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 [...]
Tag Archives: Canada
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Pullman Wine Bar Montréal
I’m wandering the streets of Montréal on a cold and wet fall night when I stumble on a place just off Rue Sherbrooke called Pullman. It’s not a name that strikes me as a wine-snob type place, but one glance at the chandelier makes me love it. Montréal is an amazing place to eat, and [...]
Township 7 Merlot 2006
Recently the media savvy winemaker Bradley Cooper at Township 7 Winery and the underground winery Black Cloud Wine called me out on my blog for not adding Township 7 to my list of wineries to see at the 2010 Spring Wine Fest here in the Okanagan. Admittedly I felt a bit sheepish about it, and [...]
First Visit to Road 13 Vineyards
Road 13 Winery, formerly Golden Mile Cellars, has been on the tip of my to-do list for quite a while, but for some reason I had never made it there. I’ve tried the Road 13 Honest John’s Red before at restaurants around the Okanagan based on hearsay, good word-of-mouth, and the price. In an area [...]
Best Crêpes in Montréal?
Crêpes are one of the great things about Montréal. They’re everywhere. A walk down St. Catherines Street (Rue Sainte Catherines) will turn up a wide array of Crêpes from those at small coffee shops and second floor eateries, to chain restaurant crêpes. All are good, but finding the best is a journey unto itself. A [...]
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