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St. Patricks Day is Monday and the Edgewater Casino CeltiFest Vancouver started yesterday so this Friday is all green. There are some great events at the CelticFest which is centred at the Edgewater Casino this year. I drove by there the other day and
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Have you heard? Vancouver is in the running to be included in the latest Monopoly Here & Now: World Edition. Matel will choose the cities that will make the board based on voting on their website . Twenty cites will be nominated and then you will
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Yes it is Toque Tuesday in Metro Vancouver and volunteers are out around Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby and New Westminster selling toques and baseball hats to raise money to support Raise the Roof and their efforts to eliminate youth homelessness. You can
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Fridays are for fun so I am ignoring assessments, housing starts, building permits, and the economy. I was out with the kids this at Granville Island and outside the Cat's Meow there was a sign for the Mom Cafe. Being, well, a Dad, I didn't go
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There is so much to do at this time of year and that is not to mention all the tedious gift buying and working and .... blah blah blah. So what I've got today are a series of fun things to do around Vancouver this Christmas-time. Late last week the
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Cambie Street finally re-opened this week and they are celebrating on Sunday with Christmas on Cambie . Yes that is right, there is no big hole down one side of the street, no big fences, and street parking right on Cambie. And the best thing is that
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I will start this Fun Friday post off with some gratuitous efforts to win Miss604's bloggisversary contest . I only started reading Miss604's blog a couple of months ago, but its really a great one and she has been at it for four years now. To
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The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) unveiled not one, but three mascots for the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralymic Games today and already many are voicing their disapproval. These are adults complaining about cartoon characters. Please, do they
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Earlier this week in the Raincity Guide out of Seattle I read a story about exploding hot water tanks . Actually they seem to call them "water heaters" in the U.S. I had never heard this before. I had also never heard that there is an urban
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It seems that it was just a few years ago that you could hardly find a parade in Vancouver, other than the (Gay) Pride Parade . Now was have the St Patrick's Day Parade, the Parade of Lost Souls (okay its actually been around quite a while, but its
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I mentioned "being charitable" in my Friday post title, but forgot to actually write about it. I am battling a bit of cold/flu and I think it is affecting my brain. Anyway the REALTOR's Care Blanket Drive (Warning: the website will immediately
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Kerrisdale Days, which celebrates Kerrisdale's birthday, starts today in Kerrisdale and runs through Saturday. There will be sidewalk sales for the adults, entertainment for kids of all ages as well as some that is just for the kids. From their website
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The 19th annual Illuminares Lantern Festival will take place this Saturday around Trout Lake in East Vancouver's John Hendry Park . The event is in it's 19th year and is organized by the Public Dreams Society who also put on the Parade of Lost
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The 17th Annual Kitsilano Soap Box Derby is Sunday June 24th. Vancouver families, don't miss this great event that will see 60 young drivers racing down W. 4th Ave on Sunday morning. The races start at 9 and run till noon or shortly thereafter. Come
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Wondering what is happening in and around Vancouver for Easter this weekend. Take a look below: All Day Easter Egg Hunt at Stanley Park - All weekend - The Easter Bunny will be busy all day long at the Children's Farmyard and the Miniature Railway.
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