The cherry blossoms are blowing away but the tulips have come out to play! With the beautiful weather you can enjoy some local waterfall hikes, farmers markets, or even a picnic in Stanley Park. Here’s what else you can do in the Metro Vancouver area this weekend:
Things to do in Vancouver This Weekend
Events that run for longer than three days in a row are highlighted in green.
Friday, April 1, 2016
Vancouver Bike Rave
Newton Community Walk
Fraser Valley Food Show
Drizzle Apparel Co. Crowdfunding Campaign Launch Event
The 3rd Annual FEMME-STRAVAGANZA at The Cultch
Vancouver International Puppet Festival
VSO Pops: Rocket Man With Chris Hadfield
Mamma Mia! in Vancouver
Abbotsford Tulip Festival
Pacific Theatre Presents: Gruesome Playground Injuries
Twelfth Night
The Laramie Project
Saturday, April 2, 2016
INFOCUS Film School Open House
Clown Cabaret at the Revue Stage
Mad Tea Party
8th Annual CARDED Show
Lecture: Gold Mountain Dreaming and the History of the Cantonese Pacific
Railtown Catering Customer Appreciation
Capture Photo Fest, Josema Zamorano
Spring Home Reno Show
VSO Pops: Rocket Man With Chris Hadfield
The 3rd Annual FEMME-STRAVAGANZA at The Cultch
Nat Bailey Farmers Market
Vancouver Tree Week Events
Fraser Valley Food Show
Mamma Mia! in Vancouver
Abbotsford Tulip Festival
Twelfth Night
The Laramie Project
Pacific Theatre Presents: Gruesome Playground Injuries
Sunday, April 3, 2016
Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival – Tree Talks & Walks
Dashing Date: Singles Brunch
Bridal Swap
Dairy-Free Living, Half Day Course at VPL
75th Anniversary Tour: Victoria Symphony
Sunday Paella Series at Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar
Cannery Farmers Market
Hastings Park Farmers Market
Fraser Valley Food Show
Vancouver Tree Week Events
Mamma Mia! in Vancouver
Abbotsford Tulip Festival
The Laramie Project
Pacific Theatre Presents: Gruesome Playground Injuries
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The Vancouver Heritage Foundation is once again offering the very popular Vancouver Special House Tour, now in its 8th year. On April 16th you can join a self-guided tour of 5 beautifully renovated homes, including 3 Specials, a 1950s bungalow and a late 1950s split-level rancher.
Vancouver Special House Tour
New this year, the 2016 tour is expanding the theme to include two houses from a similar time period as the Vancouver Special, but in different styles. Like the classic Special, these homes offered adaptability and potential to their new owners.
Where: Various locations
When: Saturday, April 15, 2016 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Tickets Available now for $30 or $23 with valid student ID
The Specials range from the early 1960s to the late 1970s and offer three different living situations in three very different homes. See the single-family Mid-Century Modern inspired dwelling with creative and elegant storage for young children, a late-model Special converted into a main home and a rental suite each with their own design flair, and an unusual duplex Special purchased by two families who renovated their individual spaces with similar materials and style.
The bungalow offers a taste of luxury, which is an intriguing departure from its simple architectural origins, while the rancher carries the lovely story of an owner who grew up in the house then moved away, only to return years later and find her childhood home on the market.
Each house offers creative design, renovated and restored architecture from the middle decades and all the inspiration one could ask for to retain and renovate these older homes. Experts in renovation and restoration, along with some of the owners, will be on site throughout the tour to answer questions about their projects.
This tour does sell out so be sure to book your tickets. Follow the Vancouver Heritage Foundation on Facebook and Twitter for more information.
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Today’s photo is such a unique shot that is recognizably and incomparably taken in Vancouver with the snow-capped Lions in the background. Thanks to TOTORORO.RORO for sharing!
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There’s something quintessentially “West Coast” about flying to and from your destination in a seaplane. Gliding across the water in an aircraft where almost every position feels like a window seat, lifting up above the bay, cruising over bridges and byways, you see the world from a whole new perspective. Touching down in another city or port under an hour away, the welcoming aroma of fish & chips on a nearby pub’s grill wafts your way as the sound of the prop mellows.
I have the pleasure of taking a floatplane flight every month or two, and the experience never gets old. Check out these Awesome Aerial Images Taken from Harbour Air Flights and start planning (or booking) your next trip up the coast, to Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, or Whistler.
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I like to think of grocery shopping as a mission that I need to complete. Sure, I have a list and items to collect and check off, but there’s more to it. Can I get in and out of the store in record time? Will I be able to smoothly maneuver the self checkout, choreographing the scanning and bagging of products? Do I have a coupon for that or loyalty points to redeem? I realized last week however, that I was leaving one very important factor of out of my routine. I rarely, if ever, look at the Nutrition Facts table (“NFt”) on my products — but that changed.
Getting to Know the Nutrition Facts Table
The Nutrition Facts table: get to know it, and love it. During an event hosted by Food & Consumer Products of Canada (“FCPC”), Health Canada, Retail Council of Canada (“RCC”), the Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (“CFIG”), the Nutrition Facts Education Campaign (“NFEC”), I learned three simple steps that I can add to my grocery mission that will help me make better health choices, while still allowing me to shop at my leisure (or go for that new checkout record).
- Serving Size. It’s at the very top of the table, you can’t miss it. By checking a product’s serving size, you can:
Understand how much of a nutrient you are eating
Compare calories and nutrients between 2 similar packaged food products
Compare it to the amount you actually eat
- Daily Value. The % DV is found on the right-hand side of a nutrition facts table. It is a guide to help you make informed food choices. It shows you if the serving size has a little or a lot of a nutrient:
5% DV or less is a little
15% DV or more is a lot
- Ingredients. Reading the ingredient list is both important and useful. It can help you:
Check if a food product has a certain ingredient.
Avoid ingredients in case of a food allergy or intolerance.
The event, that took place at Save-On-Foods on Cambie, was emceed by Vancouver TV personality, author and chef, Kristina Matisic. Armed with deerstalkers and magnifying glasses, I turned into the Sherlock Holmes of nutrition with my nephew, alongside other local bloggers and their children. Our challenge was to #FocusontheFacts, searching the store for two items from three categories then return, fill out the NFt for each, and compare.
In teams, we picked up two items from the Grains and Pastas category, two from Soups and Sauces, and two from Breakfast Foods. When we began to fill out the NFt for grains and pastas, I discovered that serving size is very key — and that sometimes labels like “Smart” don’t always mean the product contains the very best ingredients. One item I picked up was very high in trans fats and sodium, even though it appeared to be a very healthy brand.
The NFt, found on most packaged food products in Canada, is key to making an informed choice for you and your family in a few easy steps. The campaign encourages Canadians to start with the Serving Size and then use the % DV to choose the nutrients you want a lot or a little of. By learning how to find out if a product has more of the ingredients I want, and less of those I want to avoid, my next grocery mission will include using the NFt, to make sure only the very best ends up in my cart, in my cupboards, and in my body.
For more information, visit canada.ca/nutritionfacts and follow Healthy Canadians on Twitter, the #FocusontheFacts tag, and Healthy Canadians on Facebook.
