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Vancouver Aquarium’s 2011 Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown Champion

Posted on November 21, 2011 by GusF

This Wednesday November 23rd, 12 Top Chefs from across British Columbia will compete in a cook-off to be named this years Vancouver Aquarium’s 2011 Ocean Wise Chowder Chowdown Champion. The top 12 chefs that will be competing are: Eric Pless … Continue reading →

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Celebrating My 10th Anniversary in Vancouver

Posted on October 22, 2011 by GusF

It’s not often in our lives we reach great milestones. Today is one of those live milestones for me. 10 years ago on this day I packed up what little I had; a suitcase, 2 big boxes which housed my … Continue reading →

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Emery Barnes Park Vancouver – Phase 3

Posted on September 12, 2011 by GusF

Finally after over a year of the completion of Phase 2 of Emery Barnes Park in Vancouver, Phase 3 is getting closer to completion. Today the crews finally started to arrive to finish off this great green space. The remaining … Continue reading →

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Vancouver Gay Pride 2011

Posted on August 3, 2011 by GusF

The weather wasn’t looking the best for this past weekend’s Vancouver Gay Pride Parade, but the clouds broke early on the day to make it a wonderful and warm day to watch the parade. As usual, the parade is long … Continue reading →

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Dragon Boat Festival Vancouver 2011

Posted on June 13, 2011 by GusF

This year marked the 23rd anniversary of the Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver and after several years of missing it or not being around in the city, I finally caught a couple of races on Sunday afternoon. The festival attracts … Continue reading →

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Yaletown’s 3rd Annual Dog Day Afternoon

Posted on May 25, 2011 by GusF

I have to thank my work colleague Debra for letting me know that Yaletown will be having their 3rd annual Dog Day Afternoon this coming Sunday (that’s May 29th) at Cooper’s Park in Yaletown. The event is being put together … Continue reading →

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Vancouver Snow Day

Posted on February 27, 2011 by GusF

There is always something wonderful about waking up to a city that has just had a few centimeters of fresh snow. Fresh snow always seems to make people happier and the city always looks amazing. We here in Vancouver don’t … Continue reading →

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Vancouver Christmas Market

Posted on December 12, 2010 by GusF

For a full month, which began on November 24th, the Queen Elizabeth Plaza is being transformed to an authentic European Christmas Market. Dubbed the Vancouver Christmas Market, Vancouverites will feel that they are transported to a wonderful Christmas village filled … Continue reading →

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Social Good for $100 in 100 Minutes

Posted on December 1, 2010 by GusF

Tomorrow, December 2nd, the organizers of Pepsi Refresh Project will conducting a little experiment in Vancouver to see how socially good we are. They are seeing how much good we can do by spending $100 in 100 minutes. So how … Continue reading →

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Eastside Culture Crawl – 2010

Posted on November 26, 2010 by GusF

Today begins the Annual Eastside Cultural Crawl where artists from the Eastside open up their doors and studios to the public and showcase their many works. Started in 1997 and with only 45 artists in the Eastside. This year marks … Continue reading →

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