Monday Morning Link Fest: Welcome to December

By Miss604 | December 1, 2008 | 7 Comments

Pop open day one of your chocolate countdown calendars, it’s December! To celebrate, here’s a hearty Miss604 link fest.

- The Best of 604 is still open for nominations until Wednesday, December 3rd. On Thursday I’ll flip over to voting, including all nominees on the ballot. I won’t have a current total view on the voting pages so you’ll have to show up to the awards reception to find out who wins. You’ll need to RSVP for the reception and admission is by monetary donation to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society.

- Today is Cyber Monday [News1130]

- It’s also World AIDS Day [PressDisplay].

- Local micro-brew, Dead Frog Brewery, is being sued by Sleemans over its clear bottle design. [CBC]

- This Friday is CBC Radio One Foodbank Day. [CBC]

- Vancouver’s own blogging Operagal also makes lovely cards and jewelry and will be donating 20% of her sales this month to the Food Bank. [LunAria Design Studios]

- Episode #69 of The Crazy Canucks podcast is now online. [TCC]

- Translink is installing GPS tracking devices to keep on top of bus locations. [Surrey Leader]

- If you’re short on cash this Christmas consider giving back by volunteering. [News1130]

- Scout Magazine features Miss604.

- Wednesday morning is the Christmas Wish Breakfast at the Pan Pacific Hotel. Stop by from 6:00am until 9:00am with an unwrapped toy to donate to charity and you’ll be invited to have a bite of breakfast.

- The anonymous photo project. [BeyondRobson]

- David Drucker has a post about the Creative Room and Vancouver Special gingerbread houses, including some photos of the creations. [LoudMurmurs]

- In tonight’s sky around sunset you will be able to spot Venus and Jupiter near the crescent moon. I heard about this on Global TV so I don’t have a site to credit… although in Vancouver we may not be able to see anything anyway given the pea soup-like conditions we’re having.

Since whether is always such a hot topic, and it is only 24 days away…

Are you dreaming of a white christmas?

• Yes - let it snow!
• No - it's a nightmare when it snows here

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7 Comments

1. Raul
   December 1st, 2008 at 8:29 am
   

   Thanks to Gus F., I judged the Gingerbread Lane competition for Make a Wish Foundation last week, along with other media representatives (and totally confused those with “The Vancouver Special” Gingerbread Houses that David Drucker wrote about and that you linked to!!). Ooops

2. Miss604
   December 1st, 2008 at 8:31 am
   

   Raul, I blogged about it a little while ago – and it was right in your neighbourhood to boot – over on Main Street.

   … starting next week, we’ll have a whole new set of gingerbread bragging rights when ten of our city’s top architects will be challenged to come up with the “new” gingerbread house. Forget four walls and candy cane picket fences – they need to “reinterpret the gingerbread house within a modern context.”

   Creative Room and Vancouver Special are hosting this event where edible creations will be judged based on: “Originality, material expression, edible content, craftsmanship, consideration of landscape, use of lighting, and of course, whimsey.”

   All proceeds from the gingerbread auction (not just a competition) went to the Pivot Legal Society.

3. Raul
   December 1st, 2008 at 9:09 am
   

   Argh! I need to pay much more attention! Blame it on my lack of sleep (and having a scare earlier this morning)

4. Sheila
   December 1st, 2008 at 11:37 am
   

   Thanks for the link Rebecca. I really appreciate your support! See you at the Best of 604 awards reception! Cheers, Operagal

5. Candice
   December 1st, 2008 at 1:35 pm
   

   http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article.jsp?content=20081125_184051_6788

   online proof about venus & jupiter

   i remember reading about this last week

6. Miss604
   December 1st, 2008 at 1:38 pm
   

   Perfect, thanks Candice!

7. Kulpreet Singh
   December 1st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
   

   I am very much looking forward snow.

   Thank you for posting the link to PressDisplay, Rebecca!

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