Events

Port Moody CP Holiday Train Festivities

After all these years of seeing photos and videos of the CP Holiday Train (Canadian Pacific Holiday Train), I finally saw it with my own eyes. What a fun event that took place tonight (Dec 18, 2018) in Port Moody. Glad my wife suggested we go a little earlier so we may have a better […]

Team Canada Medals at Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

It has been an exciting 2 weeks during the 2014 Sochi Olympic games. Team Canada performed extremely well in the medal standings. With 10 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze medals, I think a new hashtag #10-10-5 is in order! Many veterans earned a medal and even some new comers did so as well. Here […]

Visiting Laity Pumpkin Patch

It’s nearing Halloween and that means pumpkin time! As I needed to buy more pumpkins for carving, this year I decided to visit a pumpkin patch to pick up my specimens. Someone had visited Laity Pumpkin Patch just a few days before and mentioned it was a neat experience so off I went. Indeed visiting […]

GI Society Charity Event – The Insider Affair 2013

It was an honour and pleasure to attend a charity event last evening hosted by the Gastrointestinal Society (GI Society). The Vancouver event was the first of three (Toronto and Montreal next) to be hosted in Canada this year and it took place at the V Restaurant in Yaletown. Not only was there plenty of […]

LANcouver 2012 Recap – Getting my Geekery On

Over the weekend, gamers from and around Vancouver congregated at the Richmond Olympic Oval and took part in LANcouver 2012. For those who may not know, LANcouver is the largest LAN party around the Vancouver area where gamers bring their own computers and compete against one another. Complete with vendor booths, expert panels and even […]

Minami Yaletown Restaurant Grand Opening

On June 21, 2012, Gloria Tsang, Founding Editor of HealthCastle.com, and I were invited to attend the grand opening of Minami Yaletown Restaurant. Located in the heart of Yaletown in Vancouver, Minami is poised to spread Aburi style sushi from Vancouver and beyond. In fact, we were there when Miku Restaurant, sister restaurant to Minami, […]

Photos of 2010 Winter Olympic Teams

I attended the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies last evening and it was definitely a chance of a life time experience. Here are photos of all, or rather, most of the teams that are participating in the 2010 Winter Olympics. I may have missed photographing a few teams during the march-in as I was […]

Miku’s Aburi-Style Sushi Debut in North America

The Miku Restaurant held their North American debut party in Vancouver last evening. Tora Corporation already run 8 successful restaurants and is adding to their global brand by opening Miku, a Japanese fusion fine-dining restaurant specializing in Aburi-style sushi (lightly flame-seared and infused with savoury French sauces); there are also plans to open restaurants in […]

Social Networking at GetConnected TV Studio

The gang from Blink Media (AJ Vickery, Lindsay Smith & Mike Agerbo) hosted a social networking event at the GetConnected TV Studio. Turnout was great and it was pretty cool to see the actual studio where the GetConnected TV show is recorded. Remember, it’s always important to make it a few networking events now and […]