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VANCOUVER DAZE showcases and highlights the lifestyle and cultural scene of our beautiful city, uncovering all the INTERESTING THINGS, misadventures, and shenanigans beyond social functions and local happenings. We fiercely promote all the fun times, food, culture, and entertainment the city has to offer, along with the creative minds behind them. Follow more of my work/coverage over at RICKCHUNG.COM and on Twitter at @RICKCHUNG. You can pitch me HERE.

Volume 101: End of the year lunch feast at Minami Restaurant in Yaletown on December 27, 2012. More photos available on Flickr and Tumblr.

Saying goodbye can so hard to do. As 2012 nears it’s end, we look back and reflect on the year that was. I find the week in between Christmas and New Year’s a sort of a weird transitional nexus period. In this spirit, Sophia and I gathered for a post-Christmas lunch to celebrate and close out the year.

On this grey afternoon, downtown was a ghost town with most folks still on their holidays. Yaletown looked so peaceful and eery as we met up at my favourite new restaurant from this year, Minami.
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VANCOUVER DAZE showcases and highlights the lifestyle and cultural scene of our beautiful city, uncovering all the INTERESTING THINGS, misadventures, and shenanigans beyond social functions and local happenings. We fiercely promote all the fun times, food, culture, and entertainment the city has to offer, along with the creative minds behind them. Follow more of my work/coverage over at RICKCHUNG.COM and on Twitter at @RICKCHUNG. You can pitch me HERE.

Volume 100: Photo walk year-end spectacular from 2012. More photos available on Flickr and Tumblr.

That’s right. I’m celebrating (count ‘em) 100 straight weeks of dazed action on V.I.A. with a compilation of assorted neighbourhood photo walk shots. They’re mostly from the summer ’til now. Enjoy and here’s to 100 more!
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VANCOUVER DAZE showcases and highlights the lifestyle and cultural scene of our beautiful city, uncovering all the INTERESTING THINGS, misadventures, and shenanigans beyond social functions and local happenings. We fiercely promote all the fun times, food, culture, and entertainment the city has to offer, along with the creative minds behind them. Follow more of my work/coverage over at RICKCHUNG.COM and on Twitter at @RICKCHUNG. You can pitch me HERE.

Volume 99: Langara College‘s 2nd annual Art-fully Yours art and design auction in South Vancouver on December 6, 2012. Photo courtesy of Langara College. More photos available on Flickr and Tumblr.

Go art!

I love looking at student artwork on display. There’s something about young artists still defining themselves and refining their work I find wholly appealing.
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VANCOUVER DAZE showcases and highlights the lifestyle and cultural scene of our beautiful city, uncovering all the INTERESTING THINGS, misadventures, and shenanigans beyond social functions and local happenings. We fiercely promote all the fun times, food, culture, and entertainment the city has to offer, along with the creative minds behind them. Follow more of my work/coverage over at RICKCHUNG.COM and on Twitter at @RICKCHUNG. You can pitch me HERE.

Volume 98: Chewies Steam & Oyster Bar‘s 1-year anniversary party in Kitsilano on December 5, 2012. Hashtag: #chewies1year. More photos available on Flickr and Tumblr.

Steamed, stewed or nude.

Hard to believe it’s only been a year since Chewies opened up with their epic grand opening party.
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VANCOUVER DAZE showcases and highlights the lifestyle and cultural scene of our beautiful city, uncovering all the INTERESTING THINGS, misadventures, and shenanigans beyond social functions and local happenings. We fiercely promote all the fun times, food, culture, and entertainment the city has to offer, along with the creative minds behind them. Follow more of my work/coverage over at RICKCHUNG.COM and on Twitter at @RICKCHUNG. You can pitch me HERE.

Volume 97: Discover California Wines tasting at Blue Water Cafe + Raw Bar in Yaletown on November 27, 2012. Hashtag: #CaliVanWineFest. More photos available on Flickr and Tumblr.

It’s wine o’ clock.

Discover California Wines organization bringing their haul of sixty-four sunshine wines across the border.
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VANCOUVER DAZE showcases and highlights the lifestyle and cultural scene of our beautiful city, uncovering all the INTERESTING THINGS, misadventures, and shenanigans beyond social functions and local happenings. We fiercely promote all the fun times, food, culture, and entertainment the city has to offer, along with the creative minds behind them. Follow more of my work/coverage over at RICKCHUNG.COM and on Twitter at @RICKCHUNG. You can pitch me HERE.

Volume 96: Interview with Cheryl Hickey from Entertainment Tonight Canada at Shaw TV Vancouver studios in Coal Harbour on November 19, 2012. Hashtag: #ETCanada. More photos available on Flickr and Tumblr.

I met and interviewed the lovely (and pregnant) Cheryl Hickey, host of ET Canada. She’s in town to shoot a week of shows for their annual west coast tour. It was a fun, charming chat with some interesting takeaways.

1) Vancouver is “open, warm, laidback, and beautiful”.

Cheryl was excited to see Vancouver despite the horrible weather (I apologized on behalf of all Vancouverites) on day one of the shoot. She gushed about our city’s inviting, friendly environment and the gorgeous scenery (even in the rain). In her eyes, it was clear how different Vancouver was from Toronto and thankful for the yearly change of pace.

2) Going coast to coast.

Moving a whole television production from one coast to another is a massive undertaking. Cheryl went on about working with a great production staff of producers, cameramen, and technicians who make it look easy. She, herself, started as a teenaged intern at a local Ontario cable station, working her way from there after college to camera operator, news writer, radio announcer, and eventually television host.
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