Archive for the ‘walks’ Category

Paws for a Cause in Vancouver

September 13th, 2008 by Miss604   No Comments

There’s just one day to go in the Benji, Casey, Pete and Bella campaign for Paws for a Cause. For months now Keira has been fundraising for this very worthy organization and Matt (who helped Duane and I with the Blogathon) also backed the fundraising effort with updates on his website.

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Paws for a Cause The Casey and Benji Story

August 14th, 2008 by Miss604   1 Comment

It was almost two years ago that I first met Casey and Benji. We spent an entire evening together when Matt was doing his living room show, I threw a chew toy, Casey would retrieve it, I would get slobber on my hand (while live blogging) and the rest is history.

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Metro Vancouver Park Series: George Wainborn Park

April 16th, 2008 by Gus Fosarolli   6 Comments

The following contribution to the Park Series is by Gus of GusDigital.com.
George Wainborn Park
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I was asked by Rebecca on Twitter the other day if I would like to write about a park in Vancouver that I visit regularly as a guest blogger. As I’m familiar with a few in my area in [...]

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Metro Vancouver Parks Series: John Hendry Park and Trout Lake

April 14th, 2008 by Miss604   8 Comments

Welcome to a new series on Miss604, inspired by springtime and the urge to leave the house and get out in this great region of ours - rain or shine. Over the next little while some guest bloggers and I will feature some well- and little-known green spaces throughout the city, how to get there, [...]

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Newly Uploaded Stanley Park Walk Photos

April 13th, 2008 by Miss604   No Comments

Last weekend John and I headed into the park to get a little muddy and explore some trails that have been refurbished. I wrote my blog post and included some photos from my iPhone. Well, John’s just getting around to posting his photos (he’s a pretty busy guy, ya know) and they were great so [...]

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Stanley Park Restoration Update April 2008

April 6th, 2008 by Miss604   5 Comments

Mr. Bollwitt and I cherish our multi-hour treks off the tourist-beaten paths through our city’s crown jewel - Stanley Park. We’ve been keeping a close eye on it throughout the years and especially since the big storm of 2006.

Yesterday after being disappointed about seeing the same piece of the Seawall I documented a year [...]

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Pauline Johnson Memorial in Stanley Park

April 5th, 2008 by Miss604   5 Comments

During one of our most recent treks through a muddy Stanley Park we finally made it over to the Pauline Johnson memorial. [See: The Lions - The Two Sisters, Pauline Johnson Opera]

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Granville Island Market Adventure

March 1st, 2008 by Miss604   13 Comments

For the first time in a while we spent the day focused on ourselves and since John was down and out with strep throat on our actual anniversary we just did what we wanted and had no further commitments all day.
Photo Credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr
After brunch in English Bay we strolled over to [...]

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Half Snow Half Sun Stanley Park Walk

January 27th, 2008 by Miss604   4 Comments

It’s been so long since John and I had some down time, just the two of us, and with the sun shining today (at least downtown) we headed to our favourite place, just a short walk away.
Winter Beach - Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr
10 minutes turned into 5 hours as we explored all of [...]

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Forbidden Stanley Park Trek, 1 Year Later

November 10th, 2007 by Miss604   4 Comments

This afternoon we grabbed some caffeinated beverages from a local coffee joint and headed to what is probably our favourite place in the city, Stanley Park. I couldn’t take in enough of the fresh autumn air.

I love this time of year because the park just seems alive, from squirrels rustling up some grub [...]

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