aggregated from: Chow Times

My writing is seriously backlogged.Suanne and I had a lot of good eating lately and am so excited to write about them but I simply had no time to sit down with a good stretch of time to write. You see, I am a slow writer. I take about 30 minutes to g...

topics: menu, restaurant, writer

aggregated from: Beyond Robson

In his new book, a href= http://www.vancouverspecialbook.com/ target= _blank Vancouver Special, local writer and comedian Charles Demers adds his unique voice to the ever-growing number of books that seek to catalogue and explain what Vancouver mean...

aggregated from: Vancouverite

FridayTonight, Spike Jonze brings creepy big head creatures to the big screen from the children's book Where the Wild Things Are. I think I can wait for Movie Central or TBS to be honest. Spike Jonze is great, but kids movies are kinda lame and scree...

topics: film-festival, restaurants, vancouver-film, writer, yaletown

aggregated from: VanRamblings

As is the case with most film critics, in the first week of any Festival, VanRamblings' star burns luminous and bright. By the time the second week rolls around, though, we're weary. Most films critics 'pull out' in the second week. VanRamb...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, film-festival, theatre, writer

aggregated from: VanRamblings

As is the case with most film critics, in the first week of any Festival, VanRamblings' star burns luminous and bright. By the time the second week rolls around, though, we're weary. Most films critics 'pull out' in the second week. VanRamb...

topics: downtown, downtown-eastside, film-festival, theatre, writer

aggregated from: VanRamblings

Another day, another four movies. And so it goes.First up today, though: for all of us iPhone users out there, the VIFF Fan Guide went up midday Monday, resplendent with an easy to surf and readable guide to the daily films on offer at the ...

topics: author, downtown, film-festival, jazz, score

aggregated from: VanRamblings

If the emergent theme of Day 1 of the 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival was magical realism, nature and the quest for spiritual transcendence, the operating theme of Day 2 of our glorious, west coast Festival-by-the sea was...

topics: awards, candidate, film-festival, score, theatre

aggregated from: VanRamblings

Up a bit late on Thursday, the first day of the 28th annual Vancouver International Film Festival. See my #17 Downtown Translink bus a block away, break out into a sprint and then a run, and jump onto the bus. Arrive at Seymour and Smithe a...

topics: bar, documentary, downtown, film-festival, theatre

aggregated from: Chow Times

Suanne took a really long bath that afternoon before the dinner at La Alqueria. She was hogging the bathroom wanting to be the prettiest she could be for THE dinner in Spain. She is very inconsiderate. What about me? I want to look handsome too. I ne...

topics: restaurant, restaurants, writer

aggregated from: Vancouverite

Technically both of these actor's new films are total losers. Megan Fox, who's been everywhere and on everything proved that unadulterated hotness plus Oscar winning writer Diablo Cody might not be enough to make people see movies. Who knew? Accordin...

topics: coffee, cooking, writer