I’m starting up a new monthly blog feature: a short roundup of things to do in Vancouver every month, highlighting some of my favourite events and activities in the Vancouver region that I feel are worthy of putting on your radar. Yes, January might be a crappy month for its rain, cold, and darkness, but if …
As some of you know, I am a craft beer enthusiast. I go to beer tweetups. I’m a member of CAMRA Vancouver. I go to St. Augustine’s way too much. As a result, I’m excited to announce that Steam Whistle Oktoberfest is coming to Vancouver! For the first time in Vancouver, Toronto craft brewery Steam Whistle will be …
This Friday is CreativeMornings/Vancouver, a monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types at Gastown’s W2 Media Cafe. I’ve gone a few times in the past and I’ll be going again this Friday. The speaker this month is Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson. I wasn’t originally planning to write a blog post about this, but then I remembered that …
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 from six of Yaletown’s restaurants created a unique Taste of Yaletown cocktail using Bacardi rum …