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Vancouver Citizen to Travel Show Host: Robin Esrock
Vancouver s own, Robin Esrock, tells us his story of fame and success as a travel writer and host of Word Travels ....
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Camila |
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This Conversation (part 3)
Interview with Christine Lippa, comedian....
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paul-armstrong |
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Ping Pong Playa opens in Vancouver: imagine a hip hop speaking basketball playing NBA wannabe - but he is Chinese?
Ping Pong Player: Imagine a Chinese Will Smith playing table tennis with attitude C-Dub Wang - the hippest hoppest ping pong player ever to wear a ba...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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NO POPPY FOR ME
My Dad was a war hero. Last one left for dead at Rimini. And then his letters show he was prepared and expecting to return to the front.After the war ...
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English Bay Banner |
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Ernest Hemingway, Mexican Baseball, German Submarines & Ava Gardner's Knickers
On February 1, 1946, my own Season of gold began as I, Frank Bullinger, Jr. arrived at the front door of La Finca Vig a, expecting to be Hemingway's ...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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(212) SS09 Collection
Gastown darlings Scott Walhovd and Anthony Castro debuted their SS09 Collection at Heritage Hall on November 4th. Despite showing on the same day a...
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Stylefinds |
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Yellow Fellas debuts at Vancouver Asian Film Festival for director/writer/actor Tetsuro Shigamatsu
Yellow Fellas... Western Canadian premiere at Vancouver Asian Film FestivalIf you don't know the name Tetsuro Shigamatsu... maybe you've heard his voi...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Gung Haggis dragon boat team is busy... paddlers are reading at Heart of the City Festival and running for Vancouver Parksboard + paddling?
Gung Haggis Fat Choy dragon boat team is BUSY this Sunday:Paddler Stuart Mackinnon is running for Vancouver ParksboardPaddler Dan Seto is giving a rea...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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[GB] Why drag SUCCESS into politics?
Guest blogger: Gabriel Yiu To clearly stand out a guest blogger entry, all such headlines will begin with [GB].Tung Chan, the CEO of SUCCESS, recently...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Kay Alsop's Friend
In 1987 Kay Alsop was a YWCA Woman Of Distinction. A few years later, probably 1992, the YWCA decided to publish a magazine with portraits of some of ...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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Spoken Word: Floetics - Tonight!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008Time:7:00pm - 9:30pmLocation:Bump N' Grind CafeStreet:916 Commercial Drive, VancouverCity/Town:Vancouver, BCView MapGoogle...
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Commercial Drive Live! |
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Special Event: Tariq Ali
Come hear world renowned writer, historian, commentator, and film maker Tariq Ali speak on his latest book, 'The Duel: Pakistan onthe Flight Path of A...
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Commercial Drive Live! |
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How come it dook so long for Asians and First Nations to get the vote in BC?
Event: Asians, First Nations and the History of the Vote in British ColumbiaA Panel Discussion About the History of Exclusion and How It Has Impacted ...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Frank O'Hara By Harry Redl
Harry Redl is a photographer who probably does not take any pictures anymore. Perhaps he might even be older that I am. He was a photographer who shot...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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What Kind of Maverick is John McCain?
I just finished reading Make-Believe Maverick , Rolling Stone writer Tom Dickinson's account of John Sidney McCain III's disturbing record of ...
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Vancouveriste |
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Digital Camera, Megapixels and the Fashion Writer's Dilemma in Vancouver
I'm going to do it. Buy a digital camera.I will buy a Nikon D40 at 6.1 megapixels because megapixels don't matter. It's enough. To have a leap in qual...
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VIFF 2008: Marriage Disintegration in the Fest Spotlight
VanRamblings' return to the Festival was hard-going, for varying reasons.First up on Monday evening, for a 7pm screening, at The Ridge, of ...Cloud 9 ...
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VanRamblings |
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The History Boys & Fine Teachers Remembered
Harold Pinter wrote his first play, The Room in 1957. One year later my English teacher at St Edward's High School, in Austin, Texas, Brother Dunstan ...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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The Vacay is Over
I'm back, sort of. Writer's block, or some other stormy weather, has assailed me, and I haven't felt like doing much of anything for the past few days...
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Vancouveriste |
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VIFF 2008: And The Hits ... They Don't Keep on Comin'
Sad to say, 2008 has not proved to be a banner year on the international movie scene, at least from the perspective of what moviegoers have seen prese...
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VanRamblings |
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VIFF2008: And The Hits ... They Don't Keep on Comin'
Sad to say, 2008 has not proved to be a banner year on the international movie scene, at least from the perspective of what moviegoers have seen prese...
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VanRamblings |
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Vancouver online in 2001
to celebrate their ten year birthday Google has put their oldest available search index online. Now for a limited time you can search their database t...
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Metroblogging Vancouver |
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Celebrity, Glamour & The Ordinary Woman
Some years ago Christopher Plummer was in town and my writer friend John Lekich was assigned by the Globe & Mail to interview. I pressed John to get m...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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Georgia Straight: Historic Joy Kogawa House is "Best New Place to Get Writing Done"
Joy Kogawa House is: BEST NEW PLACE TO GET WRITING DONE Pictures:Joy and brother Tim and Kogawa House circa 1944, chery tree and house2007, J...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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VIFF 2008: An Unusual, But Hopeful, Theme Emerges
An unusual theme has developed at this year's Vancouver Film Festival.Where for many years the theme of the Festival might reasonably be interpreted a...
