Date: Monday, September 15th Time: 6:30pm $99 Venue: Cinara Host: Terry Threlfall So, here’s the deal. It’s the night before Top Drop’s Main Event and we’d like to have a little dinner party to celebrate. If you’re looking for white linen, a dozen courses, and 30-minute soliloquies on yeast and soil types, this probably won’t be your thing. What we have here is a casual evening with five Top Drop wineries who’ve each brought one or two favourite labels from their cellars. Chef Lucais Syme will be busting out a kick-ass, five-course dinner with renowned sommelier Terry Threlfall is your…
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Top Drop Vancouver is a two-day consumer and trade event, bringing together a collection of 24 wineries, along with a handful of breweries and food purveyors who are passionate about their craft. On September 16, 2014 Top Drop Vancouver: THE MAIN EVENT | $49 Date: Tuesday, September 16th Time: 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm Heritage Hall, 3102 Main Street, Vancouver Proceeds proudly go to the BC Hospitality Foundationspitality Foundation A grazing-style tasting of 24 terroir-focused wineries, 4 craft breweries, 4 food purveyors and so much more. All Top Drop information is at TopDropVancouver.com… Top Drop Vancouver 2014 Participating Wineries Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars |…
The 6th Annual Garlic Festival August 24th, 10am-3pm Terra Nova Rural Park Richmond, BC Open to all ages, this free event combines organically grown artisan garlic and garlic goods with family friendly activities. Festival Highlights: Over 1,000lbs of fresh organically-grown artisan garlic for sale Continuous Entertainment Cooking Demonstrations Wood Fired Cob Oven eats by Steveston Pizza Earnest Ice Cream with Garlic or Salted Caramel Ice Cream Kids Activities hay pile, crafts, and more! Free workshops: Learn to grow your own garlic Admission by Donation
Enjoy five signature courses for one low price Gastown’s Nouveau Chinese restaurant is celebrating the last, lazy days of summer with a five-course prix-fixe menu, featuring Chef Scott Korzak’s most popular signature creations: Chicken Skins BBQ Duck Buns Nectarine Salad Mushroom Dumplings Beef & Broccoli Priced at $29 per person, the prix-fixe is available Sunday through Thursday until the end of the summer. WEBSITE
Get your tongs, skewers, and smoker racks ready as the 9th annual Well Seasoned BBQ OFF The Bypass event returns Sunday, September 14 from 10am to 4pm at a brand new location (#117-20353-64 Avenue, Langley). The event is free to the public with live music, unique displays, tasty vendors and delicious BBQ samples. Angie Quaale, owner of the celebrated Well Seasoned gourmet food store in Langley, first introduced BBQ On the Bypass in 2005 as a way to unite grilling enthusiasts to join the quest for ultimate barbeque. Dedicated and creative teams from across North America gather annually in Langley, BC to…
Farmers on 57th is a half-acre mixed vegetable urban farm located at Cambie and 57th. Katie Selbee, Susheela Kundargi, and Reta Morris are three UBC Farm practicum graduates who together run the farm’s vegetable CSA program.Date/Time: Sunday, August 31st, 5pm at Cambie and 57th Ave, Vancouver (on the grounds of the George Pearson Center) https://www.facebook.com/events/567577860017263 Bring: A dish to share and tools to eat with! Tour the half-acre urban farm and enjoy a potluck meal while hearing from a few Vancouver chefs on how local purchasing works in their restaurants, followed by an open discussion on ways to get more farm-fresh produce from…
For the first time in many years, Hy’s Steakhouse and Cocktail Bar has unveiled a new menu featuring traditional classics as well as dishes destined to become new favourites. Hy’s has long been known for its high quality menu and impeccable service since the restaurant chain opened its first location in 1955. Many of those original dishes became guest favourites, and remain at the core of the Hy’s menu. Along with the best Prime Grade steaks, famous Caesar salad, and rich and decadent cheese toast, Hy’s new dinner menu features: braised Pork Belly, seared Jumbo Scallops, Muscovy Duck Confit, delicate…
