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Vancouver's Places to Unleash the Child In You

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Vancouver's Places to Unleash the Child In You

When You Wanna Be a Kid Again. Places to go for a trip down memory lane...or just a good fun time!

1. Serano Greek Pastry

3185 Broadway W
Vancouver, BC V6K 2H2
(604) 739-3181

Categories: Bakeries, Greek

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

7/14/2009

Sugar rush!

Did I really buy a meringue cookie? I hadn't had one of those in decades...Honestly, I can't believe I ate the whole thing! It was the size of my hand! But there I was skipping along Broadway and thinking, "Sweet, sweet, I need me some…More »

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2. Connaught Park

2690 Larch St
Vancouver, BC V6K 4K9
(604) 257-6976

Category: Parks

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

8/9/2009 First to Review

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

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3. Artstarts

808 Richards St
Vancouver, BC V6B 3A7
(888) 878-7144

Category: Art Galleries

Neighbourhood: Downtown

10/22/2009 First to Review

Carrying bags of Homesense goodies, I should have just kept walking. Really, the only reason I was trekking down Richards was to check in on Lucy Mae Brown's (whose lights had been on a few days ago). But I stopped in my tracks, intrigued by the idea…More »

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4. Butter Baked Goods

4321 Dunbar St
Vancouver, BC V6S 2G2
(604) 221-4333

Category: Bakeries

Neighbourhood: Dunbar-Southlands

12/4/2009

Sniff-sniff
Sniff-sniff
Sniff-sniff...
Like a dog who can pick up the scent of a criminal or someone in distress, I have an eagle-eye nose ;p when it comes to tracking the smell of baked goods all the way across town.

Overcome with a spicy aroma, I was…More »

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5. Your Dollar Store With More

1067 Hamilton Ave
Vancouver, BC V6B
(604) 669-6031

Category: Dollar Store

Neighbourhoods: Downtown, Yaletown

4/12/2010

I have some interesting needs - sometimes it's eye patches, hooks and hats others it's rubber duckies, fuzzy dice and bouncy balls. And almost always I find at least some of what I'm looking for.

I understand that some of these silly things will be…More »

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6. Minishack

4151 Hazelbridge Way
Richmond, BC V6X
(604) 295-8194

Category: Toy Stores

Neighbourhood: Golden Village

5/25/2010 First to Review

When things are this small, they call you mini. That's right, mini. As in mini sushi, mini chairs, mini fast food packages, mini display cases, mini stoves, mini vegetables, mini, mini, mini. For mini, they sure seem pricey. I was looking at a…More »

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7. Great Glass Elevator Candy Shop

4350 Lorimer Road RR 4
Whistler, BC V0N 1B4
(604) 935-1076

Category: Candy Stores

5/29/2010

One of my secret little obsessions. For some reason I can't help but stop in for some candy. I know that there's similar fare at places in Vancouver, I know it's ridiculously overpriced, but there's just something my sweet tooth can't resist here.…More »

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8. Drexoll Games

2860 W 4th Ave
Vancouver, BC V6K 1R2
(604) 733-6511

Categories: Toy Stores, Hobby Shops

Neighbourhood: Kitsilano

5/30/2011

If I understood what half of these games were, I have a feeling I'd be in dork heaven. But alas, I'm not that seasoned in gaming, unless you wanna have a game-off around "Girl Talk," or "Life" of course! For the record, I rightly so, did not see…More »

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9. The Rumpus Room

2689 Main St
Vancouver, BC V5T 3E7
(604) 568-5663

Categories: Canadian (Traditional), Breakfast & Brunch, Lounges

Neighbourhood: Mount Pleasant

Update - 11/5/2011

The moment I walked in on my second romp with The Rumpus Room, I was hit with that deep-fried stench. A stench so baked in it permeates the entire place, layer upon layer of grease. Perhaps that's part of the kitsch; it now certainly feels like the…More »

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9/13/2011
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