What To Do In And Around Vancouver This Week It’s full on summer, even if the weather indicates otherwise, and once again Vancouver has so much to offer. Here’s a couple of things that popped up on our radar. Burb Pop-Up Burb, a BC-based cannabis retail and apparel brand, is hosting a Launch Party and…
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Carnaval del Sol Vancouver
Pacific Northwest’s Largest Festival of Latin Culture – Carnaval del Sol What’s up for the weekend? We’re checking out Carnaval del Sol, the Pacific Northwest’s largest festival of Latin culture tomorrow, and maybe Sunday too, as it’s on both July 6th and 7th at Concord Pacific Place. This year’s theme “Sharing Our Indigenous and Afro-Latin…
Lost Horn Mediterranean Grill Opens in Kelowna
Restaurateur Peter Contos Opens Lost Horn Mediterranean Grill in West Kelowna Kelowna’s Westside has been rather limited when it comes to dining choices, but that has changed as The Lost Horn Mediterranean Grill just opened on Main Street. The Lost Horn offers a fast-casual approach to dining, focusing on quality, local ingredients wherever possible. Kelowna…
Verdi’s Macbeth in Vancouver
Blood, Guts and Betrayal: Heroic Opera presents Verdi’s Shakespearean Epic Opera, Macbeth After seeing Cinderella from Vancouver Opera this spring, we need more opera in our life so are excited to attend Macbeth! The ultimate story of ambition, murder, and betrayal, Verdi’s epic opera Macbeth is adapted from Shakespeare’s masterpiece. Verdi’s music is some of…
Tripping Out to Harrison In The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
Driving to Rowena’s Inn A Treat In The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV My husband Michael and I celebrated our two year anniversary in style with a trip out to Harrison Mills, and tested out the 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Phev along the way. The Outlander is a plug-in hybrid electric, a combination that is very timely right…
H2 Rotisserie & Bar “Great Canadian BBQ” July 1, 2019
H2 Rotisserie & Bar Goes All Out For Canada Day How are you celebrating Canada Day? Things have been so busy around here that I’ve not planned much, but this appeared in my in box and definitely peaked my interest. I’ve eaten at H2 Rotisserie & Bar many times and their food and service has…
Provence Marinaside Lobster Month
Provence’s Chefs Present Lobster Many Ways Including a Lobster Boil on July 15 Who else loves lobster! It’s such a treat and here’s your chance to try it many ways at Provence Marinaside in Yaletown at the foot of Davie Street. We recently had a delicious family brunch here, and a lunch and learn with…
Coquille Seafood Seafood Sessions
Happy Hour is Happier Now That Coquille Seafood Hosts Seafood Sessions Thursday afternoon happy hour at Coquille Seafood in Gastown is where you need to be! You’ll find a variety of guest presenters each week featuring Ocean Wise seafood and teaching you a little something about their unique fares. We’ve been to two already, and…
Groundswell Test Market At Granville Island
Alternative Business School Graduates From Groundswell Present Their Fares In Granville Island Luckily for me, I’m on Facebook (give me a like, won’t you?) and often pay attention to the events that are suggested to me, as I procrastinate on the work I need to do. Yesterday, up popped the Groundswell Test Market At Granville…
Vancouver Community College’s Culinary Arts – VCC’s The Chef’s Table
Vancouver Community College’s Culinary Arts Students Present Dinner At VCC’s Chef’s Table What a delightful evening we had, full of delicious food at the Vancouver Community College. The VCC Culinary Arts Students, under the guidance or Chef Hamid Salimian, cook dinner three nights a week during the summer, up until July 17 at the VCC’s…
Mauro Colagreco’s Mirazur is No.1 as The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 are revealed Congratulations to all the restaurant making The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2019! Canada is not among them, but of note is that Chef Andersen Lee, a 20-year-old cook from Montreal, has been named the 2019 recipient of the 50 Best BBVA Scholarship. Lee, who was raised…
Negroni Week In Vancouver
Where to Get Your Negroni On For Negroni Week We’re thinking that a Negroni tour might just have to happen this week. If nothing else, get to Juniper for their adventures! Scroll down to read about that! GLV Welcome to Negroni Week, presented by Imbibe Magazine and Campari. Imbibe launched Negroni Week in 2013 as a celebration of one…
Jessica Préalpato The World’s Best Pastry Chef 2019 – News Release
The Head Pastry Chef at Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée in Paris, Jessica Préalpato, has been voted The World’s Best Pastry Chef 2019 Congratulations to Jessica Préalpato, who received her award in advance of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2019 awards ceremony, taking place on 25 June in Singapore. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by…
Romance & Laughter Take Centre Stage as Shakespeare in Love Joins the 30th Season of Bard on the Beach
Shakespeare In Love Another Home Run At Bard On The Beach Another night at Bard on the Beach last night and the entertainment continues! Shakespeare In Love was a huge success and the actors antics again had us in stitches once again. The costumes were impressive and the characters were ones you wanted to get…
Grissa’s Sugar Latin Bakery Pop Up at Cacao
Grissa’s Latin Pastries and Alfajores Served at Cacao in Kitsilano Lately I’ve been obsessed with Alfajores and I’ve tried a couple that are totally worth reporting on. I went by Cacao a couple weeks back for the Friday Latin Bakery Pop-Up where Chef Jefferson Alvarez introduced me to Grissa, of Grissa’s Sugar, who had a…
Herb & Wild Berry Elk Rack – Mr. Bannock
Herb & Wild Berry Elk Rack Pairs With Nk’Mip Pinot Noir As it’s National Indigenous Peoples’ Day on June 21, so we thought we’d feature this recipe from Mr. Bannock, from the Squamish Nation, who has an Indigenous food truck that we’ve been meaning to get to! Recommended pairing is the Nk’Mip Pinot Noir. The recipes…
Botanist Bar of Canada’s Fairmont Pacific Rim Crowned 2019 World’s Best Bar Team
Botanist Bar of Canada’s Fairmont Pacific Rim Crowned 2019 ‘BOLS AROUND THE WORLD’, World’s Best Bar Team Congrats to the Botanist Team! Way to go Grant Sceney! GLV From the press release….. Botanist Bar at Fairmont Pacific Rim has been named Lucas Bols ‘BOLS AROUND THE WORLD’, World’s Best Bar Team. As one of six…
The World’s 50 Best Restaurant Announces the 51-120 List
World’s 50 Best Diversifies It’s List The list of the 51-120 Best Restaurants is out and still no sign of Canada, but it’s good to see way more Female-owned restaurants of the list. GLV The World’s 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, announces the 51-120 list of restaurants ahead of its annual…
#BourdainDay – Anthony Bourdain Legacy Scholarship at the CIA
Scholarship in Anthony Bourdain’s Honour Assists Students At The CIA I had the honour of meeting Anthony Bourdain several times and this announcement is great news.I’m sure he’d be honoured and touched by the Culinary Institute’s initiative and want to hear about exactly what the students will be up to. Happy birthday Tony – June…
Nespresso Barista Creations Milk Coffee Range
Nespresso Releases Coffees That Pair Best With Milk I recently starting using my Nespresso Milk Frother and it is LIFE CHANGING, so when I heard that Nespresso was working on a coffee that works best with milk, I did a happy dance. Apparently three quarters of coffee drinkers globally enjoy a white coffee, so Nespresso…
