Mix Up a Cardamon Mojito With Bacardi We often mix up Mojito and have mint readily available on our balcony at GLV headquarters! So, what is a Mojito and why do you need one? Mojito’s were born in Cuba, but there’s often arguments over the actual inventor. “La Bodeguita del medio”, a restaurant in Havana, Cuba…
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What’s Good This Week – July 4 Edition
What’s There To Do Around Vancouver This Week? Pig Roast at Library Square – Saturday July 8th Library Square is keeping summer rolling on Saturday with the “Juluau”— a pig roast and Tiki drink party which kicks off on their patio at 3pm. Tickets to the event are $25 and include: Pig Roast and all…
Tripping To Okanagan Wine Country With Apple D’Or
Okanagan Wine Country – Naramata and a Bit Beyond Thanks to the ever-charming Chef Victor Bongo, the ever-ready to travel Tess G. and I got an invite to the Naramata Bench for the launch of the chefs new menu and the wines Bongo created in conjunction with Serendipity Winery. We live in delicious times I…
Chef Victor Bongo Moves East to The Okanagan
Chef Victor Bongo Launches New Menu at The Naramata Inn and Releases Enchanté by Bongo Wines A few months back we joined Chef Victor Bongo in Vancouver to sample items for his new menu (details here), and now that he’s fully installed in Naramata he kindly asked us to join him for a Bongo-style weekend….
Absolut Vodka Canada Day Cocktails
Mix Up Some Absolut – ly Delicious Cocktails For Canada Day To celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday, Absolut collaborated on a limited edition bottle with Canadian textile artist Libs Elliott and I was fortunate enough to be sent one to play with. Through her quilts, she’s revitalizing a craft with a deep legacy by incorporating modern technology…
Les Dames d’Escoffier Summerdine Pacific Yacht Charters
Dine Out For a Cause – Les Dames d’Escoffier August 16, 2017 As a proud member of Les Dames d’Escoffier, I’m always eager for each year’s Les Dames Summerdine, a concurrent dinner party held all over the province raising funds for our scholarship and outreach programs. This year the fundraiser is on August 16th and…
What’s Good This Week – Canada Day Edition
Let’s Get Ready to Celebrate Canada in Vancouver – 150 PLUS YEARS I’m tagging this Canada Day #Canada150plus because Canada has been here a lot longer that 150 years! Nevertheless, we’ve got a country to celebrate and more and more reasons to celebrate as we find new ways to unite, merge and define our own…
Honda Accord Hybrid Touring 2017 Getting To The Church On Time
Honda Accord Hybrid Touring – Touring the Okanagan If you been watching our recent antics, we’ve been on the road a lot lately and this April were cruising around the Okanagan pre and post wedding testing out the newest Honda Accord Hybrid, the 2017. The Accord is roomy and comfortable, perfect for packing everything up…
Hand Crafted Spirits on TSN1410 – RauDZ Pistachio Rose Gimlet
Chatting Cocktails With Danielle Jeckel at RauDZ in Kelowna We were up in Kelowna several times this spring for our wedding planning and festivities (no I won’t shut up about that yet) and I met up with bartender Danielle Jeckel of RauDZ restaurant for an interview about their cocktail program. This Kelowna favourite has superb…
National Aboriginal Day Fry Bread Recipe
Fry Bread Recipe With Serving Suggestions Lately I’ve been extremely fortunate to have several experiences where I’ve learned just a little bit more about Indigenous culture. I was first invited to share in a Cooking For Reconciliation Feast at Skwachays Lodge with Chef Rich Francis who had recently spent his first visit in British Columbia’s Aboriginal communities…
What’s Good This Week June 20 Edition
What To Do In And Around Vancouver This Week It’s the first day of summer and I’m feeling rather out of sorts for some reason. It’s actually the kind of weather I like today, so that can’t be it, although I know a lot of my friends would be happier with a little more sunshine….
Dinner With Chef Jonathan Chang And Open Apron
Open Apron Brings Chefs To Your Home For Exceptional Meals We were lucky enough to win a dinner for Valentine’s Day this year with Open Apron. Open Apron is a catering service where you can search out chefs and meals and have them come to your home and cook you a meal. Our Chef was…
Metropolis at Metrotown Launches Virtual Reality 360 degrees Exhibit to Celebrate Canada’s 150th
Head to Metropolis at Metrotown for a contest – $1,000 grand prize/$250 weekly We partnered with Metropolis to bring you some news on this exhibit that sounds like a pretty cool way to get to know Canada! And they’re easy to get to via sky train too! Thinking we’ll head out and try to nab that grand prize…
Where To Take Your Dad This Father’s Day
Events For You And Dad For Father’s Day It seems people tend to plan a little further ahead for Mom, but good old Dad doesn’t seem to mind more last minute plans. I’m still getting emails on events that aren’t yet sold out, so here’s a few for you should you not have decided on…
What’s Good This Week – June 15 Edition
A Few Events We Recommend In and Around Vancouver – What’s Good Well it’s been a busy couple months for us and I finally feel I am getting somewhat caught up after the wedding, but then I find a whole lot of other things I want to do! I’ve been trying to stay home more, and…
Loblaws CityMarket In-Store Dietitian Consultations
Keep Cardiovascular Health Top Of Mind And Stay Healthy With Loblaws CityMarket I’ve been a little more liberal with my food choices since I completed my weight loss challenge, but I’m still keeping healthy eating a priority. Recently I met up with Brittany Thomas, one of the in-store dietitians available at local Loblaws CityMarket. I live…
Father’s Day Gifts For Cool Dads
Unique Father’s Day Gifts Whenever we ask our Dad what he wants for Father’s Day, he says socks, and we listen, but we know that there are some Dad’s out there that really don’t want or need another pair of socks, so we’ve sussed out a few other things that sophisticated Dads might appreciate. Here’s…
UBC Food Services Recipe Demos – The Tuna
UBC Food Services Chef Steven Yzerman From UBC Food Trucks Recipe For Tuna Atop Slaw Last week I ventured out to UBC to visit my husband Mich just to make sure he’s behaving at work. Okay, not really, it was actually to witness a food demo that UBC Food Services, the department he works for. I…
My Bachelorette – A Day at Spa Utopia and An Overnight at The Pan Pacific Hotel
Checking out the Pan Pacific Club Floor Rooms With My Ladies It’s been so much about the wedding lately that I still have to catch up on writing about lots of adventures I had before the big day. I was sick with a terrible flu just before what was supposed to be the girls weekend at…
What’s Good This Week(end) June 2 Edition
What To Do In And Around Vancouver This week has been a bit crazeballs! I’ve had a ton of client work and then events and more events that I just had to go to. Thankfully the weekend is slowing down, at least for me, but there’s a few things I wouldn’t miss. VCBW Beer Festival |…
