Charles Bradley and the Menahan Street Band are playing the Wild Buffalo in downtown Bellingham tomorrow (Friday, December 7) and it’s the closest they’ll be coming to Vancouver on this tour. If you’ve never heard of Charles Bradley before or seen …
Hello Voyager 1, it’s Pale Blue Dot
Early this morning I learned that NASA’s Voyager 1 entered a “new realm” at the edge of the Solar System that they hadn’t anticipated or predicted existing. They’ve named this zone the “magnetic highway” and it’s basically the last layer of the …
Harrison Hot Springs: A Quick Getaway
I was recently in Harrison Hot Springs to write a story about bald eagle watching for the Vancouver, Coast & Mountains blog, 604 Pulse. Brackendale (near Squamish) is often the first place people think of when they think of bald eagle …
Forage: Robson Street’s Newest Restaurant
Robson Street’s famous for its retail chain shopping and perhaps even its authentic Asian restaurants. But what Robson Street is not known for is a place where you can find cozy, neighbourhood restaurants that focus entirely on local, ethical, sustainable …
Commercial Drive’s Autumn Colours
Autumn is so fleeting in Vancouver that you have to act quickly if you want to catch the fall foliage at its peak before the winter rains set in and wash it all away. Not that Vancouver’s renowned for its …
Vancouver in November is underrated
This was the view from the KatKam webcam at 11am today (November 8)Â perpetually showing the view over English Bay from the Burrard Street Bridge in downtown Vancouver. That’s the neighbourhood of Kitsilano to the left, the downtown’s West End to …
Shake Up Yaletown at Minami Restaurant, Vancouver
Minami Restaurant was the place to be for cocktail lovers on October 25 as it hosted the first-ever Shake Up Yaletown cocktail competition, a special event featuring exclusive cocktail creations made exclusively for the annual Taste of Yaletown dining event. From 5-8pm, six bartenders …