Dine Out Vancouver 2012!

January 17th, 2012 | Add a Comment

Starting Friday, January 20th until Sunday, February 5th curb your resolutions and indulge in the best food and wine Vancouver has to offer. Three course dinners start at just $18 so close your eyes and play restaurant roulette. Now is the best time to try anything and everything in this showcase of local food and wine.

Make reservations ASAP

There is no one food genre and not one price range for diners to pick from. Simply choose a price range and a cuisine type and taste away! Just below is a teaser made to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of this event.

 

Dine Out Vancouver 2012

 

To find participating restaurants in your area, click here.

London 2012: Women’s Soccer Qualifiers!

January 16th, 2012 | Add a Comment

 

 

Starting this Thursday the 19th and ending Sunday, January 29th, Canada with host seven other nations in order to compete for two spots in the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London. The countries who will be battling it out for the top two spots are: Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti, USA, Mexico, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.

Canada is entering the competition as a pretty solid candidate after their first ever gold medal win at the 2011 Pan-American games. They won 4-3 in an overtime shootout against Brazil.

 

 

 

The Canadian Women's Team

The event will be hosted at the newly renovated BC Place and will be quite the spectacle. Tickets will be available through Ticketmaster.

 

For more information on tournament schedules and purchasing tickets, click here.

 

 

Winemaker Apres Series January 18th, 2012

January 15th, 2012 | Add a Comment

6000 feet atop Whistler Mountain, feast on a five course menu paired with locally produced wines! This is first event of many in the Whistler Winemakers Series during which local vineyards showcase their different wines in accordance with seasonal fare. The first of these brands to be featured is See Ya Later Ranch located in Okanagan Falls.

Winemaker Series - See Ya Later Ranch Edition

 

These events typically begin at 2pm but get there well before as you do need to make it all the way to the top of the mountain to Steeps Grill! For the menu and reservation information click here and enjoy local food, drink and scenery at a more than reasonable price.

 

Cheers!

North Face Pipe Series this Sunday

January 13th, 2012 | Add a Comment

 

This Sunday the 15th between 8:45am and 4:00pm head up to Whistler Blackcomb to see some top level athletes show off what they’ve got for chances to win $60, 000 worth of prizes! The North Face Park and Pipe Open Series is a 3 stop competition chain judged with the help of the Association of Freeskiing Professionals (AFP). Athletes will be judged on difficulty, style, use of apparatuses and overall impression in both halfpipe and slopestyle courses.

Park and Pipe Series

 

These competitions are great venues for athletes to accumulate points in order to qualify for the 2012 Winter X-Games. So head on out and up to Whistler/Blackcomb this weekend for some awesome competition and an even better Apres-Ski celebration.

For the SnowBus schedule click here.

For the link to their Facebook page click here.

For the official North Face website click here.

To see the event results from this past weekend click here.

 

It’s official! We have green tourism certification!

August 08th, 2011 | Add a Comment

Our Pride Parade Debut!

August 02nd, 2011 | Add a Comment

On July 31st 2011 West Coast Sightseeing and Big Pink Sightseeing showed our pride in the Vancouver Pride Parade.

Big Pink Sightseeing Team at the Vancouver Pride Parade 2011

 

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