Arts and Culture

#ExploreBC – The City of Nelson

Nelson is a very pretty, charming, walkable and historic small town that at the same time has enough amenities, restaurants and an up-beat vibe to keep city-lovers happy. Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Arts and Culture, Road Trip, Travel, On May 21, 2020

2020 and Still No Home!

Still Counting January 1, 2020 marks day 1,250 of having no permanent residence, and yes, we still love it! We started 2019 in Australia, cruised around New Zealand then spent 2 weeks in BC before heading to California, Nevada and an epic trip to Mexico. We started our first long-stay… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Arts and Culture, Dining, Travel, On January 1, 2020

Legends vs Tenors

Each time we visit Las Vegas we try to go to one new show. We have seen four Cirque shows and are over Cirque. The last two visits have been about 'rock shows'. Not really concerts, but unique ways of performing great rock classics. This is our opinion of 'Tenors… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Arts and Culture, Road Trip, Travel, On March 13, 2018

An Education in Port

Last month we attended Liberty Wine Merchants Port & Chocolate event at the Vancouver Rowing Club. We learned a bunch about Port and... Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Arts and Culture, CK Golf, Wine, On November 10, 2015

Italy – Top 10 Best Things

We recently returned from a trip to Europe, Italy specifically. It was Jeff's first trip off of North American soil and Tara's second (but the first in a long time). Overall we had a fantastic time... Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Arts and Culture, CK Golf, Dining, Travel, On October 25, 2014

Walking Tour – Chinatown, Vancouver, BC

We think we know quite a bit about the city of Vancouver now that we have lived here for 7 years and we are often out and about, especially in the downtown core. But it is nice when we have visitors come to town to act like a tourist and… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Arts and Culture, CK Golf, Vancouver Activities, On June 25, 2014

Wine Tasting in Ojai, California – Casa Barranca Winery

While we were in Ventura, CA last week we managed to make the 25 minute drive to Ojai to taste some wine. The first winery tasting room that we visited was The Ojai Vinyard... Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Arts and Culture, CK Golf, Travel, Wine, On February 16, 2013

Dining in Vancouver – Six Acres

On Thursday, June 21st we quit work early (shocker!) to check out a Music Festival in Gastown. The idea was a series of tents set up along Water Street from Seymour to Carrall and up one block of Carrall (about 5 blocks total) with different musicians performing at each tent… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Arts and Culture, CK Golf, Dining, Dining in Vancouver, Vancouver Activities, On July 5, 2012

Rock of Ages in Vancouver

I had to get up and write this post this morning to tell everyone that read the review in the Vancouver Sun about the Rock of Ages production to ignore it. If you were a fan of the 80's as I am you will love it!! The 80's included my… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Arts and Culture, CK Golf, Vancouver Activities, On May 12, 2012

Vancouver – One Night, Three Venues

Last Thursday we had a busy night planned and all three venues were places we had not been before. We started the night at Relish Gastropub & Bar on Nelson for the Vancouver Tech Co-Founders Meet Up. Then we headed to the Georgian Court Hotel for dinner at their restaurant… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Arts and Culture, Dining in Vancouver, Vancouver Activities, On January 30, 2012

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