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Cool cake art attack
Underneath all this colourful pizazz is a chocolate cake requested by a three-year-old birthday boy who loves guitars.
It was made by Jen, mom of my son’s younger brother and sister. For the past few years, she’s had so much fun with these cakes that she’s thinking of making and selling them.
The wee...
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Vancouver is freaking out after Canada wins gold medal against U.S. in Olympic hockey
People are screaming as they drive by on the busy street outside my house in East Vancouver.
Wooooo! Honk honk honk! Yeahhhhhhhhhhh! Ship horns blow in the harbour. And a wind has blown up in the air. The crows are cawing. Even 20 minutes after Canada beat the U.S. 3 – 2 in overtime...
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I won a book at Vancouver Real Writers’ Series
I love the exciting feeling when you see your raffle ticket numbers correspond with the numbers spoken aloud. Yay! And now that I’m a mom, I can send my son to collect the prize, because I have a shy streak in such situations.
Last night my son and I went to the Grand Finale night...
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Check out Real Vancouver Writers and Culture Series
Every Wednesday in February, starting at 7 p.m., a line-up of local writers will hit the stage at W2 (112 West Hastings. ) Organizer says: "These evenings are designed to show the city and the world real and diverse Vancouver culture and real creative individuals in the literary and publishing communities at a time...
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Mad Dog opens Big Can of City Dog Food in Vancouver
On Friday, Feb 5, local artist Mad Dog welcomed fans to his first show in seven years - and, as parties go, everyone had a great time. People were loving (and buying) the art, drinking beer, and talking with old friends and new strangers. On til Feb 28...
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Vancouver Observer celebrates re-launch with a call for more voices
“We need a lot of voices in Vancouver,” said publisher Linda Solomon at the Vancouver Observer’s re-launch celebration at Ceili’s Irish Pub & Restaurant on Tuesday, Oct. 6. “Get behind us. Send us your blogs. Sign up for our newsletter. Tell your friends. Let’s make the media strong in Vancouver – and let’s just...
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Barcamp Vancouver 2009 rocked
There’s no other way to say it after such a long day.
Nearly 300 people gathered for Barcamp Vancouver 2009 #bcv09 yesterday at Discovery Parks Vancouver – the old QLT building on Great Northern Way (which has amazing office space available, btw). It was my first time attending this annual “unconference” of local...
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Shel Israel launches Twitterville in Vancouver
This week Shel Israel is launching his new book Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighbourhoods. He’s on a cross-Canada tour that includes Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, and tonight in Vancouver at the Third Tuesday meetup at the Canvas Lounge.
“Why did I call it Twitterville? Because everything about Twitter I love...
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Congrats 2009 IABC Canada Master Communicator Jennifer Wah
Jennifer Wah shared some exciting news tonight at a party in the new
Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre.
It was the September kickoff for the B.C. Chapter of IABC (International Assn. of Business Communicators) and, as we took in the amazing view of Burrard Inlet, Jennifer told us what she found out this morning....
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