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Yay Vancouver!
by Dan
Travel + Vancouver / March 01, 2010
Woo-hoo! 14 Gold medals and a sweet win against the US in OT! Congratulations to all our athletes: You did us proud!
Yay Canada! Yay Vancouver!
Thanks again to everyone to contributed to our 5 Things Vancouver posts during the Winter Olympics. They were all fantastic and it was great to get tips from people who really know and love the city.
Just in case you missed any of the entries here's a complete list of the 30+ contributors:
- Anne Lee, Indigo Online
- Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit + Madeleine, YoYo Mama
- Bob Kronbauer, Vancouver is Awesome
- Bronwyn Logan, Blush Magazine
- Chris Wood, author
- Crystal Allen, Raincoast
- Craig Riggs, Turner-Riggs Workspace
- Danielle Johnson, Raincoast
- Darren Barefoot, Capulet Communications
- Erick Villagomez, Re:Place Magazine
- James Sherrett, AdHack
- Jamie Broadhurst, Raincoast
- Janice Beley, Arsenal Pulp Press
- Jesse Finkelstein, Douglas & McIntyre
- Jill Amery, Urban Mommies
- John Lekich, author
- Kate Trgovac, LintBucket Media
- kc dyer, author
- Kelly McInnon, Vancouver KidsBooks
- Kim Werker, crafter, writer, photographer, blogger
- Maria + Stefani, Dandelion KIDS
- Monica Lippingwell, reader, and uber-twitterer
- Monique Trottier, Boxcar Marketing
- Nick Bouton, Protagonize
- Peter Darbyshire, author
- Robin McConnell, Inkstuds
- Sean Cranbury, Books on the Radio
- Selina Rajani, Vancouver Opera
- Siobhan Long, Raincoast
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Spilt Milk Moms
- Thomas Wong, The Sunday Best
Thanks all, and if anyone still needs some advice on where to go in Vancouver, please check out Lonely Planet's Vancouver Encounter and City Guide, and Chronicle Books City Walks: Vancouver.
And don't forget to write down all your new discoveries in a Moleskine Vancouver City Notebook!
Photograph courtesy of 5 Things Vancouver contributor KP Werker
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5 Things Vancouver: Kelly McKinnon
by Dan
Kids + Travel + Vancouver / February 26, 2010
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Kelly McKinnon is the co-owner of Kidsbooks.
Kelly enjoys travelling (especially on the seat of a bicycle), building Lego with her nephews, sports and eating (although in the email accompanying her answers, she suggests that the last two are linked!).
"I love my job running Kidsbooks, along with my business partner Phyllis Simon, because it is so much fun getting everyone excited books and reading," she says. Amen to that!
What’s your favourite book about Vancouver?
City of Glass... Doug Coupland…he nailed it.
Where’s your favourite spot to eat on a budget?
Go Fish but the line-ups are terrible on a sunny day.
What is the best thing to do with kids in Vancouver?
The Aquarium...hands down!
What’s your favourite bar?
Rodney’s….the crabcakes are westcoast comfort food.
What’s your favourite free thing to do in Vancouver?
Waterfront…Walk, run, bike...
Thanks Kelly!
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5 Things Vancouver: Maria + Stefanie, dandelion KIDS
by Dan
Travel + Vancouver / February 25, 2010
Maria Livingstone and Stefanie Missler are the co-owners Dandelion KIDS, a modern kids shop that stocks hip baby clothes and stylish duds for boys and girls. The store was born over 5 years ago over a casual coffee when they discovered a shared childhood dream of wanting to have a shop. The doors have been open since Winter 2004 on Commercial Drive in Vancouver and, in April 2009, Maria and Stefanie opened their second shop Port Moody.
What is the single best thing about living in Vancouver?
Maria: The moist air, your skin never gets dry
Stefanie: All the great parks and beaches
What’s the one place everyone should visit?
Stefanie: Museum of Anthropology
Maria: dandelion KIDS! [SHAMELESS! ~Dan 
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What is the best thing to do with kids in Vancouver?
Super Sundays at the Vancouver Art Gallery
What’s your favourite bar?
The Narrow Lounge
Why should people live in Vancouver and not just visit?
Maria: It would be nice to have that city buzz, and that only happens when there’s lots of people.
Stefanie: To bring even more flair, sophistication and diversity to this great place.
