Arts and Culture
Vancouver – One Night, Three Venues
Last Thursday we had a busy night planned and all three venues were places we had not been before. We started the night at Relish Gastropub & Bar on Nelson for the Vancouver Tech Co-Founders Meet Up. Then we headed to the Georgian Court Hotel for dinner at their restaurant Frankie’s Italian Kitchen & Bar. Our final stop was the basement of the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre… Read More
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Stack the Rack Media Day
Last Wednesday we were invited to a media event for ‘Stack the Rack’ an event coming up on October 3rd in support of Qmunity. The media day was presented by Amuse Consulting (good friend Marc Smith) and VanCity. Everyone knows that we love events involving food and wine but… Read More
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YVR Twestival 2011
Now in its third year, Twestival® (or Twitter Festival) uses social media for social good by connecting offline communities in person on a single day to highlight a great cause and have a fun event. Twestival is the largest global grassroots social media fundraising initiative to date. Since 2009, volunteers have raised close to… Read More
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Texting to Donate
A few weeks go there was an article in the Vancouver Sun about the success of text-to-donate programs and the one year anniversary of the Mobile Giving Foundation. The Foundation basically provides the tools needed for charities to use mobile technology as a fundraising channel. MGF certifies the charities, manages giving… Read More
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Christmas Windows
Woodward’s Christmas Windows Saturday morning (such a perfect sunny Vancouver morning) I headed out to check out all six Woodward’s Christmas windows. The Woodward’s Windows were a holiday tradition in the 1960’s. When the Woodward’s building closed in 1993 Canada … Read More
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Agassiz Slow Food Cycle
Harrison Hot Springs We spent last weekend in Harrison Hot Springs (see previous blog) and took part in the Slow Food Vancouver Cycle Tour. There were two tours scheduled; one for Saturday in Agassiz and one for Sunday in Chiliwack. … Read More
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Gastown & Chinatown Walking Tour
As part of our Stay-cation activities we signed up for a two hour long walking tour of Gastown and Chinatown with Vancouver Urban Adventures. The tour is normally $25 but we bought vouchers on Groupon a few months ago for half price so it was really a great deal (thanks Groupon)! Our guides name was Amy, a history major at UBC in her summer job. She was upbeat, friendly and very… Read More
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Theatre Under The Stars
Now in its 64th season, in addition to Joseph TUTS is also performing “Singing in the Rain’ on alternating nights until August 21st. Last year we also attended in August and saw Thoroughly Modern Mille. You can read the full blog post from last year and the history of TUTS here. This year the weather was perfect, a high of 24 during the day, making it just cool enough for a… Read More
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Civilized Shakespeare – Bard on the Beach
The Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival was established in 1990 with a mandate to provide Vancouver residents and tourists with affordable, accessible Shakespearean productions of the finest quality. Bard now engages thirty actors each season as well as a team of directors, designers, and technicians; it is also supported by more than 200 volunteers. The plays are staged in Vanier Park in open-ended tents against… Read More
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Vancouver Staycation
Since we were away in Winnipeg for a week we have too much work to actually take another week off this summer to enjoy Vancouver. So for the next two weeks we have decided to work part-time and vacation part-time mostly here in the city. This will mean either a part day of work in the morning or a full day of work one day and none the next. We sat down yesterday and made a list of all of the things we plan to do… Read More
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