As advised on our Facebook page, we have now moved the Daily Dine Out Vancouver Giveaways to our blog. Check back daily for a new giveaway each day of the Dine Out Vancouver Festival.
Today’s giveaway is a $75 Gift Certificate to Horizons Restaurants.
Simply post a comment below, and we’ll randomly select a winner tomorrow.
Good luck everyone!
Running a marathon is an astounding accomplishment. An incredible amount of mental and physical discipline, not to mention months and months of training, is required to pound the pavement for 26.2 miles. Vancouver is home to the BMO Vancouver Marathon in May, not to mention the Sun Run in April, one of the biggest 10k races in the world.
But road races can sometimes be a little boring – to run and to watch. Hour after hour of trotting along at a steady clip just isn’t for everybody. And that’s where the Tough Mudder comes in – an extreme take on the old-fashioned marathon.
Tough Mudder events are kind of like timed obstacle courses. Imagine 10-12 miles of mud and water, climbing walls and trenches, all designed by British Special Forces to test not just cardio endurance but strength, stamina, mental grit and camaraderie. If that sounds like your idea of a fun day out, you can register online now for the Tough Mudder coming to BC this summer on June 23-24.
Here’s what to expect: Continue reading:
Bored with Marathons? Register for the Tough Mudder and Get Dirty
Winter in Vancouver is built around the pursuit of powder. But have you tried all the options? Sure, alpine skiing is exhilarating and snowboarders get to use words like “shred.” In this post, however, I’d like to revisit the glory of classic cross-country skiing.
In the words of Jackrabbit Johannsen (Canadian XC ski hero who cut tracks through age 111): “Running is an act of will; skiing an act of spirit.” He’s referring to the bliss of the perfect cross country diagonal stride: you drive forward with each with each skinny ski, swinging the opposite arm and gliding swiftly.
With 19 km of cross-country trails at nearby Cypress Mountain and 56 km of world-class terrain at Whistler Olympic Park—just two hours away in the breathtaking Callaghan Valley—there’s no shortage of opportunity. If you haven’t yet tried classic cross-country skiing, I hope this motivates you: Continue reading:
Cross-country skiing: The great-great-grandparent of ski sports
According to the most recent census (2001), 1.36 percent of Vancouver’s population of 2,097,960 residents are of Latin, Central and South American origins. That works out to just 28,575 people.
But despite the numbers, there’s plenty of Latin influence around the city – from the Carnaval del Sol every summer to the Latin American Film Festival, not to mention some great Mexican, Brazilian and Central American restaurants. And, for fans of Latin beats, there are even a handful of live Latin music venues in Vancouver.
Problem is that they’re not easy to find. I’ve listed a few music venues below, but I’d like to hear from you:
Do you have a favourite place to listen to Latin music in Vancouver? A cozy bar or club that feels more South American than North American? Let us know.
In the meantime, here are a few of my picks: Continue reading:
Best Place to see Latin Music in Vancouver? You make the call!
A new winter festival is arriving in Vancouver this February: The brand-new Vancouver City and Slope Festival is a “four-day destination mountain and music festival that is set to take over Vancouver’s three local mountains and rock its downtown core.”
Designed to become a signature annual winter event for Vancouver, the organizers behind City and Slope include Vancouver Hotel Destination Association (VHDA), Grouse Mountain, Cypress Mountain, Mount Seymour, Yaletown BIA, Live Nation, the Museum of Vancouver and Telus World of Science. The festival itself will combine themed winter sports activities on the mountains with music, arts and activities in Vancouver’s downtown core. If all goes well, the goal is to make City and Slope a 10-day festival by 2015.
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