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Vancouver on the Cheap: Free Tours of TRIUMF

Vancouver on the Cheap: Free Tours of TRIUMF

If you were to create a Venn diagram where one circle was labeled "cheap" and the other labeled "awesome", the middle point where they cross over could be labeled "Vancouver on the Cheap".
Vancouver on the Cheap: Daily Jazz Vespers

Vancouver on the Cheap: Daily Jazz Vespers

If you were to create a Venn diagram where one circle was labeled "cheap" and the other labeled "awesome", the middle point where they cross over could be labeled "Vancouver on the Cheap".
Take 5 with the Vancouver Gardens Pass this weekend June 19-21

Take 5 with the Vancouver Gardens Pass this weekend June 19-21

UBC Botanical Garden is Canada's oldest continuously operating university botanical garden. The original mission of the garden was research into the native flora of British Columbia.
Baja Brands Drive Up Coast For Vancouver Pop-Up June 19-21

Baja Brands Drive Up Coast For Vancouver Pop-Up June 19-21

Vancouver Is Awesome is a proud sponsor of thisopenspace.ca , an online platform for booking unique spaces for pop-up shops, exhibits, and events. They’ve hosted hundreds of pop-up concepts in Vancouver neighbourhoods since September 2012.
Vancouver on the Cheap: The Great Grandview Yard Sale

Vancouver on the Cheap: The Great Grandview Yard Sale

It's time for the second annual Great Grandview Yard Sale ! Yard sales are an amazing way to get some of the lowest prices you can find on, well, pretty much anything.

Nike built an indoor soccer pitch that you can play on for FREE during #FIFAWWC. #NOMAYBES

Each week I visit Kevin and Sonia at The eak 102.7fm and share One Awesome Thing in Vancouver. Today we talked about the FREE activation that Nike put together downtown, under the CBC: The Nike Undergound . Learn more about it HERE .

Aquabus Parade

Our Daily Photo #2219 is from Nathan , who took this long exposure shot in False Creek that ended up with neon swirls thanks to the rotating Aquabus Ferries.
Chinatown is going to to get "hot and noisy" Saturday night

Chinatown is going to to get "hot and noisy" Saturday night

I'm stoked to be able to help spread the word about this great event aimed at keeping the diversity and energy of Chinatown alive.
5 things to do for Father's Day

5 things to do for Father's Day

We're big fans of the experience over the material item over here, so instead of asking my kids what they want to 'get' dad for Father's Day, I asked, "what do you think dad wants to do for Father's Day?" Of course, everyone likes to get something ni
Livestock X Nike's World Cup Pop-Up Shop! #FIFAWWC

Livestock X Nike's World Cup Pop-Up Shop! #FIFAWWC

In celebration of the World Cup soccer currently underway, our friends at Livestock (whom we shared office space with wayyyy back in 2008 when we launched) partnered up with Nike for a unique pop-up shop next door to their Vancouver Chinatown locatio
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