily caloric intake of a family of five.
Looking ahead to the 35th season of The Firehall Arts Centre, Artistic Producer Donna Spencer says, “We are delighted to bring Shay Kuebler’s choreography and performance in Feasting on Famine to the stage. Shay’s connection with the Firehall began as a performer and continued with his first choreographic work shown here as part of Dancing on the Edge in 2007, so it’s great to be presenting this provocative work in which he encourages us with humour and physical virtuosity to consider obsession and insecurity.”
Win Tickets
I have a pair of tickets to give away to opening night on Wednesday, September 27, 2017. Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
- Click below to post an entry on Twitter
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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 9:00am on Saturday, September 23, 2017. Follow The Firehall Arts Centre on Twitter, and Facebook to learn more about this production and more.
Update The winner is Francine!
