I often see people in Vancouver making rookie tourist mistakes, resulting in some wasted time or “I wish I would have known” moments. I wrote these 25 tips as a way to share some local Vancouver wisdom so you can hopefully avoid those mistakes and ultimately have a better Vancouver experience because of it. 1. …
Heavenly. Dreamlike. Magical. For a pasta lover, not much tops Oca Pastificio. It was literally one hour into tomato season at Oca Pastificio and we—my coworkers Frances, Jillian, Kristen, and I—had found ourselves at the best seat in the house. We were at Vancouver’s most coveted Italian restaurant, sipping Dolcetto d’Alba, about to embark on …
The Butchart Gardens in Victoria is the most famous botanical garden in Canada, but going there from Vancouver is a long day. It’s about a three to four hour journey to Victoria from Vancouver one way by car and ferry. You’ll probably spend an hour or two at the gardens. Then it’s about a three …
I never expected to become a mushroom forager. You see, for the longest time, I never liked mushrooms. I meticulously picked them out of pizza. I snubbed my nose at cream of mushroom soup. But something changed in my twenties. I discovered that I enjoyed morels cooked in a cream sauce served on a fillet …
This was my first attempt at writing history. I originally wrote it in March 2007 for my BC history class at UBC. I was 26. I grew up next to Finn Slough. I recognized that I knew very little of its history, other than it was a Finnish settlement. But why? Why a Finnish settlement? …
These 10 hikes are what I recommend to all my visiting family and friends who are looking to connect with nature and take in the scenery on the Sunshine Coast.
Where do you go for the best brunch in Vancouver? Well, it depends on what you’re seeking. But given that there are so many restaurants to choose from, I created this list of one-of-a-kind places I would normally suggest to visiting friends and family. From casual neighbourhood diners to fancier destination restaurants, these are some …
