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Restaurant review – Jules Bistro
Well, I finally made it to Jules Bistro. This is a French bistro located on Abbott Street between Water and Cordova. Yeah, I know, a tad too close to the Downtown Eastside. But it’s also close to...
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Restaurant review – Chill Winston (Gastown)
Living in Vancouver and not participating in the Gastown dining and dancing scene is akin to eating ice cream without a cone. Walking around Water Street at night with good friends pretty much ranks...
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Bar review – The TransContinental
The past couple of weeks, I have been feeling myself again. That meant of course taking the time to rekindle old friendships that had been dormant for a while. K and R are two close friends of mine...
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Restaurant review – The Old Spaghetti Factory (Vancouver)
There is no better way to spend a nice lunch than with extended family and friends, at a great restaurant: The Old Spaghetti Factory. We went to the Gastown location, although I have been there and to...
View ArticleUpcoming environmental events in Vancouver (March/April)
I usually advertise numerous environmental events, but I rarely have the time to attend all of them (not because I don’t want to, but recently I haven’t attended because I have been sick). Anyhow,...
View ArticleLiveblogging “An Evening of Green Web 2.0″
After a short chat with Rebecca (aka Miss604), I decided that I was going to liveblog the event. She is also liveblogging, so mosey over to her blog for another perspective. I was quite excited about...
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Tazzu’s WordCamp 2008 Vancouver – A total success
First of all, kudos to the Tazzu creators, Rastin, Jenny and Ash (and Teresa) for a phenomenal first WordCamp Vancouver. Secondly, a big shout out and standing ovation to Rebecca (aka Miss604) for...
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Bar review – Flux Bistro
Slightly hidden in the main gateway of Gastown (162 Water), Flux Bistro is a perfect example of where I’d definitely go for drinks (haven’t managed to eat dinner yet there, but Rebecca did, and she...
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Restaurant review: The Greedy Pig (Gastown)
After hearing Jenn Lowther rave about The Greedy Pig (where she, Dario and Nadia went for dinner before a recent Third Tuesday), I couldn’t let the chance pass to try it, as JT and I were in Gastown,...
View ArticleVancouver NetTuesday for May 2008 recap
Fresh off of the recent Vancouver NetSquared event (also known as NetTuesday), I just got swamped with work and thus was pretty much unable to write a recap. However, since I have a meeting shortly and...
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Restaurant review: Boneta (Gastown)
Not sure why this review was still on my drafts, but here it is now. Phaedra had been raving for a good couple of months about how great this place was, so we decided to finally take the plunge and go...
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Out and about with Raul on a Friday
Fridays are usually busy but this Friday was just a tad over the top. I think I spent more time with people in the tech/social media industry than I ever had in one single sitting. First, as usual, I...
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Restaurant review – La Casita (Gastown)
Rebecca and I have been in a little bit of a Mexican food streak, so when we agreed to meet for lunch, we settled on La Casita in Gastown. I had heard mixed reviews, and the ownership structure...
View ArticleUpcoming event – Podcasting for Social Change (Net Tuesday)
So, remember when I said that I was going to only attend 6 events all month? Scratch that. It’s going to be 5. Green Drinks is colliding with WordCamp Fraser Valley, which means, I can’t do Green...
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Eatery review – The So.Cial at Le Magasin deli
Admittedly, I thought I wasn’t ever going to publish again an eatery review, but I was browsing through my Flickr account and realized that I had photos from the So.Cial deli and I hadn’t posted them...
View ArticleCoffee shop review – Luna Cafe (Gastown)
This is, by and large, the weirdest coffee shop I have been to in years. The owner/cashier was funny yet I was slightly scared by her. So, it turns out, they DO have wi-fi (which is important if you’re...
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Restaurant review – The Irish Heather
Lorraine aka Raincoaster reminded me of a good spot in Gastown (as I was complaining about Chill Winston) in addition to my trusty Flux, La Casita. Yes, sir. That’s The Irish Heather. Usual Irish fare,...
View ArticleUpcoming environmental events in Vancouver – September 2008
Two upcoming events are rather relevant to me and both fall on the same day. Green Drinks Vancouver happens again on the third wednesday of the month (Sep 17th, 2008) at Steamworks. The Metro Vancouver...
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Restaurant review – Salt Tasting Room (Gastown) – NDMD ’08
As you can gather from Rebecca’s NDMD 08 – Gastown post, we had a great time at Salt Tasting Room. We got there only expecting to see Anthony Nicalo, but we were very pleasantly surprised to find...
