From October 15 to the 30th, 2016 over 30 Chinese restaurants will be featuring their unique dishes to us here in the Lower Mainland in what is known as the Chopstick Festival. To get the word out about the participating restaurants, there have been media dinners, one of which I recently attended at Chuanxi Plain … Read more
Enter to win Alaska Airlines VIP Taste Washington Sweepstakes for popular epicurean tastings, tours and parties. Taste Washington, Seattle’s premier wine and food festival, celebrates its 20th anniversary March 23-26, 2017. Individual tickets to the festival go on sale December 1, 2016 at www.tastewashington.org. The signature event had a record-breaking year in 2016, drawing more … Read more
2013 Sauvignon Blanc / Viognier Bonamici Cellars Okanagan Falls $21.90 This virtual winery, the creation of Philip Soo and Mario Rodi, uses the facilities at Synchromesh Winery in Okanagan Falls. The wine is straw coloured tinged with green and medium-minus in intensity. Peach and apricot aromas dominate the nose followed by delicate notes of honey, … Read more
At the recent Western Regional Final of the national MADE WITH LOVE cocktail competition, Vancouver bartenders again showed why they’re among the best in Canada and around the world. Held at the prestigious Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 15 bartenders created their own unique ambiance and cocktail for the judges and public. This year, Jasmine Radu from UVA Wine … Read more
Liberty Wine Merchants do many things well, but the one that impresses me the most is how they take time to showcase and promote local beverage producers. Liberty holds several such events every year and always ties them in with charity fundraisers. The most recent event was the Best of Craft evening held at … Read more
Summer lasts longer in the Okanagan and it’s always wine o’clock in Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country. Festivities continue this fall with the Wine Capital Festival Weekend on October 1 and 2, 2016. Harvest time is still sunny season for BC’s wine country and three exciting outdoor events celebrate the region’s grapes with feasts, festivals … Read more
Fifth Annual Edition of Acclaimed Halloween Event Brings Fresh Innovation with Canadian Theatre Premiere of Apple’s iBeacon Technology The Virtual Stage presents an all-new, immersive, and spine-tingling theatrical adventure with The Zombie Syndrome: Dead In The Water – October 4 to October 31, 2016 on Granville Island. The fifth annual installment in the … Read more
Have a spook-tacular time in Canada’s most-haunted city this Halloween Forget the tricks, it’s all about the treats at Magnolia Hotel & Spa this Halloween. Throughout October, Victoria’s leading boutique hotel will be offering guests a frightfully good time with the new Room with a Boo package, from just $219/night*. Guests begin their Halloween … Read more
On a late summer Vancouver evening on September 7, MyVanCity.ca had the pleasure of sharing a wonderful evening aboard the MV Britannia from Harbour Cruises in Coal Harbour. From the warm welcome with a personal photo and walk up the gangplank to the delicate rose presented as we left, the evening provided a great … Read more
I was born and raised in Colombia to a Canadian mother and a Colombian father. I attended Post Secondary at the University of New Brunswick and later pursued Equine Studies at Grant McEwan College in Alberta. After finishing school I returned to Colombia where I pursued work with horses, as well as developing therapeutic toys for … Read more