And The Winner Is… Congratulation Maria! You have won tickets to Vancouver Oktoberfest 2017 at the Vancouver Alpen Club!!! Can you believe I have never been to an Oktoberfest before? But I am going to go this year at the Vancouver Alpen Club! Would you like to go too? Yes Please! If you enter my […]
Wedding Anniversary Part 2: Granville Island
You would think from this crazy over-exposed selfie that the Sunday of our anniversary weekend was super sunny and warm but no! That stunning autumnal weather had disappeared completely after our evening walk along The Drive after our dinner at Lombardo’s the night before. We wanted to do something fun, artistic and indoors for Part […]
Wedding Anniversary Part 1: Lombardo’s
It took a village to help us figure out where to go to celebrate our 17th wedding anniversary! Lots of our friends on Facebook and Twitter had fantastic suggestions but we ended up following Hi-D’s recommendation and choose Lombardo’s at 1641 Commercial Drive. Why? She said, “It’s cozy and romantic and the food is really […]
Last Day at the PNE
Restaurant Review: Breka Bakery & Café on Fraser
Cookbook Review: The East Van Foodie by Brad Hill
The Inspiration It was this poster in the window for The East Van Foodie that got me to explore the store Cook Culture. I stopped dead in my tracks and went inside searching for the book. Why? Because when it comes to food culture in Vancouver almost everything is focused on the downtown foodie scene. […]
McDonald’s 50th Birthday & 67 Cent Hamburgers
Despite being unbelievably exhausted from a very trying and challenging time I could not stay home and not partake in the big 50th Birthday Celebration for McDonald’s! We were not the only ones considering they were selling their classic hamburgers for just 67 cents each! It took around 15-20 minutes in line only to discover […]
Interview with Brad Hill, Creator of “The East Van Foodie”
Brunch at Deacon’s Corner in Gastown
The Location My dear friend Pepper invited me out to lunch at Deacon’s Corner at 101 Main Street in Gastown/Vancouver’s East Side over the weekend. Well you know how much I love going to diners and this one has a southern style to it that sounded too awesome to pass up. The People It has the perfect […]
Weekend and Car Free Day On The Drive
Becoming A Discerning Foodie Lunch with a friend on the weekend was supposed to be simple. We choose Bandidas Taqueria at 2781 Commercial Drive on Saturday afternoon. It always seemed to be happening with lots of people eating away at this vegetarian taqueria. Yes, you heard right, I was giving a vegetarian restaurant a shot. I […]