Archive for August, 2009

Join the crews from BEATSTREET, PUFF and SHINE NIGHTCLUB this Sunday for an end of summer jam in the park. They’ve got the 5 “B”s on the flyer and if that isn’t enough for you I don’t know what is! 

Tegan and Sara have released the artwork (front and back, above) for their upcoming album, Sainthood, due out on October 27th. The official word is HERE, Tegan’s V.I.A. interview is HERE!

It’s a new dog every day, click here to find out how to get your dog featured here if you haven’t sent in your photos yet!

Today’s dog featured in Dogtown Vancouver is Gideon, Barry R’s pup. Here’s what he had to say about him…

NAME: Gideon. BREED: Bichon Frise. HOOD: Fairview Heights. FAVORITE SNACK: Carrots or Mandarin Oranges. OTHER INFO: Well Gideon did own Fairview Heights till he tore is CCL (serious knee damage), had it fixed, and now rides around in a orange pram that his dad pushes him in every night… The shame of it all… ;) Three more weeks though, out of the pram, and no tree or a hedge or even a blade of grass will be left untouched by Gideon the King!

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LE PETIT SAIGON
2783 E Hastings St (@ Kaslo)
Vancouver

Pho joints in Vancouver are pretty much as ubiquitous as Chinese restaurants, sushi spots, Starbucks, etc (esp along Kingsway in East Van where it seems a pho spot pops up everytime another restaurant or cafe closes down). LE PETIT SAIGON is actually beside a Starbucks on Hastings and Kaslo. Its a few doors down from BAO CHAU, a long time Pho spot in that neighborhood and beside the Open 365 Days a Year until 11pm liquor shop. I dunno if its just me but most of the pho spots in Burnaby that I usually frequent dont seem to as good as they used to be. They arent bad but seem to be not as good either (plus many dont seem to offer the combo of briskets, tripe and tendon like they used to). I havent been to PHO VAN lately, one of the consensus top Pho spots in the city amongst my crew because its a bit more outta my way. Le petit Saigon seems to have been around for a few years already but I didnt try it until this summer.

I can know count it in additon to Bao Chau where the broth is a bit distinct from the standard bowls round town….
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V.I.A.’s Home Grown features only the most awesome companies in Vancouver. From tiny, single-person operations to the big players, we profile our favourite businesses and interview their owners.

MINI Yaletown Established 2002 www.miniyaletown.ca

Originally introduced to the world on August 26th of 1959, the day of this posting marks the 50th birthday for the iconic MINI company! MINI Yaletown opened it’s doors in 2002 when MINI re-launched to the world as the ‘New MINI’ and has become a cornerstone in the MINI Canada dealer network, leading the West coast in sales and customer satisfaction. Aside from that, the most awesome thing about the company might be that their cars have 5 star crash ratings and are some of the most fuel efficient on the market, sparing Vancouver’s air of harmful emissions.

We caught up with MINI Yaletown’s sales manager, Chris Ongkiko, for a few questions… …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

The Smile On Your Brother show is now up and only up for another day!
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From left to right: DC Canada team manager Trevn Sharp and DC pro Josh Kalis present a cheque for $10,000 to Vancouver Park Board Commissioner Sarah Blythe and the Deputy Mayor after DC’s King Of Vancouver event. The donation will go towards repairs and maintenance at the Vancouver skate plaza.

Canada’s first DC King Of event, the King Of Vancouver, went down this past weekend, and turned out to be quite the 2-day non-elimination jam format skate comp at our famed plaza. A grip of Vancouver locs came up on some coin, and a king was crowned. You can read/see more about the event right here.

Footage from Day 2 of KOV.