This is one of the coolest coffee shops I’ve been to, and is the perfect blend of java and single-speed riding skinny jeaned hipster culture. It’s Saturday morning, and I’m at Gene, on the fork of the Main Street and Kingsway junction, surrounded by hung-over hipsters sporting the latest in sneaker trends and counter culture [...]
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Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel Vancouver Hotel Review
Overall Impression Every now and again you get saddled with a limited work travel budget, and while it might sound like I’m whining, I really tried to make the best of this one. On my recent business trip to Vancouver I had limited funds for hotels and needed a place to stay. I’ve seen the [...]
Turks Coffee Exchange
Vancouver is such a great coffee city and Commercial Drive is a particularly awesome place to go for a coffee. When on the Drive I seem to have two favourites these days, both at opposite ends. On the South End I prefer Prado Cafe, and on the North End I seem to frequent Turks. Turks [...]
Burgoo Lunch
I’ve been to Burgoo many times for dinner and love the hearty homestyle concept of stews and tagine dishes. I’m a big fan of the Lamb Tagine with couscous. I’d never really given Burgoo much thought for lunch, but after a morning of biking in North Van I was starving and the line-up at the [...]
Trout Lake Farmers Market Debit Card Payment
Technology and the farmer’s market are not two things that I would normally associate or even want to bring together, but it’s the perfect example of when modern devices can really solve a problem in a way that doesn’t detract from the basic message of what a farmer’s market is about, which would be down [...]
Prado Cafe Vancouver
Prado Cafe on Commercial Drive is one of my new favourite coffee shops in Vancouver. In fact, maybe it’s because it feels more like the Lower East Side in Manhattan than it does like Vancouver. The cafe is set in an old brick building that probably used to be a pharmacy or other type of [...]
Vancouver Parking Meters
Parking in the city of Vancouver is always a bit of a nightmare. As a driver your options are basically to park in an overpriced lot for $6-10 per hour or $15-$40 for the day, or park on the street with tight time restrictions and a high price. If you’re lucky enough to find a [...]
Bufflehead Tapas Room Penticton
So finally Penticton gets a Tapas bar/lounge that will please discerning urban diners looking for something to appease their yuppie palate. I mean this in a good way of course as I’ve been hoping for this over the past few years, and finally the Lakeside Resort has opened a lounge that I would compare in [...]
Fairmont Vancouver Airport Hotel – YVR – Review
Overall Impression The Fairmont YVR is a place to stop over in between flights and rest up. It can be pricey considering, and there is more reasonably priced accomodation off-site, but if you can get a good rate, and have the chance to treat yourself, the Fairmont YVR is a little bit of luxury. My [...]
The Drake Hotel Toronto Review
Overall Impression The Drake Hotel in Toronto is one of those rare finds in the world of business travel. Although I wouldn’t really classify The Drake as a business hotel, I like to stay here on business because it’s a nice departure from the usual Sheraton and Delta mass predictability. Queen Street West is not [...]
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