aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Hopefully no one looks down on me for this but I hadn't fully listened to Massive Attack until a month ago. I really don't know how that happened. But you know, there's always that band that everyone talks about and for some reason, you miss the trai...

topics: author, park, stanley-park

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

I m breaking with the Olympic post titling what was an alarming story, but one where everyone was hoping for the best, has turned out as feared, and the funny post title just doesn t suit.Andrew Koenig, who went missing in Vancouver over a week ago...

topics: park, show, stanley-park

aggregated from: Metroblogging Vancouver

I have a pile of things for another post, but I want this one to focus on just one news item.I ve mentioned a personal enjoyment of the Never Not Funny podcast and the show s hosts when they come to Vancouver for the comedy festival. Well, the show s...

topics: bakery, olympics, park, show, stanley-park

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

the JC volunteers from BC had been unable to enlist in this province. They marched, paraded and trained, hoping that their demonstrations of patriotism would win public sympathy for giving them the vote. They were ignored. (Less than a decade earlie...

topics: park, stanley-park

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Disclaimer the first: Not all of these happen on Halloween nightDisclaimer the second: Yes, I know I missed that event, and that one, and that other one, so include them in the comments.Disclaimer the third: There isn't one. I just think things shoul...

topics: park, pne, stanley-park

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Protester in Stanley Park causes major traffic headaches. We don't care what he was protesting, just that traffic was delayed. That is all we care about. Bacon is suffering grave psychological harm . Namely because Ma Fratelli dropped him on his hea...

topics: busted, olympics, park, stanley-park

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Movies: Jennifer's Body. It was filmed her. It stars Megan Fox. She kisses Amanda Seyfried. Can I make it any clearer than that? Oh, Diablo Cody wrote it. Good times. Or you could see fat Matt Damon in The Informant! Which will probably be better mos...

topics: blues, gastown, jazz, park, stanley-park

aggregated from: GungHaggisFatChoy

Terry Fox Run on Sunday, September 13th.Todd Wong is Terry's Team member for Richmond run siteTerry's Team member Todd Wong, DougAlward (Terry Fox's best friend who accompanied him on the Marathon ofHope) and Terry Fleming (Terry's high school basket...

topics: burnaby, coquitlam, delta, marathon, north-vancouver

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

Monday, August 24Elvis Costello plays at Stanley Park's Malkin Bowl tonight. You could buy a ticket. Or you could, you know, just sit outside the fence and listen for free. Doors at 5:30, show at 7pm.Tuesday, August 25The Vermeer, Rembrandt and the G...

topics: park, show, stanley-park

aggregated from: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

My city has changed a lot since I first got to explore it in 1975. I was working for Tilden Rent a Car on Alberni Street. Before I was promoted to counter clerk I washed cars and jockeyed them to other Tilden locations includign the one at the ...

topics: park, stanley-park