VANCOUVER URBAN WINERY PRESENTS SUNDAY SCHOOL: THE #800 SERIES

    Back to wine school! Sunday School at the Vancouver Urban Winery – Vancouver’s wine school for the people – is back with their eighth session of wine-filled seminars on September 18.   Summer is the best: it’s a fact. Going back to school doesn’t have to be a drag. Sunday School’s hosts and resident … Read more

High-Concept Design Meets Haute Cuisine at Fourth Annual Dinner by Design

  Back-to-back evenings showcasing the best of contemporary West Coast interior design   The fourth annual Dinner by Design, presented by The Social Concierge, Cosentino Group and new title sponsor Kabuni, in partnership with IDSwest, is where Vancouver’s twin passions for fine dining and even finer design come together. Two tasteful and tasty nights (September 15 and 16, … Read more

Summer Loving’ – More Tradition at The Fair

  Sitting outside on a warm summer night, listening and singing along to Olivia Newton John sing Summer Lovin’ is as much a tradition for the generations as was the setting, The Fair at the PNE. That perfect night occurred for thousands of fans last Friday when the star of the 1978 hit, Grease appeared … Read more

17th Annual “Wine’d Up” Gourmet Dinner & Auction in Support of Whistler Search & Rescue

  Whistler Search and Rescue Society (WSAR) will hold their seventeenth annual gourmet dinner and auction, “Wine’d Up”, on Saturday, October 15th, 2016.  Tickets go on sale on September 1st.   Attendees at this popular event will enjoy an evening of outstanding cuisine prepared by five of Whistler’s renowned chefs. The five-course dinner will be paired … Read more

#MarketMonday vendor Skipper Otto

  Skipper Otto’s Community Supported Fishery (CSF) creates a direct connection between local fishermen and consumers with the joint goal of protecting ocean resources and improving our local food system. The CSF model ensures that independent, small-scale harvesters can continue to fish using the low impact practices their parents and grandparents used before them and still … Read more

The Steve Miller Band Rocks the PNE

The many fans lucky enough to attend the sold out concert by the Steve Miller Band at the PNE on Wednesday evening were treated to an amazing display of guitar virtuosity and musicianship as Miller and his band entertained their audience for ninety full minutes of non-stop rock.  Not only were extended versions of Miller’s … Read more

The Fair at the PNE- The Tradition with a New Life

  There are few things in British Columbia that match the PNE as tradition. I know it is The Fair at the PNE but those of us who are older and were brought up here, always use PNE, referring to both the huge piece of property and the Exhibition (TheFair) taking place at the end … Read more

#FridayFavourites – what to do August 26 – September 2

  Long Awaited Opening of the New R&B Ale & Pizza House   Fall in love with food this autumn at Tinhorn Creek Vineyards   Vancouver’s Best Brunch is at Glowbal at TELUS Garden   THE FAIR AT THE PNE UNVEILS 2016 LINE UP  WITH ALL-NEW PROGRAMMING AND RETURNING FAVOURITES   Vancouver Latin American Film … Read more

Beckon Audiences Away from the Light with – James & Jamesy in the Dark

  Pixar meets Waiting for Godot in critically-acclaimed, international touring spectacle favourites  a Rafflecopter giveaway Celebrated artists James & Jamesy reach new heights of hilarity and depths of profundity with their newest production James & Jamesy in the Dark, October 5 – 16, 2016 at the Waterfront Theatre. Hailed as “one of the most popular Fringe … Read more

The Secret Celebration in White

It was a warm summer evening this past Thursday the 18th of August, and I was one of the lucky ones invited to observe the fifth annual Diner en Blanc at “the secret location”.  Dressed all in white, I made my way towards Concord Pacific Place suddenly becoming aware of all the other guests merging … Read more