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Commercial Drive, Vancouver in October
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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 …

updated on October 4, 2016November 12, 20120 Comment on Commercial Drive’s Autumn Colours
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November in vancouver
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Vancouver in November is underrated

This was the view from the KatKam webcam at 11am today (November 8) 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 …

updated on October 4, 2016November 8, 20122 Comments on Vancouver in November is underrated
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Shake Up Yaletown
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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 …

updated on January 13, 2025November 5, 20120 Comment on Shake Up Yaletown at Minami Restaurant, Vancouver
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British Columbia Food

Pumpkin Patch Adventure at the AppleBarn Pumpkin Farm

A trip to the pumpkin patch is one of my quintessential fall experiences. It’s the perfect excuse to head out into the countryside and fully embrace the season: the warm colours of the foliage, the foggy mornings, the earthy smell of the …

updated on January 26, 2023October 27, 20120 Comment on Pumpkin Patch Adventure at the AppleBarn Pumpkin Farm
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The Fish Shack opens on Granville Street, Vancouver

Update: The Fish Shack closed permanently in March 2018 after five and a half years of operation. I wrote these first impressions after their media launch in October 2012. Vancouver’s Glowbal Group opened their latest restaurant on Wednesday evening to …

updated on January 27, 2023October 25, 20120 Comment on The Fish Shack opens on Granville Street, Vancouver
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Food Vancouver

Richmond Night Market

The Richmond Night Market finally closes this weekend, and because it’s the Thanksgiving long weekend, they’ll be open Friday, Saturday, Sunday as well as Monday. If you haven’t been to the night market this summer, now is your last chance to go! …

updated on January 26, 2023October 4, 20120 Comment on Richmond Night Market
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Tasting Plates Vancouver, Kitsilano – two girls attempt 10 restaurants in 3 hours

Last week on Wednesday my colleague Dana and I joined dozens of other food enthusiasts in Kitsilano for the second-ever Tasting Plates Vancouver, a culinary event put on by food blogger Richard Wolak, better known online as Vancouver Foodster. For …

updated on January 14, 2025September 19, 20120 Comment on Tasting Plates Vancouver, Kitsilano – two girls attempt 10 restaurants in 3 hours
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Robyn Hanson

Storyteller, nature nerd, food lover, and former tourism professional living south of Vancouver at the mouth of the Fraser River in xʷməθkʷəy̓əm territory.

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