Kitslilano’s Bimini’s Pub Overs Dinners Great Value Named after the Bimini Islands in the Bahamas, Bimini’s first opened its doors in 1974 after being granted the Province’s first Neighborhood Pub license. The busy bar was quickly embraced by the post Summer of Love-era hippie locals; environmental agency Greenpeace’s head office was across the street, and…
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#Giveaway 4 Tickets to Ripley’s Believe It or Not at Science World
The Science of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Opens at TELUS World of Science January 25 We’re geeking out (as usual) and heading to Science World to check out Ripley’s Believe It or Not’s Collection Collection of Oddities, Anomalies and Fantastic Feats tomorrow so follow our Instastories here after 5 pm for that, and we’ve got…
What’s Good This Week – January 24th Edition
What To Do In Vancouver This Week We’re in the midst of Dine Out Vancouver (we had some pics last week here), the arts scene is buzzing, and there’s much focus on getting healthy, spending their time at the gym, focusing on self-care and rejuvenation. Where’s your focus this year? Have you found one yet?…
Robbie Burns Day In Vancouver
Scotch Whisky, Ales, Haggis and Bagpipes! What’s Up In Vancouver This Robbie Burns Day Robbie Burns is Scotland’s most famous poet, and one of the more humorous ones. You probably know his most famous works, Auld Lang Syne, and each year the year of his birth is celebrated worldwide. As for me, I don’t need any…
Beer And Tacos With Tacofino Hastings & Red Truck Beer
Tacofino Launches Beer Dinner Series Starting With Red Truck Beer What goes better than tacos and beer? It’s a match that can’t be denied, but what’s in that taco matters when it comes to food and beer pairing, so lucky for us the powers that know have joined together to offer a variety of tacos…
Canadian Culinary Championships Kelowna BC February 2 & 3
Support Olympic Athletes While Sampling Canada’s To Chef’s Dishes at the Canadian Culinary Championships We’ve booked our flights and have sent the interview questions to the chefs competing to get a bit of background information on who is competing at this year’s Canadian Culinary Championships held in Kelowna of February 2 & 3, 2018. Our…
What’s Good This Week – Dine Out Vancouver
What to do for Dine Out Vancouver I started writing my weekly picks and it ended up being so Dine Out Vancouver heavy that I decided to do a whole post on a couple of my ideas. So here’s my Dine Out Vancouver 2018 suggestions and there’s so many choices that I’m not going to pretend…
What’s Karen Drinking – The Holland House Cocktail
Mixing Up The Holland House Cocktail Our pal Karen is at it again and mixed up The Holland House Cocktail. She’s part Dutch and this drink is in honour of the Dutch side of her family. This drink uses Genever which is a Dutch spirit that is a predecessor to gin and created prior to the…
Calgary’s Seton Urban District – Courtyard By Marriott Calgary South
Courtyard By Marriott Calgary South – An Alternative to Calgary’s Busy Downtown District As I was coming back from Christmas in November at Jasper Park Lodge, I wanted to stay a few days and check out a bit more of Calgary, and was looking for a change of scenery from the downtown core. I had…
H Tasting Lounge at The Westin Bayshore
Tribute to Howard Hughes Opens at The Westin Bayshore Howard Hughes spent some time a the Westin Bayshore, and while it’s rumoured he stayed mainly hold up in his room, we figure if he was in the right mind space at the time, he would have really enjoyed the lounge named for him. HJU:Z is…
Handcrafted Spirits on TSN1410 – Negroni Sbagliato at La Quercia With Jen Mansell
La Quercia Serves Up Italian Cocktails on West 4th The cocktail list is heavy with Italian influence at La Quercia on West Fourth near Alma, and we checked in to learn more about for the Craft Spirits show on TSN1410 with Jen Mansell who whipped up a Negroni Sbagliato. Tune into the segment to learn more…
Chef Ned Bell’s Arctic Char
Pan-Seared Arctic Char with Lentils, Parsnips, and Vanilla Vinaigrette We caught up with Chef Ned Bell at Christmas in November where he demonstrated this tasty Arctic Char from his new cookbook, Lure! You can also make this with chicken, he mentioned, as he often does when cooking for his kids as some of them prefer…
Gotham Steakhouse & Bar Updates Its Lunch Menu
Gotham Steakhouse adds delicious new dishes and fresh ingredients I remember going to Gotham Steakhouse for after work drinks after the stock market closed and had many decadent business lunches here back in my finance days, but hadn’t been in for a while. The new menu was a great excuse to remedy this, so we…
What’s Good This Week – January 9 Edition
What to do in Vancouver This Week We are already into week two of 2018 and I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things! Hoping that you are feeling energized and ready to make the most of the year, I need to kick this cold, but my motivation is gradually returning and the Tylenol…
What’s Karen Drinking – The Sidecar
Karen’s Mixing Up The Sidecar This Week The new “What’s Karen Drinking” has been well received by our readers and I eagerly await her next libation! Check out Karen’s instagram account for more ideas for the home bar. This week she’s mixing up The Side Car Cheers! #whatskarendrinking The Sidecar is a classic cocktail thought to have…
Touring the Southern Okanagan In The Lexus NX
Testing Out the 2018 Lexus NX – Safety and Style One could just drive around town when testing out a new vehicle, but it’s much more fun to take it on the road and put it through the gears outside of the city. This winter, we happily accepted an invitation to the Okanagan to test…
Eggnog Cheesecake With Rum
Eggnog Season Continues With Eggnog Cheesecake You may still have some whipping cream around and maybe a bit of rum, so why not continue the festivities with an eggnog cheesecake? This one has a great rum sauce that adds depth to the already flavourful cheesecake! 200 g digestive biscuits 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 100…
What’s Good This Week – January 5 Edition
What’s Up In Vancouver – Events and Happenings I’d planned on launching into the New Year with new energy and intentions, but as many, I’ve had a nasty cold, so it’s been a bit of a slow start and I’m having to temporarily substitute pajamas for the sports tights I’d planned on wearing. It’s certainly…
Get Happy At Dockside – New Happy Hour Menu
Happy Hour Features at Dockside Restaurant Seven Days a Week We stopped in to try the new fall menu at Dockside in October and loved the lamb shank pictured above, as well as many other dishes, and also returned in November on our way to Vancouver Theatresports for pre-theatre snacks including flatbread and calamari. The…
Mara Jernigan Joins Summerhill Pyramid Winery
Summerhill Pyramid Winery Add Culinary Talent To The Team We just returned from the Okanagan, and didn’t get a chance to visit Summerhill Pyramid Winery this trip, but once we read our email this morning and received news that Chef Mara Jernigan has joined the winery, we are certainly going to make sure we get…