A few months back I started using North American Hemp Co hair and face products and I’m still addicted to these lotions and potions. They are available at London Drugs and currently on sale, the shampoo and conditioner is only $7.99. The moisturizing shampoo is just what it claims to be – moisturizing! I have dry hair and need extra moisture or I frizz out. It’s foamy and smells delightful, a combo of fruit and flowers and washes out thoroughly. The two conditioners I tried were the moisturizing and deep conditioner. The deep I use once every couple washes and the moisturizing…
Tours & Demos Schedule Chilliwack River Valley Natural Honey Ltd. Bee Demo 10 am & 2 pm honey & product sampling throughout the day Willow Creek Farm Tour vineyard & gardens Local Harvest Take a ride on our barrel train! Greendale Market Ice Cream sampling Great Blue Heron Reserve Walking tours & birding – bring your binoculars or borrow ours Discover the Rotary Interpretive Centre 5-Acres Ranch Self-Guided Garden Tour Greendale Herb & Vine Edible Landscape Self-Guided Tour Wander the gardens Greendale Pottery Pottery Wheel Demo throughout day Visit with Black Angus Calves & Backyard Chickens Anita’s Organic Mill Food Sampling…
On August 23rd and 24th at the Vancouver Art Gallery – North Plaza, the inaugural Discovering Thailand Festival will kick off with a series of fun, colourful traditional dances with fashion shows and entertaining Muay Thai (Thai martial arts) matches by renowned champions, Somchai Nakbalee and Komgrit Na Nakorn. It is all part of the country’s effort to showcase and celebrate the nation’s rich, vibrant cultural heritage as well as to promote its many amazing travel attractions. Iconic to Thailand, Muay Thai, a combat sport developed in the 16th century, commonly referred to as “The Arts of the Eight Limbs”, has gained worldwide…
August 23, 2014 – Campbell’s Gold Honey Farm & Meadery in partnership with Langley Environmental Partners Society (LEPS) and Mt Lehman Cheese Company 8th Annual Free Family Fun & Education Day! Campbell’s Gold Honey Farm & Meadery 2595 Lefeuvre Road Abbotsford BC, V4X 1L5 Annual free community event and one way that we give back to our local community. This event offers family fun for all ages, including: a Langley Environmental Partners Society (LEPS) display focused on protecting and restoring the natural environment. The display will showcase their demonstration garden and sustainable gardening practices as well as information on the Grow Healthy, Grow Smart Program for kids…
The Annual Celebrity Dim Sum is heading into its seventh year. The Celebrity Dim Sum is a signature fundraising event for AIDS Vancouver, attracting high-level donors as well as a variety of Vancouver celebrities. Every year this event proves to be a delectable Dim Sum brunch to remember, with all proceeds going towards AIDS Vancouver’s Community Outreach Program: providing outreach HIV information, education and support to people who are a high risk of contracting HIV. The most significant appeal of the Celebrity Dim Sum is the opportunity to meet and network with high profile celebrities with direct ties to Vancouver. This…
Join the first annual Vancouver Craft Brew Cruise aboard The Magic Spirit on Vancouver’s Waterfront. This session style event is a premier beer event for the true craft connoisseur. Fifteen of British Columbia’s finest craft brewers will be on board for our maiden voyage. Three unique sailings are scheduled on Saturday, August 23rdh, 2014; 11:00am, 3:30pm, and 8:00pm. Each sampling session will run for a “three hour tour” on the water aboard The Magic Spirit. As one of the most anticipated beer events on the craft beer festival calendar, we look forward to seeing you on board! UPDATE: Ticket sales…
The Blarney Stone, along with partners, The Peak 102.7, GFS, Shocktop, Southern Comfort, French’s Mustard, Pepsi, The Georgia Straight & the Gastown BIA, hosts the 3rd annual Gastown BBQ & Chili Festival (Outdoor Street Festival) Saturday August 30th & Sunday August 31st, 2014. The 3rd annual Gastown BBQ & Chili Festival is just around the corner and we are well prepared for the biggest and best year yet! This year’s competitors include: Gringo, Chill Winston, Railtown Café, Calabash, The Hastings Warehouse, TUC Craft Kitchen, Deacon’s Corner, The Charles Bar, The Irish Heather, Lamplighter, The Blarney Stone & Peckinpah, These Gastown…
