Vancouver Blogging

Seattle Tourism

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 01:11:00 -0700

Among Seattle's prominent annual fairs and festivals are the 24-day Seattle International Film Festival,[163] Northwest Folklife over the Memorial Day weekend, numerous Seafair events throughout July and August (ranging from a Bon Odori celebration to the Seafair Cup hydroplane races), the Bite of Seattle, one of the largest Gay Pride festivals in the United States, and the art and music festival Bumbershoot, which programs music as well as other art and entertainment over the Labor Day weekend. All are typically attended by 100,000 people annually, as are the Seattle Hempfest and two separate Independence Day celebrations.[164][165][166][167]

Other significant events include numerous Native American pow-wows, a Greek Festival hosted by St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Montlake, and numerous ethnic festivals (many associated with Festál at Seattle Center).[168]

There are other annual events, ranging from the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair & Book Arts Show;[169] an anime convention, Sakura-Con;[170] Penny Arcade Expo, a gaming convention;[171] a two-day, 9,000-rider Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic;[172] and specialized film festivals, such as the Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival, the Seattle Asian American Film Festival (formerly known as the Northwest Asian American Film Festival), Children's Film Festival Seattle, Translation: the Seattle Transgender Film Festival, the Seattle Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and the Seattle Polish Film Festi

My top 10 places in Vancouver

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:47:00 -0700

My top 10 places in Vancouver,

- Whytecliff Park

The park is located in West Vancouver, it is perfect for hiking, walking, swimming and underwater diving

- Revolver coffee

This coffee shop is located at 325 CAMBIE ST.

I usually order the Latte, it's my favorite. They have so many choices of coffee, plus the location is great

- Stanley Park

Awesome to explore the natural West Coast rainforest and enjoy scenic views of water, mountains, sky, and majestic trees along the Seawall. Discover kilometres of trails and beautiful beaches.

- La belle patate

This restaurant is located at 1215 Davie st

I always order the traditional poutine, for me it's the best, in that video Alex had the smoked meat

- The Granville Island Tea Company

Granville Island Tea Co. can be found inside the PUBLIC MARKET on Granville Island

Don't hesitate to go there and try their tea

- Dragon Ball

This bubble tea shop is located at 1007 W King Edward Ave

I always order the banana slush, mmmh delicious !!

- Gastown

This is Vancouver’s historic heart and the center of design, culture, food and fashion.

- Guu Izakaya

This restaurant is located at 838 Thurlow St

We ordered: Chicken karaage

Beef and tuna tataki

Pan fried scallop, mussels, broussel sprouts

Types of Girls in Vancouver[youtube]

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:45:00 -0700

Published on 16 Jul 2014
Parody of girls in Vancouver ! No seriousness intended. "Like" the video, for future videos ! =)
Leenda (directed,edited,filmed) - Vietnamese Teacher
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Leendadprodu...
Twitter:https://twitter.com/LeendaDong
SNAPCHAT : LeendaDee
Instagram:http://instagram.com/leendadavenue

Big Thanks to these lovely people =)
Boys in Class

Matt L
Instagram: http://instagram.com/Matteoleemur
@Matteoleemur

Curtis Euler
Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/CurtisEulerM...
Instagram
http://instagram.com/halfthisnthat
@halfthisnthat
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/EvolvingD...

Kitsilano
Naomi W
Instagram :
http://instagram.com/naomiwest
@naomiwest

Yaletown
Cassandra
http://instagram.com/yaletown.girl
Instagram
@yaletown.girl

Little Saigon Girl
Kelly
Instagram : http://instagram.com/kellydong604
@kellydong604

Vietnamese Girl in the Background
Lisa aka eyebrow girl
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/lisellefo...

Main Street Girl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sanja.kovace...
Instagram: http://instagram.com/Sanjalikethesun
@Sanjalikethesun

Gastown
Instagram :http://instagram.com/sabhal
@sabhal

Punjabi Market Girl
Instagram: http://instagram.com/Ashleenrchand
@Ashleenrchand
Facebook: Ashleen Rosanna Chand

Commercial Drive
Jaylee
Instagram: :http://instagram.com//jjaay
@jjaay
Twitter: @jayleehamidi
Imdb: http://m.imdb.com/name/nm5355120
Blog: http://creativelifestyleblog.com/arti...

Published on 16 Jul 2014
Parody of girls in Vancouver ! No seriousness intended. "Like" the video, for future videos ! =)
Leenda (directed,edited,filmed) - Vietnamese Teacher
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Leendadprodu...
Twitter:https://twitter.com/LeendaDong
SNAPCHAT : LeendaDee
Instagram:http://instagram.com/leendadavenue

Big Thanks to these lovely people =)
Boys in Class

Matt L
Instagram: http://instagram.com/Matteoleemur
@Matteoleemur

Curtis Euler
Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/CurtisEulerM...
Instagram
http://instagram.com/halfthisnthat
@halfthisnthat
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/EvolvingD...

