Archive for the ‘richmond’ Category

Metro Vancouver Outdoor Concerts Summer 2008

June 24th, 2008 by Miss604   3 Comments

Traditionally attending an outdoor concert in Vancouver means packing a garbage bag just in case you need to turn in into an emergency rain poncho. Hopefully this summer will be a bright one as there are so many outdoor events lined up, I’m not even sure I’ll get them all in this post but I’ll [...]

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Metro Vancouver’s Ocean Beaches

May 17th, 2008 by Miss604   9 Comments

Strolling through my WordPress categories the other day I came across “Beach Times” and reminisced about the summer of 2006 when John and I spent every weekend afternoon in the sand watching the waves roll in and enjoying each other’s company.

Last summer the weather wasn’t too cooperative and John had a gig that kept [...]

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Metro Vancouver Park Series: Iona Beach Regional Park

April 18th, 2008 by Miss604   4 Comments

We continue the park series with great guest post by Stewart Marshall (aka Right Antler) of the Moosehat Blog and FinancialStoryteller.com
Iona Beach Regional Park
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How to get there by transit: Umm, you can’t. However, you can take your bicycle on the 98 to Airport Station. From there cycle west on Miller Road toward Russ [...]

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Wednesday Morning Link Fest: Granville, Garbage and Google

January 23rd, 2008 by Miss604   4 Comments

Welcome to this week’s Link Fest. If at any time you happen to have a news item or link you would like to share with me, and you have a del.icio.us account, just tag it “for:miss604″ to bring it to my attention.
Tonight is the public open house/meeting regarding the proposed redesign of Granville street.
On Wednesday [...]

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Don’t Forget about the River Rock in Richmond

December 29th, 2007 by Miss604   7 Comments

I’ve been to the River Rock only once since it’s been a casino, but several times when its tower was a clock for the Riverport Market, which was not dissimilar to the Lonsdale Quay.
Photo credit: Richard Eriksson on Flickr
It was for my birthday and we gambled, had drinks, and scarfed down mounds of prime rib [...]

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The Best of 604: Family Edition

September 24th, 2007 by Miss604   5 Comments

The annual “Best of Vancouver” issue of The Georgia Straight left me wanting more and had some of my readers saying wondering just what we’ve done to deserve Nickelback as a top band in our city? Because of this, I’ve decided to follow in the footsteps of the MaGoggy’s and create my own awards, [...]

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