aggregated from: Beyond Robson

With the weather forecast predicting sunshine for Saturday, March 20 -- the first official day of spring -- it is the perfect opportunity to be outside, stretching those legs and thinking green.Vancouver Light Rail RallyRail for the Valley, a growing...

topics: granville-island, show

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Nixon in China opera presents contemporary Asian Pacific themes - perfect for Canada's Gateway to the Pacific.Much is made of Vancouver's multicultural diversity and it's role as gateway to the Asian Pacific. This is the land where Chinese first ca...

topics: granville-island, opera

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

I used to go see a lot of improv shows down at Granville Island (back when that lady who went on to be on Corner Gas was there). I was always the neurotic guy who laughed while rubbing his sweaty palms together and secretly hoped never to be taken up...

topics: granville-island, improv, shows

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Last week I waited in a line for an hour and a half at the Atlantic Canada House, stationed in the Backstage Lounge on Granville Island, waiting for a taste of Canadian food. With free samplings three times a day during the Olympic Games (11:30 a.m.,...

topics: fish, granville-island, lounge, olympic-games

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Gung Haggis dragon boat team paddles False Creek and takes in pre-Olympic sight-seeing.We have a dragon boat team of keeners.... who wanted to paddle in February. It was our first paddling practice since early November, when we had a few practices a...

topics: dessert, false-creek, fish, granville-island, langley

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

The House of Switzerland opened on Friday, exactly one week before the Opening Ceremonies. Located in Bridges Restaurant on Granville Island, the two-storey yellow structure will be adorned with the red and white colours of Switzerland until February...

topics: granville-island, restaurant

aggregated from: Vancouverite

When I first hear that during the games there would be some sort of fun, French, temporary hangout on Granville Island I was intrigued. Now combine this disappointing menu with the 1.8km fail that is the street car experiment and I'm pretty sure I ca...

topics: cheese, granville-island, menu, olympics, salmon

aggregated from: Chow Times

Polly and I wanted to check out the street car installed for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic which travels between the Olympic Village Canada Line Station and Granville Island from Jan 21 to March 21. So, we had our Friday cake meet at Wicked Cafe at 13...

topics: cafe, coffee, granville-island

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Admitadly, I'm not very good with math. Squeaked by with a C-, a lot. But I'm having a very hard time understanding the economics and numbers for spending $8.5 million to refurbish some rail lines to operate a glorified bus from Olympic Station to Gr...

aggregated from: Chow Times

Here it is & the final list of Top Vancouver Restaurants which rounds up the Top 20. I had earlier reviewed the top 10 restaurants here (1-5) and here (6-10) and here (11-15).RankThe Restaurant We Review[Click Image for Post]The Food We Tried[Click f...

topics: cafe, cheese, fish, granville-island, kitsilano