Kitsilano
Naomi W
Instagram :
http://instagram.com/naomiwest
@naomiwest

Yaletown
Cassandra
http://instagram.com/yaletown.girl
Instagram
@yaletown.girl

Little Saigon Girl
Kelly
Instagram : http://instagram.com/kellydong604
@kellydong604

Vietnamese Girl in the Background
Lisa aka eyebrow girl
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/lisellefo...

Main Street Girl
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sanja.kovace...
Instagram: http://instagram.com/Sanjalikethesun
@Sanjalikethesun

Gastown
Instagram :http://instagram.com/sabhal
@sabhal

Punjabi Market Girl
Instagram: http://instagram.com/Ashleenrchand
@Ashleenrchand
Facebook: Ashleen Rosanna Chand

Commercial Drive
Jaylee
Instagram: :http://instagram.com//jjaay
@jjaay
Twitter: @jayleehamidi
Imdb: http://m.imdb.com/name/nm5355120
Blog: http://creativelifestyleblog.com/arti...

Vancouver Vacation Travel Guide from Expedia[youtube]

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:45:00 -0700

Vancouver’s breezes carry the scents of nature and aromas of all the urban delights you’d expect from a city regularly voted, “the Worlds most livable”.

The city takes its name from the British navigator who landed here in 1792. The original settlement was called “Gastown”, in honor of Gassy Jack, who built the city’s first tavern. Gassy Jack and his makeshift pub may be long gone, but in the historic neighborhood of Gastown, his spirit lingers on.

Vancouver’s early history continues at Waterfront Station, the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The railway’s construction brought Chinese workers by the thousands, whose descendants have enriched Vancouver ever since. Experience this interweaving of cultures in Chinatown, where the fusing of Oriental flavors with local seafood has helped earn the city the title, “the Culinary Capital of Canada.”

After visiting Vancouver’s central highlights, ride the ferry to Granville Island. Stock up on provisions at the Granville Island Public Market and sample craft ales at Granville Island Brewing. From Granville Island, head to Queen Elizabeth Park on Little Mountain, a peaceful oasis high above the city.

When it’s time to answer the call of the wild, cross the Lions Gate Bridge to The North Shore, a wilderness where bears roam and salmon-filled rivers flow through old-growth forests. Less than a two-hour drive from the city is Whistler Blackcomb Resort, the largest ski resort in North America. The beautifully connected runs here cater to all skill levels and attract elite skiers and beginners from all over the globe.

Vancouver Music and Night Life

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:43:00 -0700

Musical contributions from Vancouver include performers of classical, folk and popular music. The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra is the professional orchestra based in the city. The Vancouver Opera is a major opera company in the city, and City Opera of Vancouver is the city's professional chamber opera company. The city is home to a number of Canadian composers including Rodney Sharman, Jeffrey Ryan, and Jocelyn Morlock.

Vancouver Media Scene

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:41:00 -0700

Vancouver is a film and television production centre. Nicknamed Hollywood North, a distinction it shares with Toronto,[183][184][185] the city has been used as a film making location for nearly a century, beginning with the Edison Manufacturing Company.[186] In 2008 more than 260 productions were filmed in Vancouver.[non-primary source needed] In 2011 Vancouver slipped to fourth place overall at 1.19 billion, although the region still leads Canada in foreign production.[187][188]

A wide mix of local, national, and international newspapers are distributed in the city. The two major English-language daily newspapers are The Vancouver Sun and The Province. Also, there are two national newspapers distributed in the city, including The Globe and Mail, which began publication of a "national edition" in B.C. in 1983 and recently expanded to include a three-page B.C. news section, and the National Post which centres on national news. Other local newspapers include 24H (a local free daily), the Vancouver franchise of the national free daily Metro, the twice-a-week Vancouver Courier, and the independent newspaper The Georgia Straight. Three Chinese language daily newspapers, Ming Pao, Sing Tao and World Journal cater to the city's large Cantonese and Mandarin speaking population. A number of other local and international papers serve other multicultural groups in the Lower Mainland.orld.[96]

Vancouver Urban Planning

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:41:00 -0700

As of 2011, Vancouver is the most densely populated city in Canada.[6] Urban planning in Vancouver is characterized by high-rise residential and mixed-use development in urban centres, as an alternative to sprawl.[90] As part of the larger Metro Vancouver region, it is influenced by the policy direction of livability as illustrated in Metro Vancouver's Regional Growth Strategy.

