Archive for September, 2009

A few weeks ago I embarrassingly spelled ‘Henrik’ wrong in my celebrity high five.  I put a ‘C’ in it.  I knew I got Sedin right…it’s not Sundin..and it’s not swedish for ‘punch me and headlock me in a scrum’, but I totally blew the first name.

In the comments I made note that there is no ‘C’ in Henrik but a rotating ‘A’ was in order.  Well, looks like someone’s reading those comments because guess who the new assistant captain is?

Way to go Henrik!

The SeaBus is a necessity for North Vancouver life. It dodges seals and freighters and a different way to see the city for the price of a transit ticket. One thing that hasn’t changed is the safety video you watch while waiting for the next Seabus.

You can judge the age from what buildings are missing.
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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 Rio, Chris W’s pup. Here’s what he had to say about him…

NAME: Rio. BREED: Dogo Argentino. HOOD: Kits/Arbutus. FAVORITE SNACK: pig, cow, yappy terriers, small cars. OTHER INFO: Lookin good for a 10 year old.

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Have you seen the official Vancouver International Film Festival guide? All 208 pages of it, featuring 370 odd films? It’s a tome. Fear not. After 2.5 hours of vigorously browsing, I’ve crafted suggestions for the Top 5 films to see.

Let’s get the social media juice flowing and support our city’s truly awesome film festival. VIA has been given some tickets by VIFF. If you leave a comment explaining what film you’re excited to see and why, as well as the VIFF URL link to the film, you’ll be entered in a draw for 2 pairs of free tickets. The draw will be tomorrow, September 30th. Have at ‘er! …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

This last Sunday couldn’t have been better and The Word On The Street was filled with people, books, music, writers and poets.

Booths lined all sides of the downtown Library.
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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.

Lifetime Collective Established 2002 www.lifetimecollective.com

Lifetime is a Vancouver-based clothing brand that draws on a wide range of creative humans for inspiration. Since 2002 they’ve been working closely with local and international talent building up a true… well… collective of people who support the brand and who gain support in different ways in return. I am actually one of these people, as are a few other V.I.A. contributors!

Having two main designers with a similar yet different aesthetic, the multitude of pieces they’ve produced have always appealed to a wide range of different folks – like you and me – and are distributed to over 300 stores throughout the world. While “making nice things that are meant for living in” is an important part of what they do, moreso might be their mission to keep the brand as “a means of creating art, building friendships, and finding new ways to keep independent from the uniform standard”.

I am proud to present this Homegrown feature on this truly great company.

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Guess who’s going to be at SKATE OR DIE!??!

Kevin Harris!