Archive for June, 2010

The cats rule East Vancouver. They’re everywhere…sidewalks, roads, hiding in doorways, supervising stores, sprawled out anywhere to have a bath. The cats I meet while wandering through East Van are probably all house-pets but it’s not clear who ‘owns’ them. Cats are all about territory, but all space is public to them.

Stay tuned…When the project is finished I hope to have photographed every one of the East Van Cats!

[Click HERE to see all the East Van Cats to date]

Canada Day is right around the corner (this Thursday!), and if you’re staying in town you should most definitely pay a visit to Strathcona park for the third annual Canada Day Jamboree! Music, food, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament sponsored by Livestock with a $500 prize…

Oh, and the Vancouver is Awesome FC is welcoming all challengers in the V.I.A. SOCCER CHALLENGE. Basically what this means is that a bunch of us are coming, we’re bringing a soccer ball and we’ll be kicking it around and it would be great if you wanted to play with or against us. It’s just gonna be a really fun day. HERE is all the info. Come on down, it’s FREE!

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Every day we share a single photo from our Flickr Pool shot by one of our faithful and talented readers (that’s you!). Today’s photo was taken by Carlos Lavara and as there’s been some buzzing about a V.I.A. book club as of late I figured it fitting. Of course if and when we launch a book club we probably won’t be recommending 4736 pages of Winston Churchill, but still fitting.

I saw this mini minivan just off of Main Street not long ago (see the scooter parked in front for size reference), and it was FOR SALE! It’s not as great as the classic 90′s Nautica Minivan we shared with you awhile back, so I’m holding back from buying it.

With 22,245 artists, boasting 98,850 tracks, the CBC Radio 3 web site is the absolute ultimate authority, and the home, of independent music in Canada. With that massive library along with tools for members (free to join!), we’re taking advantage of what they’ve set up by bringing you a fresh batch of music every week featuring local groups who have tracks (entire albums, even!) on the R3 site.

This week we’re proud to bring you a guest playlist put together by Vancouver’s Jody Glenham who will be playing a show at Guilt & Company with Gene Burton on bass and Al Boyle on drums this Friday at 10:00PM.

Click below to listen to her favourite songs from Vancouver artists…

photo: lindsay elliott

Sign up to become a member yourself and you can put together your own playlists, get notifications about what your favourite artists are up to and more.

I would never claim to be a hiker, I take the dog for a walk in the woods all the time, used to do the Grouse Grind alot, to me though that doesn’t make me a hiker, that just makes me a pretty typical Vancouverite.

A few weeks back, I was looking for a good excuse to spend some time in Deep Cove, I hate driving all that way for just a donut, so I did some poking around on VANCOUVER TRAILS website and came across Quarry Rock! This was perfect for a novice hiker like me….it’s pretty lightweight. Just enough hiking to work up an appetite.

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Tickets to Antony and Cleopatra and dinner at Hell’s Kitchen. Have you entered?

The Battle of Actium in “Antony and Cleopatra” at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival. David Blue photo.

Vancouver is Awesome has two sets of passes to Antony and Cleopatra and two $50 gift certificates to Hell’s Kitchen to give away. Statistically speaking, your odds of winning are pretty good. But you have to be in it to win it.

If you haven’t entered yet, you should. If you have entered, then you may want to increase your odds and do it some more.

Carpe diem, people!

Charmian (Almeera Jiwa) and Iras (Sarah Afful) attend to Cleopatra (Jennifer Lines) while she waits for Mark Antony’s return in “Antony and Cleopatra” at Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival. David Blue photo.

I hate the shape of leather couches with fat arm rests. So 80s. I’d leave it in the alley, too. Blech.

What began as a neato series from the mind of Jef has now taken root in my brain and become (another) minor obsession. I find myself noticing things in my alley a lot more now… and have yet to decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing. At the very least I know I’m not alone when it comes to highjacking posts.

From Best Picture in 1978 to an alley find today. The Deer Hunter… on VHS!