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Metro Vancouver Park Series: Central Park

Comments 1 by Guest Author

4sharesThe ongoing parks series continues with another generous contribution from Raul who decided to take on Burnaby’s Central Park. View Larger Map Metrics Central Park’s size is 90 hectares. How to get there Easily accessibly by car going south-east on Kingsway, or by Skytrain at Patterson Station. Photo credit: Raul on Flickr Park Use Clearly […]

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Summer Road Closures in Vancouver, June 2008

Comments 3 by Rebecca Bollwitt

6sharesIf you’re a driver in downtown Vancouver the beginning of June might cause you a few headaches. Aside from the “usual” Canada Line or water main construction, June is “Bike Month” in the city and several events will be taking place that involve some major road closures. Triathlon Vancouver: The Triathlon events will cause a […]

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Von Bondies Play Richards on Richards

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

7sharesAfter rescheduling from late April until this weekend, I’m pretty darn ready to go see the Von Bondies rock out at Richards on Richards tomorrow night. In all honesty I was first introduced to them when I started watching Rescue Me, as their song C’mon C’mon plays during the opening credits. It wasn’t until John […]

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Sex and the City Movie Vancouver Premiere

Comments 13 by Rebecca Bollwitt

16sharesIn all honesty, I saw the movie days ago thanks to the 24 Hours daily newspaper. Don’t worry as this post isn’t about spoilers or details (that one will hit the wires tomorrow), but I thought I would continue my current saucy mini series by highlighting this local girl’s view of Sex and the City […]

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Vancouver Burlesque, an Elegant History

Comments 7 by Rebecca Bollwitt

8sharesOur city has had a legendary history in the world of burlesque, leading up to the present-day Vancouver Burlesque Festival and this weekend’s Chick a Boom Room event featuring the Burlesque Beauties. Photo credit: Danse Collection Dance At the turn of the 20th century Vancouver was just starting to boom. Building on up the backs […]

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Social Media for Change: Food Bank RoundUp

Comments 2 by Rebecca Bollwitt

2sharesI recently did some housekeeping on the site and removed a section of my About page, dissecting it into several other pages. One that I would like to bring your attention to is Causes. I know folks around here love to give and help out whenever they can, that’s what makes this area so great. […]

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Statistics Tracking Tools Reviewed

Comments 11 by Rebecca Bollwitt

14sharesBeing the liveblogger for my friend Dave‘s “Fuck Stats, Make Art” session that I attended at Northern Voice, I know full well that none of my content revolves (or should revolve) around statistics. However, for many reasons stats tracking is important to me, here are a few: I do have ads on my site for […]

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Liveblogging Tools Reviewed

Comments 8 by Rebecca Bollwitt

11sharesIt’s been almost a year since I wrote How to Live Blog, and in that time I’ve completed over 15 live blogs at a dozen events (brining my live blog total close to 30). Everyday tools are being devised to help make this process a little smoother, fancier, and attract more viewers however I still […]

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Punish the Breed of Dog, or the Owners, A Miss604 Poll

Comments 14 by Rebecca Bollwitt

17sharesThe only pets I’ve ever owned are a hamster and my Kitty (who is pushing 17 years old and going strong) so I’ve never really known either side of the story, but growing up I knew which house to avoid walking past on my way home from school. You know, the one with the growling, […]

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