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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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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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