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VanRamblings |
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Murray Pezim, Mr. Poland & No Light Bulb
When Murray Pezim (below) died on November 11, 1998 The CBC said in its obituary:Colourful Vancouver stock promoter Murray Pezim died of a heart attac...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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Shipping Wine: Not in Canada
This topic has been hot in the press lately. Another writer, Craig Pinhey, weighs in on the subject.http://wine.appellationamerica.com/wine-review/62...
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Wine & Vine BC |
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Pablo De Sarasate's Violin Does Not Dine
My grandmother used to tell me stories about her life in Spain and in the Philippines in the 19th century. One I will never forget is about the virstu...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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James Parkinson's Paralysis Agitans
Last night, while preparing my projected lecture (I talk and project jpgs from a CD through a lap top connected to a digital projector) I found a deva...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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More new faces at Stylefinds!!
These two lovely ladies actually signed on a while back, but I'm just getting their introductions up now (sorry for the delay)...I am really excited t...
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Stylefinds |
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The Remington Portable Model 5
When my grandmother Lolita was in New York, before she returned to Manila, sometime in the mid 1930s, with my mother Filomena, and brother Tony and si...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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Frances Bula, Milo Cernetig, David Baines, Ian Mulgrew & Malcolm Parry
It was in August 1978 that I had my first real (I had others but this one counts for me) cover in Vancouver. It was most fun to work for with Valerie ...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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In memoriam: Betty Ho goes to that big kitchen in the sky.
Betty May HoRest in Peace Betty Ho had a love of life that was big. It was so big, that when she retired - she kept living large. Betty went to Si...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Food Glorious (Chinese) Food
The Olympics is making me hungry It is being widely reported that the phenomenal American swimmer Michael Phelps consumes 12,000 calories a day whe...
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RAINCOAST BOOKS |
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Todd Wong now "installed as an artifact" at Royal BC Museum
Take150 years of BC history, search through the historical, cultural,athletic and social events to find 150 of the most interesting people...Who would...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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"Toddish McWong" installed at the "Free Spirit" exhibition at Royal BC Museum
Take 150 years of BC history, search through the historical, cultural, athletic and social events to find 150 of the most interesting people...Who wou...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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The Last Cigarette
The playwright, diarist and novelist Simon Gray, died aged 71 last week. Although born in Britain, Gray's father was a Scottish-Canadian and Gray him...
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RAINCOAST BOOKS |
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Victoria celebrates 150 years of Chinese Canadian History with a grand dinner and awards
Chinese Canadian achievements feted at Victoria's Empress Hotel, attended by Hon. Norman Kwong, Sen. Vivienne Poy, Dr. David Lai, Dr. Wallace Chung an...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Morning Brew: July 29th- Hyper Local
Politeness vs. Political Correctness in Vancouver. Dude just pick up a copy of Vice, you will get an A+. Quinn's Game Show Idea #1. 314 Season ticket ...
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Beyond Robson |
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Introducing....two new bloggers!
Exciting news, folks! The Stylefinds team has just gotten a little bit bigger! We'd like to extend a warm welcome to new bloggers Karen and Lisa...k...
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Stylefinds |
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The Chinese Diaspora - Torn between identities I
Last year, I've written an article for a Sinagporean magazine about the Chinese diaspora. As there seems to be a resumed interest from the western wor...
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Chinese in Vancouver |
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Todd Wong performs at COPE summer BBQ at Vancouver Rowing Club
Todd Wong brought his accordion repertoire from the CUPE 391 Library Square strike line to the COPE summer bbq at the Vancouver Rowing ClubIt was a so...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Todd Wong & David Philip perform at COPE summer BBQ at Vancouver Rowing Club
Todd Wong brought his accordion repertoire from the CUPE 391 Library Square strike line to the COPE summer bbq at the Vancouver Rowing ClubIt was a so...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Madeline Thien is reading at UBC Thursday!
Madeleine Thien, author of Certainty, gives reading Thursday at UBC, Thien burst onto the literary scene with her short story collection Simple Reci...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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FASHION Magazine Reporter Search - Vote Now!
My friend Terri Potratz is one of the talented top 20 national finalists in FASHION Magazine's Reporter Search, and she needs YOUR votes to get the to...
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Stylefinds |
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The ODD COUPLE is presented by Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre, Asian style!
What would happen if a well-known Neil Simon play The Odd Couple was played with an almost all-Asian cast?I've always wondered if West Side Story co...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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The Vancouver Five: Twitterers
Maybe you've been hearing about this Twitter thing, or maybe for you it's old hat by now. Last week I explained how Twitter and the kindness of stran...
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Metroblogging Vancouver |
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Romance On The BC Ferries
Except for the problems of colissions and sinkings I would think that being a captain of a BC Ferry would be just about the same as captain of a barge...
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Alex Waterhouse-Hayward |
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Pavel & I Reviewed at The Edmonton Journal
Dan Vyleta's whip-smart, Berlin-noir spy thriller PAVEL & I received a glowing review from Robert Wiersema (BC author of BEFORE I WAKE) in Sunday's E...
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RAINCOAST BOOKS |
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The iPhone in Canada: an FAQ
Broken iPhoneOriginally uploaded by Jeffery SimpsonI've blogged here about the iPhone before, so with the big announcement earlier today I figured an ...
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Metroblogging Vancouver |
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