Travel Vancouver August 30, 2010

Travel Vancouver August 30, 2010
  • Free Frosters with ZipCar Downtown Today
    The ZipCar program will be stationed at 200 Granville Street today handing out free Frosters (Mac’s brand Slurpees) today. John and I have been ZipCar members since 2008 when they sponsored my membership that year for National Digital Media Day. We then used the service about once a week after that for meetings or getting out [...]
  • Twister World Record Attempt in Vancouver
    This weekend we saw the world record for continuous high-fives get smashed at the PNE and coming up next month Vancouver Improv Anywhere will be trying to set their own record for most participants playing a game of Twister. Photo credit: C o l i n on Flickr When:: Sunday, September 12th, 2010 at 2:00pm Where: MacInnes Field [...]
  • Bucky Gunts Wins Emmy for Vancouver 2010 Olympic Opening Ceremony
    Bucky Gunts collected an Emmy Award this evening for his direction of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games for NBC. The biggest event this town’s ever seen took place just six month ago and for many it’s a very fond memory that will live with them forever. To celebrate, you can revisit the [...]
  • From the Miss604 Flickr Pool
    After brunch with friends, a 4-hour walk in the park yesterday and 2 hours of kayaking I feel like the poster girl for a West Coast summer. We’ve already had such a fantastic summer in Vancouver and this past week was no exception. From zombie walks to festivals and classic city scenes, if the following [...]
  • Buses Return to Granville Street This September
    As of September 7th, trolley buses will be returning to their Granville Street routes that have been inactive for almost half a decade. Photo credit: Roland on Flickr The effected bus routes are: 4, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17, 20, and 50 [download a PDF map here]. Note, the 5 will continue to be re-routed [...]