Bonus:
What’s the most common misconception visitors have about Vancouver?
That it rains too much (it’s spring in February-let it rain!!) and “we’re a no-fun city”
Thanks Maria + Stefanie!
5 Things Vancouver: Jill Amery
by Dan
Kids + Travel + Vancouver / February 25, 2010
Jill Amery is the Editor of UrbanMommies an online magazine with a focus on the stylish side of pregnancy and parenting.
Based in Vancouver, Jill is constantly searching for parenting tips, fun children’s activities and kid’s travel stories.
What is the single best thing about living in Vancouver?
Skiing and sailing on the same day.
Who is your favourite Vancouver author?
Aislinn Hunter
What’s your favourite restaurant for a romantic dinner?
Boneta
What is the best thing to do with kids in Vancouver?
Can’t choose just one – skating at Robson Square, play area at the aquarium, Wreck Beach – the sand’s gradual entry into the ocean is perfect for kids.
What is your favourite Vancouver hangout?
The patio at the Art Gallery in summer.
What’s the most common misconception visitors have about Vancouver?
Tie: A) We never dress up. B) It rains all the time.
Thanks Jill!
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5 Things Vancouver: Erick Villagomez
by Dan
Architecture + Travel + Vancouver / February 25, 2010
Erick Villagomez is a former Torontonian who moved out west after he mistakenly froze his tongue to a metal pole one grim wintery day.
He is a self-declared urban cartographer and bibliophile who runs an environmental design practice, teaches architecture at UBC, and is a co-founder and writer for re:place magazine in his spare time.
What is the single best thing about living in Vancouver?
Flowers blooming in February while rest of the country is outfitted in parkas and toques. 
What’s the one place everyone should visit?
If we have visitors coming in for the day we usually hit three places that each give a different sense of what the city has to offer: Commercial Drive (activist, gritty, left-wing, etc.), Granville Island (the industrial-wasteland-turned-touristy-artist-haven) and Lighthouse Park in North Vancouver (the not-too-hard-trekking park with beautiful views of the ocean and city). Did I mention each of these is about 20 minutes apart?
Where do you look for books in Vancouver?
Hmmmm….too many places. But being a book junkie, I frequent used bookstores searching for hidden gems—Bibliophile (used book in best condition found anywhere the city—Commercial Drive), Pulp Fiction (great selection of all around titles new and old - Main Street), and Macleod’s Books (a Neverending Story-type books store with piles of books that house hidden gems—Downtown, Pender St.).
What’s your favourite book about Vancouver?
Most recently read: Vancouver Special by Charles Charles Demers. Cartographic: Vancouver A Visual History by Bruce Macdonald. Tour: Vancouver Discovery Walks by John Atkin. Classic: The Greater Vancouver Book edited by Chuck Davis.
What’s your favourite restaurant for a romantic dinner?
I’m not sure that I’d put it in the “romantic” category, but Bin 942 is one of my favorite places to eat. Small, funky, sweet tunes and great food….you can’t ask for more. Not to mention you can visit Oscar Art Books next door while you are waiting to be seated.
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5 Things Vancouver: Crystal Allen
by Crystal
Kids + Travel + Vancouver / February 24, 2010
Crystal Allen has been in the book industry for 11 years and has been a publicist at Raincoast Books for 3 years. She specializes in Children's Books and Travel Books. In her spare time she is mom to Isabella, wife to Rob (who also works at Raincoast) and designs children's clothing for her own online store Lilikoi Lane. She moved from Bellingham, Washington to Vancouver when she was 19 years old and classifies herself as a truly West Coast Girl. "The West Coast is my home... I can't imagine living anywhere else!"
Shore Mountains and Mt. Baker... AND the Olympic Torch went right past our house! The exchange of the flame was literally right in front of our deck. It was such an incredible, intimate, community celebration. Just us and approximately 150 of our neighbors. It was a once in a lifetime experience that I will never forget!
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-Visit the Kids Market
-Stroll the Public Market and grab a pint of raspberries in the produce section and a Montreal Smoked Meat Bagel at Siegel's Bagels
- -Head outside and eat your lunch on one of the benches overlooking the water and be entertained by buskers and interesting visitors from all over the world
-Chase the pigeons for awhile... Like Bella did in this picture.
