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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 ...

New Works is a Vancouver based dance company that "really likes dance. A lot." That is according to the New Works website. Their mission statement is: To produce and present performance events for the public, and to build audiences for diverse dance forms locally, nationally and internationally. To also provide support to emerging, ...

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 ...

Canada Day on Granville Island was a great event. I shot a little video of a few of the events that happened in the area around the Community Centre and the waterpark which is where we were hanging out. I tried putting the clips together with the "Kaleidiscope" option that the Flip Camera offers. I am not sure about it though. Take a ...

This weekend the Vancouver International Jazz Festival comes to False Creek at sets up shop in David Lam Park and inside at the Roundhouse Community Centre. Somehow I''ve never made it across the creek for this event but I hear is is great to be there and it sounds pretty good as the music drifts across the creek to my roof deck here on ...

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 ...

I just didn't get to this during the week and whether I really have time for it now is debatable, but this is one of the biggest events of the year around the creek so I have to get it out there. The Rio Tinto Alcan Canadian Dragon Boat Festival is on right now, and tomorrow too down at the east end of the Creek and just north of Science ...

That is pretty much it. The False Creek South Neighbourhood Association is having their next meeting June 7th. The meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. at The Regatta, in the Recreation Cente, 1869 Spyglass Place. They also have some new info up on their site from the "Steering Committee". Well that seems like a bit of a short ...

False Creek Elementary is a great school. We've had a great experience with our son there and will be sending our daughter to kidergarten there next year. Friday was Sports Day at False Creek Elementary and I was there to watch my son and  enjoy the fun atmosphere and I took my new flip video camera. This is the first video I've done ...

Ocean Cement, the cement factory at Granville Island, is having their annual open house this Saturday, April 26th. This is a great event for the kids. They have a few of the trucks open for the kids, and adults, to sit in and you can pull the big air horn too. There are some educational displays, a huge pile of sand with all the Tonka trucks ...