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Month: January, 2007

10 Reasons Men Prefer Guns Over Women

29 January, 2007 (13:00) | Humor

10. You can trade an old 44 for a new 22.
9. You can keep one gun at home and have another for when you’re on the road.
8. If you admire a friend’s gun and tell him so, he will probably let you try it out a few times.
7. Your primary gun doesn’t mind if you [...]

Restaurant Connor Butler

26 January, 2007 (01:03) | Restaurant, Vancouver

I finally got a chance to check out the notorius Connor Butler’s restauraunt. It all happened as a result of going to Nu to find that they were participating in Dineout Vancouver. Now, without going on a rant, and framing it around my joie de vivre coupled in with a requierement for fine dining, I’m [...]

Palace Nightclub now Flames Central and Wildfire Restaurant

25 January, 2007 (23:59) | Calgary, Restaurant

Palace Nightclub on Stephen Avenue Mall has had it coming for a long time. Finally, they’re about to open and the details are being made public. Watch 8th Ave. for a Concorde Entertainment Group style opening with all the stops pulled out – something you could only do in Calgary.
THE CALGARY FLAMES & CONCORDE [...]

Whitecaps Waterfront Stadium Update

25 January, 2007 (00:32) | Gastown, Vancouver

It’s been a while since we’ve been updated on the Waterfront Stadium, something hit my mailbox from Bob Lenarduzzi this week:
Dear Raj,
It has been quite some time since we last communicated with you, our stadium supporters, about the new stadium. Since July 11, we have been actively working to address the five [...]

Techvibes is for sale but when will the whining cease?

24 January, 2007 (22:49) | Rants, Vancouver, eBay

Techvibes, the local online social community which is dedicated to technology recently went up for sale on eBay (see screenshots below, hosted on flickr). Unlike other blogs that point at the relative antiquity of the site as well as the fact that the site got pulled off of eBay, nobody’s talked about the reason the [...]

seventy two sports bar and restaurant opens

24 January, 2007 (12:11) | Flickr, Restaurant, Vancouver

1972 was a pivotal year in Canada. The Canada – Soviet Summit Hockey Series took the country by storm. Hockey was reinforced as being THE Canadian sport and the world got a lesson in sportsmanship.
It’s been a few years since this historic event but now, another historic event is about to take place. On Robson [...]

The Ocean Club

24 January, 2007 (11:29) | Flickr, Restaurant, Vancouver

Located near that black office tower in Park Royal South (West Vancouver) is the Ocean Club restaurant.

Here’s the Skinny:
The Ocean Club Restaurant
Suite 105 – 100 Park Royal South
West Vancouver, BC
TEL: 604-926-2326
FAX: 604-926-2386
WEB: www.theoceanclub.ca
The Ocean Club is an elegant place with really stylish modern decor. On Tuesday nights, they have live performers and a pretty good [...]

Food Blogging showing to have an impact on business

23 January, 2007 (01:16) | Business, Restaurant

Adam Roberts at seriouseats.com correlates the integration of the Internet in the everyday lives of people and how blogging can affect business (specicially food blogging) in his recent post entitled “The Power of Food Blogging.”
Food bloggers are making a dent on the restaurant scene because of the way the Web has been integrated into our [...]

Is your group eligible for a Freedonia grant?

16 January, 2007 (10:44) | Business

Here’s an email that entered my inbox some time ago… and I didn’t know what to do with it, so… I’ll post it.
Is your group eligible for a Freedonia grant?
Freedonia is a new Canadian organization that provides small grants to support grass-roots organizing that promotes radical and democratic social change.

Fuel Restaurant Opening Day

15 January, 2007 (06:30) | Restaurant, Vancouver

January 3rd, Fuel on 4th opened up. I was one of the fortunate souls who had a chance to check the place out last year before the official opening and blogged about the experience (with lots of great photos) HERE.
Well, I couldn’t resist it – on opening day, Nina and I checked FUEL out again [...]

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