This is one of the Beloved’s approved coffees so we came here for breakfast, first at the Thurlow and West Georgia branch downtown. The Avo: Avocado, Cheese, Tomato, Arugula, Chili Hot Chocolate (foreground) and Coffee (back) Then to the branch on West 4th and Yew Streets in Kitsilano. This branch has coffee, tea, hot chocolate,…
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Things to Do Around Vancouver Art Gallery
Ice Skating Mom’s Grilled Cheese Food Truck at Robson Square. Click here for schedule. Shop at Nordstrom (and Pacific Centre) or Sportchek or the other stores around Robson Street. People-watching Picture taking with the 76 -foot Christmas tree and other points of interest at Robson Square Scotiabank Theatre Cineplex Click Here for Other Activities…
Joe Fortes, Vancouver: Night and Day
The beloved and I enjoy walking and browsing as our form of exercise, aiming if possible for 20k steps per day. On our way to and fro, we kept passing by this restaurant, Joe Fortes, named after the legendary citizen of English Bay. Day or night, it was always lively. Multiple awards are hung on…
Raisu, Vancouver
You might miss the entrance if you weren’t looking for the address because the frontage Noren (Japanese curtain) is understated. (It’s beside the Apple Farm Market across Safeway). From the same food group that gives you Suika, Raisu (Japanese word for “rice”) serves delicious Japanese food in the reliable authentic flavors but in tapas style…
Christmas Program at London Heritage Farm
Heidi, her kids (MZ, MK, and MC), and I are singing Christmas carols for the visiting seniors at the lovely historic farm museum, London Heritage Farm’s tearoom. (I signed up when Heidi and I came for scones a few days prior.) Narbata is preparing the food in the kitchen. The entertainment committee ensemble is getting…
Rainbow Park, Alta Lake (Whistler Part 4)
Do you want to know how Whistler came to be a popular weekend resort? It involved a dream, a chat, and this stunning lake full of trout. Around 1911, Alex and Myrtle Philip left Maine for British Columbia. Alex came to manage the Horseshoe Bar & Grill in Gastown, Vancouver. In the spring that year,…
Lost Lake (Whistler Part 3)
Lost Lake used to be Whistler’s longtime nudist beach naturally enclosed with a border of luxuriant evergreen trees. Since lodging structures have been built around this secluded lake, it has become a lively picnic park in the summer and part of the municipal park’s cross-country skiing trail in the winter. From Whistler Village, you can…
Whistler Village and Food (Whistler Part 2)
What can you find in a “remote” village in the wilderness? You’d be surprised! Since the 1990’s, Whistler has always garnered top votes among North American resorts for alpine skiing. It gained further global recognition when it hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics which The Village icons, stores, and memorabilia will give you nostalgic reminders of. This village…
The Road to Whistler, B.C. (Whistler Part 1)
“The journey is equal to the destination,” Brent declared about our trip to Whistler as he drove the tour shuttle from downtown Vancouver onwards on the Sea-to-Sky Highway. With a 7am pickup, it would have been nice to nap all the way but Brent’s compelling, juicy narration kept me awake. He talked about the history…
Afternoon at Lynden, Washington: Day Trip from Vancouver, B.C.
When I thought we were lost amongst farms of waddling ducks, the vision of Mount Baker’s poetic and pretty triangular snowcap on the horizon kept me focused. [It’s actually just thirty minutes from either Fairhaven where we came from or from US / Canadian border in a triangle.] Set near the Nooksack Indian village, Squahalish,…
BUTTERFLY IN THE SPRING 