Everyone I told was so excited to hear that I was going to Prague: The beauty! The architecture! The beauty and the architecture! And neither disappointed. But I still left feeling like I was missing… something. My guide, Elena*– possibly the most passionate person about a city you could ever meet – gave me...
I learned so much European history in high school (and not enough Canadian history, but that’s beside the point) that took me back to kings and queens, and royalty and castles. But so much has happened recently in Berlin that the city has an unavoidably intoxicating aura. My private tour guide, Conrad*, met me...
Dances for a Small Stage blends theatre and dance like it should be mixed: like a super smooth and satisfying milkshake. The 23rd edition of the Vancouver show down on Commercial Drive’s Legion on the Drive is led by Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg who, as usual, steals the show. All of the short shows within...
Have you ever gone through phases where you are on a hunt to know more about your family tree? I find I go through spurts of intense curiosity and then life gets in the way until the next spurt. Vancouver might be going through something similar right now. This year marks Vancouver’s 100th birthday...
I’m used to feeling small. At 5’2”, I look up at almost everything and everyone. So when I stood looking up at an orange polar fleece jacket 18 times larger than human scale (26.5 metres / 87 feet cuff to cuff), all I could think was, “Whoo hoo, everyone will feel small in this...
“We specialize in Indonesian Rijsttafels and these are the dishes you receive with rice.” My server, dressed in Indonesian attire, smiles as I look with wide eyes over the lengthy list of dishes at Puri Mas* in Amsterdam. “And this is for one person?” I double check. “Oh yes, they’re very small portions,” she assures...
Some were calling it “pedestrian,” others “I could have cooked this myself,” but the baked seafood dish with rice and cream sauce ($8.95) was my favourite. I was on a food tour* of Alexandra Road in Richmond – right next to Vancouver and the fantastic Vancouver food scene – a three block wunderstreet of over...
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