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Bubble World Stamp Cards Discontinued

by samantha on December 17, 2009

gigi’s note: thanks Samantha for your update about the Bubble World stamp cards. I stopped collecting stamps from there quite a while ago when I stopped going there on a regular basis. Still, it’s too bad that these will no longer be available at BW!
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I went to my favourite local Bubble World on Granville Street [...]

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What are your top 5 restaurant recommendations?

by gigi on September 16, 2009

I recently received the following email from Andrea:
I was just wondering, what would your top 5 restaurants you’d dine in if you had visitors coming in from out of town? Either the most unique or staple restaurants.
Here were my recommendations to her:
1. Dim Sum – Sun Sui Wah (Main St or Richmond)
2. Japanese Izakaya – [...]

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3rd Annual Spot Prawn Festival

by gigi on May 9, 2009

UPDATE May 11, 2009: I’ve just discovered that the prawn tasting plates were available only on Saturday May 9 although the cooking demonstrations at Granville Island will still be taking place for 1 more day on May 16. Sorry for the confusion!
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Grick alerted me earlier this week that the 3rd annual Spot Prawn Festival was [...]

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Restaurant Meals – Pay at your Discretion?

by gigi on February 5, 2009

Rory brought to my attention an interesting article at Reuters.com the other day. Due to the poor economy and the fact that it’s hitting Londoners extra hard, a London restaurant has implemented a “pay what you want” policy for the month of February. At The Little Bay restaurant in Central London, business has been hit [...]

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Dine Out Starts Today!

by gigi on January 15, 2009

Unless you’ve been living under a culinary rock, you’re probably aware that today is the first day of Dine Out Vancouver 2009. New for this year is a slight increase in the 3-course set menu prices to $18, $28, and $38. I always try to go to at least 1 or 2 dine outs each [...]

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Samantha’s Guest Post – U-Pick Strawberry Farm Adventure!

by samantha on July 1, 2008

With lots of great sunshine this week, local strawberries are now ready! I have many wonderful memories of heading to Richmond farms as a kid to pick local strawberries and wanted to share this experience with my little niece, who’s turning 3 years old this summer.
In this world of multi-million dollar condo developments in the [...]

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