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Nuba (Gastown)
The fact that my office is downtown doesn’t help much when it comes to eating out simply because I have been trying to be good on my budget and not eat out. But there are a number of places around the...
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Momo Sushi (Gastown)
I have had an office at The Network Hub for over 2 years. During that time I have hosted several blogger outreach events, including a couple for The Community Against Preventable Injuries...
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Sitar (Gastown)
I am an absolute addict to Indian food. Rarely have I found (with the exception of Ethiopian food) any cuisine that I enjoy as much as I do Indian (with perhaps the exception of Mexican and Ethiopian)....
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@WinkBeauty Mad Hatter Summer BBQ today (Saturday June 5th)
photo credit: liakapelke My good friend Minna (The Network Hub) mentioned she was attending a BBQ today, and I wondered what party she was referring to. I just learned recently that it’s one organized...
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Dining at @TheJudasGoat Taberna in Gastown
For maybe-not-so-obvious reasons, I am a lover of all things Spanish cuisine (not to be confused with Latin American cuisine, which seems to be pretty much an overarching term for foods from the...
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The @Acme_Cafe (West Hastings, Downtown East Side)
I have begun to make it my goal to try and at least eat twice at the same restaurant before I review it. Often, this isn’t the case (primarily because it’s not like I have a tonne of money to spend)....
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Six Acres (Gastown)
I have been to Six Acres in Gastown more times than I can recount. But how many times have I blogged about it? None. So I figured it was time I put my time to good use and recognize one of the bars...
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The Black Frog Eatery (Gastown)
Gastown has an amazing variety of restaurants and bars, and having my office at The Network Hub for the past three years has given me the opportunity to experience some of the nicest restaurants in...
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131 West Cordova (formerly Deighton’s Well) [Gastown]
I had passed this little restaurant all the time and I never had made an effort to come in, so when Minna invited me for a late lunch the other night, we decided to stay within Gastown and eat at what...
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Terracotta (Gastown)
I’m surprisingly not someone who eats Chinese food. For the most part, I eat Japanese, and sometimes Thai, but I’ve been very neglectful in trying Chinese. And I was quite surprised when I found out...
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The Charles Bar (Gastown)
So, despite the fact that I *did* get an invite to the opening night of The Charles Bar (and I actually have been invited to tweetups there, and stuff), I had not made it. Embarrassing, if you think...
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Meat and Bread (Gastown)
I had heard a lot about Meat and Bread (a relatively new restaurant in Gastown, pretty much 3 blocks away from my office at The Network Hub and for the longest time, I was unable to try it out. One...
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Incendio (Gastown)
Responding to an unfulfilled need I had to eat good, comforting Italian food, JT and I set out to find a good Italian restaurant in the vicinity of the Firehall Arts Centre, as we were going to see...
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Steamworks Brewing Company (Waterfront, Downtown Vancouver)
Yeah, I was shocked too. I have been to Steamworks about 400 times, I’ve had amazing meals here, drinks with friends, I’ve eaten at the sister restaurant Rogue Wet Bar (heck, I even was higher on...
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Sea Monstr Sushi (Gastown)
I love the fact that my friends almost always have the same adventurous approach to eating out. I hadn’t checked out Sea Monstr Sushi in Gastown, and I had wanted to try it for a long while. My good...
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Fresh Bowl (Gastown)
Despite what some people may think, I decline a substantial number of media dinner/lunch invites. Not because I don’t love them (who doesn’t love free food?), but because for the most part (a) either...
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Al Porto (Gastown)
You know that restaurant that you have always wanted to check out, that you think it’s going to totally rock your boat and then sort of disappoints you with a series of mishaps that you did not expect,...
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Nicli Antica Pizzeria (Gastown)
So, I finally made it. Finally, after 8 attempts (all of them with JT) to have dinner at Nicli Antica Pizzeria, I made it (with my good friend Minna from The Network Hub, instead of JT – and I feel...
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Chill Winston (Gastown)
So, I used to have an issue with Chill Winston. Yeah, I had a really bad experience there a few years ago. And then tonight my friend Robyn Hanson and I decided to go for drinks to Chill Winston (full...
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Nelson The Seagull (Gastown)
I have an ambivalent feeling, not towards Nelson The Seagull‘s staff, location and food (which I absolutely loved, so much so that I blurted out quite loudly that I was annoyed by the six or seven...
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Vancouver Food Tours 2012 presents Gastown Craft Beer ‘n Bites Tour
Melody Fury (now Tam) is a very good friend of mine, whom I don’t see nearly as often as I wish. Melody and I both write about food (though my blog is more of a smorgasbord) and I do have a lot of...
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