-Hop on the Aquabus and take in the gorgeous views of False Creek and English Bay
-Then when they are all tuckered out and snoozing in their strollers head over to the Net Loft and browse the great titles at Blackberry Books
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5 Things Vancouver: YoYo Madeleine
by Dan
Kids + Travel + Vancouver / February 24, 2010
We heard from the yoyo mama earlier this morning and now here's the yoyo kiddo...
Madeleine is a Vancouver-born, six-year-old yoyo kiddo!
She’s a big fan of reading, particularly the Ivy & Bean series!
What is the single best thing about living in Vancouver?
Going swimming every weekend.
What’s the one place everyone should visit?
Nicola’s house.
Where’s your favourite spot to eat on a budget?
The Fish & Chips place next to the ice cream store.
What is the best thing to do with kids in Vancouver?
Go to a birthday party at Collage Collage.
What is your favourite building in Vancouver?
Our very own house. That building.
Bonus:
Where’s the best place for coffee?
The hot chocolate shop across the street from the library.
Thanks Madeleine!
5 Things Vancouver: Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit
by Dan
Kids + Parenting + Travel + Vancouver / February 24, 2010
Annemarie is the founder and editor-in-chief of yoyomama.ca and yoyobelly.ca.
She’s also the author of Healthy Mum, Happy Baby: How To Feed Yourself When You're Breastfeeding Your Baby which was published by Random House in 2007.
She’s an email marketing expert with a background in web strategy and usability.
How long have you lived in Vancouver?
I’m one of those rare people who was born here.
Where do you look for books in Vancouver?
Now I’ve had kids I can indulge my children’s lit fetish with no shame at Vancouver Kidsbooks.
What’s your favourite restaurant for a romantic dinner?
Les Faux Bourgeois.
What is the best thing to do with kids in Vancouver?
The beach. Any time of year and in any weather. At the beach kids can build sand castles and mud pies and explore tide pools. They can draw in the sand with a stick and get chased by waves and commune with the seagulls. They can get dirty and sandy and wet and no one minds, not like at home or at a restaurant. And of course you can get fries or a popsicle from the concession when you’re done to top off your trip.
What’s your favourite free thing to do in Vancouver?
We love walking the new seawall by the Olympic athletes village – when it’s open of course. There’s lots to explore and see and on good days we make it all the way from Science World to Granville Island.
Thanks Annemarie!
5 Things Vancouver: Spilt Milk Moms
by Dan
Kids + Travel + Vancouver / February 23, 2010
The Spilt Milk Moms tirelessly review products for parents and kids, and seek out the most interesting, quirky and helpful stuff so you don’t have to.
Three of moms kindly agreed to give us their combined recommendations for Vancouver...
What’s the one place everyone should visit?
Museum of Anthropology
Where do you look for books in Vancouver?
KidsBooks on Broadway
What is the best thing to do with kids in Vancouver?
- The Vancouver Aquarium
- The water park in Coal Harbour by the sea wall
- Granville Island
Where do you plan to watch the Olympics?
A combination of: home, friends, at a couple of events and the LiveCity venues!
What’s the most common misconception visitors have about Vancouver?
That it rains all the time ... oops. Or that its close to Toronto - haha! The biggest misconception Vancouverites have is that yoga gear counts as fashion!
Thanks!
5 Things Vancouver: James Sherrett
by Dan
Travel + Vancouver / February 23, 2010
In former lives, James Sherrett played hockey, guided fishermen, and wrote the novel Up in Ontario.
A foodist and a Flickrist, he is the founder of the creative community AdHack whose mission is to make better advertising.
If you want to go fishing, skiing, or hunting crabs waist-deep in the Pacific: James can probably hook you up.
What’s your favourite book about Vancouver?
The Pornographer's Poem by Michael Turner
Where’s your favourite spot to eat on a budget?
The Social butcher shop in gastown. Incredible sandwiches and home-made potato chips.
What’s your favourite restaurant for a romantic dinner?
Bishop's on 4th is the best restaurant experience in the city. Local food and west-coast cuisine was pioneered by proprietor John Bishop.
Where’s a good spot for Wi-Fi downtown?
Pretty much every coffee shop worth visiting (read: not Starbucks) has free wifi. Sometimes you just have to ask your barista.
Why should people live in Vancouver and not just visit?
They shouldn't. Real estate prices are already too high. I'm not inviting any more demand into the market.
Bonus:
Best Popcorn: The Dunbar Theatre on Dunbar at W. 29th.
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