MEET THE GARAGISTES OF THE OKANAGAN WINE WORLD! Following the international Garagiste movement, experience the first of its kind in Canada at the new Garagiste North Wine Festival on September 14th. This “Small Guys Wine Festival”, celebrates the artisan winemakers who are crafting commercially produced small case lot wines (under 2000 cases). This is the ONLY festival of its kind that brings the hard-to-find, small-production wines and their creators together for an extraordinary taste of what lies beneath the large commercial winemaking industry. Garagistes are coming from across the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys, providing guests with a taste of the…
THE FAIR AT THE PNE UNVEILS NEW MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FREE-WITH-ADMISSION ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP Since 1910, fairgoers from across BC and around the world have made The Fair at the PNE their annual end of summer tradition and British Columbia’s most popular ticketed event. This year, the PNE is thrilled to announce millions of dollars in new programming for the 2014 Fair, including the highly anticipated Game of Thrones® Exhibit and one of the best Summer Night Concert series to date. “The Fair at the PNE is one of the most beloved annual traditions for families across British Columbia,” says PNE President and…
Come and celebrate International Bacon Day with us at Urban Diggs 5th annual Baconfest…. a celebration of all things porky & delicious…. especially bacon! Your $10 admission gets you into the event, one complimentary beverage & entertainment. Reup BBQ will be on site frying up deep fried pork belly sandwiches and with “hog dogs” on the grill made with our own pastured, heritage pork. Reup’s famous fried free range chicken & coleslaw made with local, organic ingredients will be served. Burnaby’s own Dageraad Brewing is bringing their flavourful Amber Ale & New Westminster’s Steel and Oak will be serving up their popular summer Radler. Marley Coffee will be…
Local Vancouver foodie event, Hawkers Market, is coming together with The Eastside Flea on Saturday August 16th to host a summer market explosion!! TICKETS! Featuring Vancouver’s favorite flea market, local food vendors, large bar with craft beer & fun summer cocktails, outdoor food trucks, live music & DJ’s… this is an event like Vancouver has never seen before!! With a focus on Eastside Flea in the day, and Hawkers in the evening, we’re inviting you to join us daytime, nighttime or both for an electrifying full day! ** TICKETS ** BEST DEAL! Advance all-day event tickets $10.00 At the door:…
Cross-Canada Cycle to Culminate with Sustainable Seafood Celebration On September 12, Chefs for Oceans founder Chef Ned Bell is scheduled to arrive back in Vancouver after an 8,700-kilometre, 72-day journey across the country. His trip began in Newfoundland on Canada Day and will conclude in Vancouver with a celebration event at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver, where he is the Executive Chef. Chef Bell would like to invite his supporters, sponsors, family and friends to attend the event, with all ticket revenues going directly to the Chefs for Oceans Foundation. Bell’s Chefs for Oceans bike ride across Canada has been…
lululemon athletica is hosting the largest street yoga party Vancouver has ever seen with Coastal Om on Thursday, August 21, 2014. The complimentary event is to celebrate the opening of lululemon’s new flagship store, located at 970 Robson Street. Renowned teachers Eoin and Insiya Finn will lead 500 yogi’s and fellow Vancouverites gathered on the mat on Robson Street between Hornby and Burrard to get their om on. Much more then a yoga class, Coastal Om is a celebration of Vancouver’s iconic waterfront and features live music and surprises for guests throughout the day What: Coastal Om Yoga on Robson Street…
