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 [...]
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 [...]
This season, Flickr has two easter Eggs…
Adding notes to images containing the text “ho ho ho hat” and the “ho ho ho beard” will instantly transform your mundane and normal picture into a bona fide santa fide photo…
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Happy flickring, people and merry non-denominational holiday season!
The first of five gala fundraiser auctions for BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities occurred tonight at the Westin Bayshore where we got to raise our ‘paws’ to bid on some amazing Kermode Spirit Bears. In total, $546,000 was raised in the auction, not including the silent auction. Photos from the evening are below [...]
UPDATED: 11/7/2006 06:00 AM
I’ve since returned to Kingyo a number of times. On yesterday’s occasion, I took some more photos (below).
Of note, service was excellent and the food was great as well. My favourite is the Chicken Karaage which comes with three types of salt or shio to dip in – from Utah, from the [...]
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Thursday, before hopping on the plane to go to Calgary, visited both Unwine’d and Bardot for their opening events.
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(Above) Unwine’d Opening – 1180 Howe Street, Vancouver
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Next Noodle Bar opened up a week ago on Robson Street near Seymour and hosts what they call “Endless Asian Cuisine”.
I had a chance to dine there the other night and must say, the food is pretty good. Hmm.. maybe I should go there for a bite right now. Okay, but before that, I’ll blog [...]
Chill Winston soft launches today. The long awaited new restaurant located at the junction of Carrall, Water, Alexander and Powell.
Update (6/30/2006 02:15 am): Caught the tail end of the evening tonight and a few photos which are posted on my flickr site under the tag Chill Winston. One thing to check out is the unisex [...]
Not to be mistaken with Wineos, Winos, Wineo’s, Wino’s or other similar sounding names (liquor board turned those renditions down) recently opened up on Granville Street.
Address: 1017 Granville Street, Vancouver
Phone: 604-669-WINE
My last visit there was great! The manager, Josh Manuel and his staff were very accommodating. Started off with some food, some beer, rillettes were [...]