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Nardwuar The Human Serviette
PART 1 - PART 2 - PART 3


Ryan Reynolds



Carly Pope



George Stroumboulopoulos


ARCHIVED MOST AWESOMES:
Terry Mcbride | Joe Keithley | Jay Miron | The Hastings Set | | Ndidi Onukwulu | Rob "Sluggo" Boyce | Leanne Pelosi | Lui Passaglia | Rick McCrank | Tegan Quin | Grant Lawrence | Jay Swing and Flipout | Douglas Coupland



Visual glimpses into the day-to-day of creative Vancouverites.

Ross Milne

Nicole Phillips

Calen Knauf

ARCHIVED PROOFS:
Helen Park | Jamie Currie | Gillian Damborg | Adam Lupton | Jeff Topham | Jeff Boyes | Chris Bentzen | Colin Moore | Randy Laybourne | Kelly Litzenberger | Mel Yap | Conroy Nachtigall | Bob Kronbauer | Roger Allen | DJ Science | CHAR2D2 | Christy Nyiri | Peter Taylor | Frank Daniello | Heather Maxwell-Hall | David Ko | Chris Allen | Cameron Reed | Mila Franovic | Andrew Pommier | Reid Stewart | Yoshi Haraguchi | Murray Siple | Garret Louie (GMAN) | Sean Orr | Nathalee Paolinelli | Ben Tour | Julie Morstad | Les Ramsay | Corey Adams | Judith Feller | Jeff Otto O'Brien | Brian Mendoza | Jody Rogac | Mark Delong | Danielle Requena | Yuriko Iga | Sincerely Hana




Scene And Heard is where Vancouver’s up and coming musicians sit down for a one-on-one interview with each other. Artist-on-Artist.

#1: Nat Jay and Adaline



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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.

FEATURED COMPANIES:
- DANDELION KIDS
- CHARM MODERN THAI
- HAPPY PLANET
- RIVAL SCHOOLS
- PURDY'S CHOCOLATES
- VINCENT PARK
- CHAMBAR
- GRANTED CLOTHING
- LIFETIME COLLECTIVE
- MINI YALETOWN
- SUPRA DISTRIBUTION
- DACE CLOTHING
- 49TH PARALLEL COFFEE ROASTERS
- VANCOUVER SPECIAL
- PROPER DESIGN (PRINT STUDIO)



Send in photos and drawings concerning some of the animals that share their city with us for a chance to win shoes or clothes!

NO CURRENT CRITTER CHALLENGE



PAST CRITTERS:
SKUNKS
RACCOONS



Profiles and photos of Vancouver dogs! Submit yours today!



Charlie | Rufus | Bacci | Adurey | Chloe | Biko | Kyuubi | Luna | Dustin | Doc Holliday | Farley Moe | Strauss | Jezebel | Kentucky and Alabama | Odin | Pete | Tina | Sophie and Mr George | Peanut | Gus | Elwood | Enzo | Tyrone | Rio | Jetta Jem | Jax | Tony | Hannah B Pug | Oakland and Bronx | Lou | Petey | Fraulein | Jackie | Gideon | Dawson | Diefenbaker | Teeja | Ryu | Wilbur | Oliver | Cecil | Bruce | Luke | Java | Bella | Maybe | Zooey | Hefner | Harley | Phoebe | Bailey | Luna | Brooklyn | Charlie | Freddie | Kaylee | Sadie | Lil B Dog | Martin | Hunter | Willamina | Yoshi | Moose | Willow | Buddy | Frank | Withnail | Lewis | Piper | Bosley | Chica | Kola | Cin Cin | Rex | Saffy | Ghillie | Storm and Sadie | Buddy | Anabel and Ramona | Lucy | Grampa | Frankie | George | Gypsy | Kandy | Fenway | Ostin | Bitey | Rae | Sassafras | Kayna | Kona | Rocco | Gauge | Tashi | Greco | Boomer | Iggy | Thor | Jonathan