Downtown Vancouver as seen from the Harbour Centre

Vancouver at night
Vancouver has been ranked one of the most livable cities in the world for more than a decade.[18] As of 2010, Vancouver has been ranked as having the 4th highest quality of living of any city on Earth.[91] In contrast, according to Forbes, Vancouver had the 6th most overpriced real estate market in the world and was second-highest in North America after Los Angeles in 2007.[92] Vancouver has also been ranked among Canada's most expensive cities in which to live. Sales in February 2016 were 56.3% higher than the 10 year average for the month.[93][94][95] Forbes has also ranked Vancouver as the tenth cleanest city in the w

Vancouver Climate

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:41:00 -0700

Vancouver is one of Canada's warmest cities in the winter. Vancouver's climate is temperate by Canadian standards and is usually classified as oceanic or marine west coast, which under the Köppen climate classification system is classified as Cfb that borders on a warm summer Mediterranean Climate Csb. While during summer months the inland temperatures are significantly higher, Vancouver has the coolest summer average high of all major Canadian metropolitan areas. The summer months are typically dry, with an average of only one in five days during July and August receiving precipitation. In contrast, precipitation falls during nearly half the days from November through March.[65]

Vancouver is also one of the wettest Canadian cities; however, precipitation varies throughout the metropolitan area. Annual precipitation as measured at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond averages 1,189 mm (46.8 in), compared with 1,588 mm (62.5 in) in the downtown area and 2,044 mm (80.5 in) in North Vancouver.[66][67] The daily maximum averages 22 °C (72 °F) in July and August, with highs rarely reaching 30 °C (86 °F).[68]

Vancouver Ecology

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:40:00 -0700

The vegetation in the Vancouver area was originally temperate rain forest, consisting of conifers with scattered pockets of maple and alder, and large areas of swampland (even in upland areas, due to poor drainage).[61] The conifers were a typical coastal British Columbia mix of Douglas fir, Western red cedar and Western Hemlock.[62] The area is thought to have had the largest trees of these species on the British Columbia Coast. Only in Elliott Bay, Seattle did the size of trees rival those of Burrard Inlet and English Bay. The largest trees in Vancouver's old-growth forest were in the Gastown area, where the first logging occurred, and on the southern slopes of False Creek and English Bay, especially around Jericho Beach. The forest in Stanley Park was logged between the 1860s and 1880s, and evidence of old-fashioned logging techniques such as springboard notches can still be seen there.[63]

Vancouver Incorporation

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:40:00 -0700

The City of Vancouver was incorporated on 6 April 1886, the same year that the first transcontinental train arrived. CPR president William Van Horne arrived in Port Moody to establish the CPR terminus recommended by Henry John Cambie, and gave the city its name in honour of George Vancouver.[34] The Great Vancouver Fire on 13 June 1886, razed the entire city. The Vancouver Fire Department was established that year and the city quickly rebuilt.[35] Vancouver's population grew from a settlement of 1,000 people in 1881 to over 20,000 by the turn of the century and 100,000 by 1911.[40]

Vancouver Early Growth

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:40:00 -0700

The Fraser Gold Rush of 1858 brought over 25,000 men, mainly from California, to nearby New Westminster (founded 14 February 1859) on the Fraser River, on their way to the Fraser Canyon, bypassing what would become Vancouver.[31][32][33] Vancouver is among British Columbia's youngest cities;[34] the first European settlement in what is now Vancouver was not until 1862 at McLeery's Farm on the Fraser River, just east of the ancient village of Musqueam in what is now Marpole. A sawmill established at Moodyville (now the City of North Vancouver) in 1863, began the city's long relationship with logging. It was quickly followed by mills owned by Captain Edward Stamp on the south shore of the inlet. Stamp, who had begun logging in the Port Alberni area, first attempted to run a mill at Brockton Point, but difficult currents and reefs forced the relocation of the operation in 1867 to a point near the foot of Dunlevy Street. This mill, known as the Hastings Mill, became the nucleus around which Vancouver formed. The mill's central role in the city waned after the arrival of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in the 1880s. It nevertheless remained important to the local economy until it closed in the 1920s.[35]

Vancouver Background

textbill@gmail.com (The Boston Scientist) — Tue, 4 Oct 2016 00:39:00 -0700

Vancouver, officially the City of Vancouver, is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada, and the most populous city in the province.

The 2011 census recorded 603,502 people in the city, making it the eighth largest Canadian municipality.[1] The Greater Vancouver area of around 2.4 million inhabitants is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country.[1] Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada; 52% of its residents have a first language other than English.[4][5] Vancouver is classed as a Beta global city. The City of Vancouver encompasses a land area of about 114 square km, giving it a population density of about 5,249 people per square km (13,590 per square mi). Vancouver is the most densely populated Canadian municipality with over 250,000 residents, and the fourth most densely populated such city in North America behind New York City, San Francisco,[6] and Mexico City.