Vancouver Adventures

Thing’s I’m Going to Miss About Vancouver

I love Vancouver (not the weather this summer so much) and have really enjoyed our nine years living in the downtown core. It is an amazing city, always vibrant and full of life. So here are the 7 Things I'm Going to Miss Most About Vancouver! Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Road Trip, Vancouver Activities, On July 31, 2016

BC's Best Craft Beers – Steel & Oak

Yes indeed, we consider New Westminister a road trip, since we had to take the car. But it was worth the trip to test out eight drafts from one of our new favorite breweries, Steel & Oak. A very non... Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, Craft Beer, On September 18, 2015

Vancouver Lookout Tour

Another reason we love Vancouver - the views!It is great when friends and family come to visit and we get to be tourists in Vancouver. What better place to give them the 'lay of the land' than at Vancouver Lookout. Vancouver LookoutThe building that Vancouver Lookout sits atop (Harbour Center)… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, Travel, Vancouver Activities, On July 11, 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

Dining in Gastown – Tasting Plates

Tasting Plates YVR is a roving food tasting tour through a Tasting Plates Vancouver, VanFoodster, Vancouver, BCparticular area of the city that brings guests to participating restaurants, cafes & food trucks, by foot, bike, transit, car or whatever other mode of transport you choose - unicycle anyone? Tasting Plates YVR… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, Craft Beer, Dining, Dining in Vancouver, Vancouver Activities, On June 11, 2014

Vancouver Food Truck – Mom's Grilled Cheese

Vancouver Street Food SceneThere are now almost 100 food trucks licensed in Vancouver and the surrounding areas. Each year 15 new trucks are added in Vancouver. This year's new trucks ranged from hot dogs to gourmet including everything from International flavours to Mexican, Pan-Asian, Korean and more. One of the… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, Dining in Vancouver, Vancouver Activities, On July 16, 2012

Biking and Breakfast in Vancouver – Hub Restaurant

Every sunny Saturday we try to jump on our bikes for a somewhat leisurely ride for an hour or so before stopping for brunch and then finishing the ride home. Last Saturday we chose a route from Coal Harbour, through the West End to Pacific Ave, over the Burrard Bridge,… Continue reading →

Posted in 19th Hole Blog, CK Golf, Dining in Vancouver, Vancouver Activities, On May 31, 2012

Olympic Anniversary vs. Hockey Day in Canada

This Saturday poses a dilemma in our house. It is both a day of celebration for the one year anniversary of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games and it is Hockey Day in Canada. Now who would schedule such a thing? For us the Olympics was a great two week stretch… Continue reading →

Posted in 2010 Olympic Games, CK Golf, Dining in Vancouver, Hockey, Vancouver Activities, Whistler, On February 8, 2011

Spa Day in Vancouver

About a week before Christmas I took my own day off in the city to have a spa day. I started with a massage at the Vida Spa in the Sheraton Wall Center on Burrard and followed it up with a mani/pedi at a newly opened salon The Studio (by… Continue reading →

Posted in Vancouver Activities, On January 3, 2011

Christmas Windows

Woodward’s Christmas Windows Saturday morning (such a perfect sunny Vancouver morning) I headed out to check out all six Woodward’s Christmas windows. The Woodward’s Windows were a holiday tradition in the 1960’s. When the Woodward's building closed in 1993 Canada Place began incorporating the displays into their own Xmas windows.… Continue reading →

Posted in Arts and Culture, Vancouver Activities, On December 6, 2010

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