The best of Vancouver restaurants courtesy of VancouverSlop.com



WEEK 16 - IRISH HEATHER
WEEK 15 - AU PETIT CAFE (VIETNAMESE)
WEEK 14 - LES FAUX BOURGEOIS (FRENCH)
WEEK 13 - DON GUACAMOLES (MEXICAN)
WEEK 12 - SAVE ON MEATS (BURGERS)
WEEK 11 - RANGOLI (INDIAN)
WEEK 10 - EPICUREAN CAFFE (ITALIAN)
WEEK 9 - PEACEFUL NOODLE (CHINESE)
WEEK 8 - NUBA (LEBANESE)
WEEK 7 - AJISAI (JAPANESE)
WEEK 6 - FINCH'S (SANDWICHES)
WEEK 5 - GUU WITH GARLIC (JAPANESE)
WEEK 4 - JAPADOG (STREET MEAT)
WEEK 3 - PHNOM PHENH (VIETNAMESE)
WEEK 2 - DONA CATA (MEXICAN)
WEEK 1 - TENHACHI (JAPANESE)



Features on book and magazine publishers, book stores, and all things print in this city of ours.



IMPRINT #3: ROBERT CHAPLIN
IMPRINT #2: PYRAMID POWER
IMPRINT #1: SNEEZE MAGAZINE



We regularly co-sponsor arts and culture related events around the city.

CLICK TO VIEW ALL OF THE EVENTS WE SPONSORED IN 2009!

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OUR TEAM TOOK 1ST PLACE IN "PLAY ON!" VANCOUVER, COED DIVISION 2009!


WE GOT RUNNER UP FOR "BEST MULTI AUTHOR SITE" FOR 2008

OUR ANNUAL DONOR DRIVE FOR 2009!
DAY 2 OF 10

POSTED November 17, 2009 BY Bob Kronbauer

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We are in great need of your help so that we can continue to do the same thing into next year. This variety of social media is not “free” like a lot of people might think, and if Vancouver Is Awesome is going to be around in the long run we are going to have to rely on the support of the community that we support. That’s you.

And if you don’t donate, then nobody will. So please consider helping us out.


WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

Your kind donation will be put towards our operating costs including our office rent, executive/administrative costs, site design/maintenance and hosting, accounting, promotions, events as well as the multitude of other expenses that come along with operating a federally incorporated non-profit that relies on the community that it supports to finance it. In the future our goal is to release an annual printed book as well as opening a community-minded retail space/gallery but in the short term our goal is simply to keep our web presence afloat and put on some more events in 2010, and we really do need your help to do that.

WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF IT?

Not only will all of our 2009 donors walk away with a good feeling about helping us out but your name (or the name of your business) will be laser etched onto our 2009 donor plaque and you’ll receive a set of 3 pins and a bumper sticker. At the end of our ten day donor drive we’ll be holding draws for thousands of dollars worth of giveaways donated by local businesses. By making a donation today you will be eligible to win any of the stuff we unveil over the coming days.

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We have giveaways from a bunch of companies including Dace, Mint Records, Vincent Park, Girl, Arc’teryx, Furni, Crownfarmer, 32 snowboard boots, Dragon, Purdy’s, E’s, Medina, UBC Botanical Gardens, The MOV, 49th Parallel Roasters, Vancouver Special, Color Magazine, Vans, Westbeach, Endeavor, Arson and Orb.

One of today’s featured giveaways is lunch for 2 at Medina…

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We’ve also got 6 Furni/Mumble watches up for grabs…

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Stay tuned over the next ten days as we unveil all of the prizes and bring you all of the reasons why we need you to help us out.

Click above to donate by credit card, or if you would prefer to send us a check please make it payable to “Vancouver Is Awesome Inc” and mail it to us at our office:

Vancouver Is Awesome Inc
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A huge thank you in advance to everyone who makes a donation or who has supported us in any way! You are truly awesome.

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7 Responses to “OUR ANNUAL DONOR DRIVE FOR 2009!
DAY 2 OF 10”

  1. knitgirl Says:
    November 17th, 2009 at 10:38 am

    done and done.

  2. parker! Says:
    November 17th, 2009 at 11:26 am

    To more great things from VIA!!

  3. Chris Says:
    November 17th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    Hey where can you get the watches in Vancouver?

  4. k8ie Says:
    November 17th, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Come on everybody… donate now! :)

  5. s gilley Says:
    November 17th, 2009 at 6:16 pm

    woot woot!

  6. Natasha Says:
    November 17th, 2009 at 11:36 pm

    I will donate all of my tips from this upcoming Saturday night to VIA :)

  7. Leigh Christie Says:
    November 18th, 2009 at 4:23 am

    done! VIA is incredible. keep up the amazing work.

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