Hockey broadcasters have been using the same hockey clichés for many years. Since I began cheering for the Canucks while still in the womb, I have heard so many coaches, players and colour analysts use the same hockey quotes to describe the game. Just for fun, below is a list of my favourite clichés....
I am constantly searching for meaning to the work that I do as a travel writer. Am I becoming extinct as bloggers take over travel advising, or am I a present day explorer, charting unknown experiences all over the world? I wouldn’t go so far as saying my work resembles that done by historical...
After sipping and grazing at the first annual Wines of Mexico Festival, I slipped upstairs to my room at the Metropolitan Hotel in Vancouver. Sliding into a Frette bathrobe, I ordered in some sushi and settled down for the Canucks game. It’s one of those kinds of hotels: enough luxury to make it a...
For the first time, Vancouver welcomed the first annual Wines of Mexico Festival at the Metropolitan Hotel. Three wineries, Chocoatl chocolate boutique and Benson Brothers Fine Cheese shop joined together to serve up some tasty treats. Monte Xanic: Chenin ColomBard 2007, Sauvignon Blanc 2007, Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 and Cabernet & Merlot 2005 L.A. Cetto:...
It’s that time of the year again, when the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival opens 30,000 bottles of wine. I helped by attending the media launch this afternoon at Earls Restaurant in Vancouver and doing my duty to taste some of the wine on offer. It’s the least I can do. The theme this...
Aboriginal culture came alive last weekend at the We Yah Hani Nah Coastal First Nations Dance Festival. MOA (The Museum of Anthropology) at UBC (University of British Columbia) hosted the second annual First Nations cultural festival as part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad. I watched the opening gala performance on Thursday evening of...
I was at the newly renovated UBC Museum of Anthropology (MOA) today at the University of British Columbia. The temporary exhibit on display is Tatau: Samoan Tattooing and Global Culture. Tattooing is the traditional rite of passage for males in Samoan culture. Tatau is more of a contemporary response to the Samoan diaspora in...
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