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1. Giga DVD
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1Z7
(604) 687-6684
Category:
DVD & Video Game Rental
Neighbourhood: Downtown
Home alone - and wanting a chick flick?
Need a giggle to pass a hangover Sunday?
Feeling like your wintertime cold will never end?
Giga will have you glued to your screen: with documentaries, TV series, foreign films and mainstream hits, it's hard…More »
2. Grouse Grind
What the F was I thinking? Me, new Community Manager, sitting on my little rump in front of the computer all day long, chomping up a storm of backyard goodies (my backyard being Vancouver), deciding to go for my FIRST ever time up the Grind...really,…More »
3. The Atlantic Trap & Gill
Vancouver, BC V6B 2A6
(604) 688-5840
A fond HELLO to a dear new friend:
I could sit for hours and drink your draft
Inside at a communal table or outside on your large patio
Being able to park (and possibly leave my car all night long)
Go for a pre-drink before a night of entertainment at BC…More »
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6/20/2009
A fond farewell to a dear friend:
I could sit for hours and drink your draft
Before winding my way… Read more »
4. Backstage Lounge
Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9
(604) 687-1354
Categories:
Music Venues,
Lounges
Neighbourhood: Granville Island/False Creek
I hadn't been Backstage in a while, and after hanging out with some friends I commented about how it felt different. More modern, less grimy, more comfy, less dark and dated. Ah, the renovated some time ago.
I still haven't eaten here, but the beer…More »
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2/22/2009
Feeling Lounge-y on a cold night? Stop in for a drink and you're likely to hear an open mike or a… Read more »
5. Drive Dance Centre
Vancouver, BC V5N 4A6
(604) 762-4232
Category:
Dance Schools
Neighbourhoods: Grandview-Woodlands, The Drive
Okay -only share this amongst your nearest and dearest. The Drive's Burlesque classes are more giggles and winks than you can shake your booty at.
This is not a pole dancing studio. They have all sorts of classes - like the "popping" class that…More »
6. Grandview Lanes
Vancouver, BC V5N 4B3
(604) 253-2747
Category:
Bowling
Neighbourhoods: Grandview-Woodlands, The Drive
From the warm and worn feeling those silver rental shoes give you to the team name selections on the retro screens - you have to love it here! On my last visit, for a charity fundraiser, I was "turkey" while my teammates went by…More »
7. The Media Club
Vancouver, BC V6B 2P1
(604) 608-2871
Categories:
Lounges,
Music Venues
Neighbourhood: Downtown
I so want to give Media Club a 4th star. As long as it's a great show (like the Honey and the Money + Robert Wilson I went to last week) it's a great space. I love the recent renovations that have taken the big booths out in exchange for low rise…More »
8. Wired Monk
Right in the moment when day turns to night, Wired Monk serves as a space that lets you gear up or wind down, or lets a work-a-holic catch up online.
Perfect for those times when you want tea, beer, live music and wi-fi all at your fingertips.
PS.…More »
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2/22/2009
Acoustic sets sound great in this small space. I've never seen it in the light of day, but by night… Read more »
9. Kitsilano Community Centre Arena
Vancouver, BC V6K 4K9
(604) 257-6976
Category:
Skating Rinks
Neighbourhood: Kitsilano
This is a story about a blister (aka why skate rentals hurt!)
A friend's birthday approaches and I get apprehensive. The reason: we're going skating. Did I mention I have been skating once in my life prior to this? And I was 7?
So we arrive, and lace…More »
10. Powell Street Festival Society
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4
(604) 739-9388
Categories:
Local Flavour,
Festivals
Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Downtown Eastside
What is the Powell Street Festival one might ask?
It's dragons, and ice cream trucks, and kimono onesies for kiddies and street food with lineup after lineup, and of course Japanese Hip Hop.
Held this year in Woodland Park, the festival is itself not…More »
11. Connaught Park
Some quotes to get you in the mood:
-"There's no crying in baseball!" -- Tom Hanks, A League of their Own
-"I play like Maze and I run like Haze!" Wesley Snipes, Major League
-"If You Build It He Will Come." Kevin Costner, Field of Dreams
With borrowed…More »
12. River Rock Casino Resort
The curved escalator was just about as good as this casino gets! No, I'm being too harsh. When a good name is in town, the theatre is a good venue, not amazing, but solid. And now you can bring drinks in so no more chugging them down outside!
What…More »
13. Fifth Avenue Cinemas
Vancouver, BC V6J 3H6
(604) 734-8700
Category:
Cinema
Neighbourhoods: Kitsilano, Fairview Slopes
Oh give me a seat, where the films are so sweet
And the popcorn is G-M-O free
Where no cell phones are heard
Many well-written words
And inde flicks are preferred.
Fifth, Fifth Avenue
Where friends and lovers can meet
Where no cell phones are heard
Many…More »
14. Vancouver Playhouse Theatre
Vancouver, BC V6B 2P1
(604) 665-3035
Category:
Performing Arts
Neighbourhood: Downtown
If you know the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, you know the Playhouse, they live side by side. But unless you've been to the theatre here, you might not know what awaits inside.
The theatre itself is mid-size, not large like the Orpheum, but not small like…More »
15. UYE - Sloppy Springtime Singin'
What do you get when you put Kat in front of the mike? A whole audience singing along to Build Me Up Buttercup. My toes are tapping just thinking about it. And what do you get when you put me up there? Head banging, arms waving, dancing, alongside a…More »
16. Scotiabank Theatre
Scotiabank Theatre - you'd be 4 stars if only
-You'd allow a scene card to be per ticket, not per purchase. Why must I type in my information twice if I'm buying 2 tickets?
-You'd play something, anything when you know people are sitting patiently for…More »
17. District 319 Theatre
Vancouver, BC V6A 2S9
(604) 899-1077
Category:
Venues & Event Spaces
Neighbourhood: Downtown Eastside
The plush red chairs, the ability to drink and watch a film... And not just any film, Canadian indie flicks!
Putting movies aside, this space is a dream. A huge bar, great seating, exposed brick, a huge space adjacent, even the neighbourhood... the…More »
18. Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4
(778) 782-9149
Category:
Performing Arts
Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Downtown Eastside
In the courtyard of the Woodwards complex, and beneath slabs and slabs of concrete lives the Fei and Milton Wong theatre. With balcony and floor seating, this intimate stage is leap years ahead of the Contemporary Art's faculty which was once located…More »
19. Croatian Cultural Centre
Vancouver, BC V5N 4E4
(604) 879-0154
Categories:
Venues & Event Spaces,
Social Clubs,
Community Service/Non-Profit
Neighbourhood: Kensington-Cedar Cottage
Two stages in two rooms, modern bathrooms, ample parking -- no wonder why folks like hosting events at the Croatian Cultural Centre.
It's not so much the space as much as it's the remarkable events that often happen here. Case in point, the Retro…More »
20. Varsity-Ridge 5 Pin Bowling Centre
Vancouver, BC V6K 2Y5
(604) 738-5412
Categories:
Amusement Parks,
Bowling
Neighbourhood: Kitsilano
A film of grunge and a whiff of locker room... Yup it's a bowling alley: league names, rental shoes, cheap beer, coffee and nacho cheese. Remember the scene in Uncle Buck? Thats the first thought that went through my mind as I laced up and aimed my…More »
21. Vancouver Aquarium
It's so hard to not give the Vancouver Aquarium five stars, but I'm having a tough time getting past my thrifty self with this. It's $21 for an adult. Twenty-one. I'm all for supporting them, but I think I'd go more if only it wasn't such a wallet…More »
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