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Fridays are for fun and what is more than watching a movie outside at a horse track? This Sunday Fresh Air Cinema ("North America's Premier Outdoor Movie Company") is putting on The Hastings Racecourse Presents Movie Nights at the Track.  The movie this time is ET, which seems like a perfect movie to see outdoors and if you ...

That last post was no fun at all and don't think I am going to get to the other Vancouver real estate news so I have these two items for you. Vancouver Grow-op  Lets start with this "grow-op". After showing my listing in Marpole I was driving throught he neighbourhood I noticed something odd about it, there appeared to be ...

Mountain Equipment Co-op is hosting Paddlefest this Sunday at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver. As a lifelong kayaker this event caught my eye. Assuming the weather is nice, and what  big assumptoin that is these days, this sounds like a great day at the beach for all ages from singles to families with kids. MEC says: This is a ...

The Zip Trek experience in Whistler has been very popular since it opened some years ago and now you can try a zipline adventure right in Metro Vancouver with the opening tomorrow of Grouse Mountain's Air Grouse ziplines. They are starting with 3 and will be expanding the operation in the Fall of 2008. The weather is supposed to be great ...

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 when did they demolish one of the Plaza of Nations buildings? The Artists' Lounge ...

Looking for something to do in Vancouver this weeekend? Then head inside to the BC Home + Garden Show which is on from today through Sunday at BC Place stadium in downtown Vancovuer. I am try to get some information from the show's website but the darn thing won't load. Anyway it starts this afternoon I think and admission for adults is ...

Today is the start of Chinese New Year and Vancouver is one of the hot spots in North America for this event. The main event is the big parade in Vancouver's Chinatown on Sunday at noon. There are also events on Sunday at the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Garden, the Floata Chinese Restuarant and at International Village. This is the year of the ...

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 fam and I went out to Bright Lights in Stanley Park to see the lights, ...

If you didn't know already, Vancouver is a great city for skiers. There are few other cities in the world where you can ski less than an hour after work. And I mean on the hill schusing down the slopes. Well this week Grouse Mountain was the first of the local ski hills to open and with snow in the forecast for tomorrow Cypress Bowl ...

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 myth that a faulty hot water tank can explode and shoot through the roof of a ...