Archive for February, 2010
Vegas, Baby!
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Just got home from a great week in Vegas. I’ll be blogging about some of the spots, eats, and poker tournaments I tried out over the next few weeks. I’ll also be blogging about the beautiful Platinum Hotel and Spa, with rooms so nice you just might not want to leave.
As you can see from the picture, serious research was undertaken. For you, the reader, of course. I’m a consumate professional.
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Unique videos of surf, snow and hikes on Vancouver Island.
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Yes, Vancouver Island is without a doubt (in my mind at least) Canada’s outdoor playground, and it would take a hell of a long time to run out of things to do here (three years in, my list keeps getting longer). Here are a few video glimpses of different adventurer’s experiences on Canada’s West Coast.
Tofino, on the western edge of Vancouver Island, has become famous for great Canadian surfing. In October of 2009 Tofino was the host city for a stop on the inaugural O’Neill Coldwater Classic world tour, visiting some of the most extreme surfing spots around the world in 2009/2010. The best surf in Tofino comes with winter storms, leaving the little waves for beginners to sample in the summer. Learning to surf in Tofino is on my to-do list, but in the meantime I’ll settle for this great video of surfers doing the Pacific Ocean waves proud.
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Visiting the first 100% local grocery store in Canada
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
As someone who loves food and loves fresh food even more, when I heard about Brambles Market, I knew I had to take a drive up to Courtenay on Vancouver Island to experience it for myself.
Brambles Market is the first and only grocery store in Canada that stocks exclusively British Columbia produce, products and meats. BC is known for a wide variety of great fresh produce and high quality packaged foods, but they are usually something you have to seek out. Brambles Market takes the legwork out of the equation, bringing the best of BC under one roof in the quaint downtown of Courtenay in the Comox Valley.
I think the best tests for buying locally come at this point of the winter, when much of Canada’s “fresh” produce was picked last summer and fall and is looking a little aged and worse for wear from both storage and travel. But looking over Brambles produce section, I was impressed to see a wide variety of fresh produce, growing right now all over Vancouver Island, both outdoors and in greenhouses. (more…)
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Olympic spirit gearing up internationally
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Two recent Olympic promos, one from Channel 9 in Australia and one from BBC Sport in the UK, featuring funky alternative perspectives on the Vancouver Games.
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