If you’re like me, winter loses its allure by the time March rolls around. The cherry blossoms and magnolias start to pop, the sun shows its face for more than a few minutes every couple of weeks, and thoughts of summer start to fill your head. Last Saturday was one of those beautiful, spring-like days…
Author: Heather Caulder
Valentine’s Among the Vines
Graham and I haven’t celebrated Valentine’s Day for years, but when friends invited us to Township 7 Vineyards & Winery for a wine and chocolate tasting, we couldn’t say no. After all, who cares if it’s February 14, we’ll take chocolate and wine any day! The event – now in its 10th year – included…
Bowen: Your Weekend Halftime Show
Have you ever hopped on a ferry from Horseshoe Bay to spend a few hours on Bowen Island? If you haven’t, you should. It’s the perfect weekend afternoon getaway. Door-to-door from our downtown apartment, the trip only takes an hour. That’s roughly the same amount of time commuters spend travelling from Vancouver to Surrey every…
Have Your Chocolate & Drink It Too
Vancouver is undeniably a coffee town, but from mid January to February each year, hot chocolate registers on the radars of caffeine fiends thirsting for warm beverages to ward off winter’s chill. That’s right, the annual Hot Chocolate Festival is back and in its sixth year, bringing Vancouverites decadent, delicious, creative and downright strange concoctions….
From Sea to Sky: Tubing at Cypress
The other day I went to The Juice Truck for lunch. It was pouring so hard that the sound of drops hitting the pavement drowned out all other noise. Ponds formed around curbs and Ontario Street transformed into a slow-flowing river. When I made it down the hill from Broadway, I was soaking wet and…
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