Last night with a light home made dinner and plans to watch a movie we decided to open a bottle of wine to go with it. Tara picked a bottle of Gehringer Brothers Optimum Pinot Noir 2007 that we have had for almost 13 months. Only 350 cases... Continue reading →
Next week our company CK Golf Solutions is working with Jordan Consulting and Amuse Events to bring Scott Stratten, author of UN Marketing – Stop Marketing. Start Engaging – to Vancouver. The event will be a half day conference with Scott as the key note to be held... Continue reading →
When Rogue opened this summer we had heard mixed reviews the first few weeks but figured that now was a good time to give it a try after some of the initial kinks would be worked out. The restaurant is located in the Waterfront Station on Cordova Street in the… Continue reading →
Last week, 13 Canadians entered the second stage of qualifying for 2011 PGA Tour playing privileges. Those 13 were hoping to finish low enough at six regional qualifying sites throughout the southern US states. Each of the 13 Canadians were looking to... Continue reading →
Last week was my turn to be summoned for jury duty so I thought I would share my experience (without too many details of course) for those who have never been so lucky as to get called. The summons came in the mail about 3 weeks before the actual date… Continue reading →
As part 2 of my ‘Girls Spa Day’ (see previous blog) Jacquie and I went to Nook on Denman for dinner. I had been trying to get Jeff to give it a try for months but his ‘pickiness’ when it comes to food has kept us away. Like most restaurants… Continue reading →
All Willow Stream Spas are only found inside Fairmont hotels and not every Fairmont has one. In fact, there are only 12 in North America and 4 in Canada. Of those four I can now say, after this week’s trip to the Fairmont Pacific Rim, that I have been to… Continue reading →
This was our third visit to Pourhouse in Gastown and it is now on our favorites list. The first trip was a quick stop for a taste from their already well-know cocktail list before heading to dinner elsewhere. The second visit was lunch with relatives over a bottle of... Continue reading →
We love the wineries of BC and we tend to stick with local choices the majority of the time. But the government’s share of BC bottles definitely makes BC wines more expensive than they really should be. Occasionally we like to try something different and have had some really great… Continue reading →
Back at the beginning of October I was asked to participate as a speaker at Social Media Camp YYJ (Victoria). I realize it was a while ago and I have been meaning to blog about my talk since then. I was on a ‘tourism’ panel with two others so with… Continue reading →
