Day 31 – Friday Night + Sweet Old Ladies + Perogies = Awesome – Vancouver Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral

Friday Night Ukrainian Suppers held on the first Friday of the month (this upcoming Friday) from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at 154 E. 10th Ave, Vancouver.

This is some authentic Ukrainian food, served by some authentic Ukrainians, prepared fresh by volunteers of the Parish. Founded in 1995 this ...

Day 30 - Stroll Down The Most Colorful Street in Vancouver It’s gorgeous outside today.  All the drab misery of yesterday melted this morning with the warm sunshine on my face. Not a cloud in the sky!  When the weather cooperates, there’s no place better than Vancouver.  Today’s 365 calls for a stroll down Davie Street, from Roundhouse to Beach Ave.   The 2km walk has everything – naughty ...

Day 28 - High Tea, Hotel VancouverI have never been to high tea; I don’t have the balls for it.  I’m not ashamed to say it: those women scare the shit out of me. 

Because of that, this highbrow edition of 365 Vancouver is relying on guest contributor Adriana Lukasik:

“Nothing warms a girl’s heart like some tea, some treats & some girl talk,” begins Ms Lukasik, having sipped from the fine c ...

 Day 27 - Showshoe Fondue at Grouse Mountain, VancouverIt’s Thursday: date night.  The night you men put away your Xbox controllers & TV remotes, and you women coat the bathroom in hair as you prepare for an evening on the town.  On my last weeklong blogging session, we sipped wine & splashed paint at Raw Canvas.  This week, date night calls for thick wool socks, runny noses & a drive to ...

Day 26 - Hot Chocolate -- What?  Vancouver's First Hot Chocolate Festival!“Chocolate Makes You Happy!” reads the tag line for Vancouver’s first hot chocolate festival.  I couldn’t agree more.  Actually, correction: I couldn’t have agreed more two months ago when my pants fit perfectly & mid section didn’t jiggle like a bowl full of jelly; before the onslaught of xmas baking, boozing & o ...

Day 25 - The Mecca For Foodies In Vancouver

Food, glorious food – cooking, eating, smelling, chewing – the better moments of my day are in some way related to my daily feedings.  On Sunday, for example, while cleaning up my clothes from the night previous, I scratched a crusted fleck of pizza sauce off the front of a shirt to rekindle all the fine flavors found at 2am on a ravenous walk ...

Day 24 - The Coffee Nazi - Café Calabria on Commercial Drive, Vancouver

In a city like Vancouver, where rain falls with the heavy condemnation of an Old Testament morality tale, coffee is an absolute necessity.  The best strategy to combat the dreary morning skies is with the bitter-rich aroma & mind-rousing taste of a well-prepared cup of Joseph. 

Now I’m not referring to those fancy-pant ...

Day 23 - Cheapest lunch in Vancouver

One of the great injustices of traveling overseas is returning home & realizing how much of a rip-off foreign food is here.  I realize the cost of running restaurants doesn’t compare to across the pond, but the food gets a little less delicious when I recall that whatever is in my mouth costs about the same as the entire meal in its native country. 

Int ...

Day 22 - Brunch it up at the Alibi Room

Growing up, my mother schooled me daily that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”   It wasn’t until this year that I realized she must’ve been looking forward to the future & the mouthwatering brunch menu offered at the Alibi room.  After an arduous night keeping the bars of Vancouver in business, treat your battered stomach to one o ...

Day 21 – Ladies Ride For Free… At Mount Seymour on Monday Nights...

Wow! Monday Nights at Seymour are free for the ladies, and it’s all for a great cause. I can’t give this post justice so I have plagiarized the following from the Mount Seymour website… Don’t forget to pick up your passes before you head up!

Guys Night Out, Girls Ride FREE is back for its 5th season starting January 10, 201 ...