Spirit Ridge at Nk’Mip in Osoyoos

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Spirit Ridge at Nk’Mip in Osoyoos

Spirit Ridge at Nk’Mip invited me to stay as a base for my explorations in the Osoyoos-Oliver wine region, so naturally I said “Heck, yeah!” With a great apartment complete with balcony and barbeque, I overlooked the vineyard for three nights and that’s a beautiful thing.

As a giant estate, Spirit Ridge has much to offer. Hiking trails abound, horse-riding opportunities exist, golf is nearby, and wine-tasting is on premises. Mica Restaurant offers great meals, and the sunset patio gives you a chance to enjoy the late-afternoon sun moving over the Nk’Mip Desert.

Well-appointed suites with space for two to four people make it a perfect stay for families and friends enjoying a getaway from the big city. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩

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Steffani Cameron is a professional writer living and working in Victoria, BC. The recovering nomad travelled 25 countries in 4 years, with lodgings of every kind from caves to sleeping under the stars. Today, she enjoys the quiet seaside life in BC's capital, where she writes client-facing copy for companies with philanthropic programs, in between photo walks and cooking tasty things. Read more from Steffani on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Win Tickets to Kokoro Dance’s Embryotrophic Cavatina

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Kokoro Dance, one of Canada’s pre-eminent butoh dance companies, unveils its provocative, new work Embryotrophic Cavatina at the end of this month at the Roundhouse.

Kokoro Dance’s Embryotrophic Cavatina

When: September 20 to 23 and 26 to 29, 2017 at 8:00pm
Where: Roundhouse (181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver)
Tickets: Available now online or by calling (604) 662-4966

Kokoro Dance's Embryotrophic Cavatina
Photo by Chris Randle

Over the decades, the Vancouver dance company, known for its ground breaking mix of Japanese butoh and Western contemporary dance, has premiered over 190 works and produced more than 1000 performances.

Choreographed by Kokoro Dance Co-Directors & award-winning dance artists Barbara Bourget and Jay Hirabayashi, the company’s latest full-length butoh work, which has been 20 years in the making, is set to the heartrending but uplifting music of acclaimed Polish composer Zbigniew Preisner.

The duo have never strayed from their mandate to re-define the meaning of Canadian culture through teaching, producing, and performing new dance theatre with an emphasis on multi-disciplinary collaboration and cross-cultural exploration.

In Embryotrophic Cavatina, four dancers will strip themselves bare – literally and figuratively – in breathless motion and stillness, embodying the rawness of humanity, while transcending all superficial layers of persona and ego in true butoh style.

Win Tickets

I have a pair of tickets to give away to the opening night performance on September 20th. Here’s how you can enter to win:

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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Monday, September 18, 2017.

Update The winner is F.T!

Old Vines Restaurant at Quail’s Gate Winery

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Old Vines Restaurant at Quail’s Gate Winery

Quail’s Gate Winery is one of the Okanagan’s early upstarts, and now it’s a grand old dame. On the scene for 61 years, they have been delivering solid wines for three decades.

Quail’s Gate’s Old Vines Restaurant is also a long-standing, high-delivering player in the BC wines foodie scene. In fact, in 2016, more than 275,000 verified patrons through Open Table ranked Old Vines as one of Canada’s Top 100 restaurants – a well-earned achievement.

Here’s something you might not know: Many restaurants operating under the guise of being a “winery restaurant” in BC are business arrangements between independent restauranteurs and winery brass, with the latter providing the former with space and a marketing hook. This isn’t a bad thing – it results in some spectacular unions in places like Terrafina at Hester Creek and Vanilla Pod at Poplar Grove.

But there’s something to be said for the relationship that blooms under steady in-house management and that interconnectivity between the kitchen and what grows on the land.

That’s what you get when dining with Quail’s Gate’s Old Vines Restaurant, where they’ve had the same chef for over a decade, and where the family that owns Quail’s Gate, the Stewarts, pride themselves on their culinary output playing partner to their wines.

I’ve known about that love of this region’s land that’s embraced at Quail’s Gate since I first dined there in 2009. Until this year, I’ve only had their cheese plate, because the view is stunning and the wine is lovely, and because cheese! It’s become a special place for my aunt and me.

So, naturally, when I learned I would be writing about Okanagan cheeses for a cheese magazine, I contacted Old Vines. They invited my aunt and me for a lovely lunch, so I was quite excited to experience my beloved Old Vines with their guiding hand. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩

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Copper & Fire Arts at Britannia Mine Museum: Win an Annual Pass for Your Family

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Visit the Copper & Fire Arts at Britannia Mine Museum this weekend for a community arts event that will showcase unique metal and earthen crafts mined from Mother Earth.

Copper & Fire Arts at Britannia Mine Museum

Where: On the Sea to Sky Highway, 45 minutes north of Vancouver
When: Sunday, September 17, 2017 10:00am to 3:00pm
Admission: Admission for the Copper & Fire Arts event is at half price, which includes event demonstrations, a variety of hands-on activities and music from Carolyn Grass and Friends. The underground train tour is available at regular admission prices.

Copper & Fire Arts features BC artists such as metal workers using copper and bronze, ceramic artists using a number of different mediums, and jewelers, including:

Byron Anderson, Gibsons, Wire Tree Artist: Inspired by a deep love of trees, this self-taught artist began developing his signature style over 24 years ago, and much of his work is designed around the tree featured in his Scottish family crest – the Rowan Oak. Using his creativity, Byron uses his own hands and manual tools to manipulate wire into unique bonsai-like wire art trees.

Sarah Groves, Vancouver, Metalsmith/Jeweller: Her original designs are forged (hammered), fabricated or cast using the lost-wax process and often incorporate a variety of textures and references to natural objects. These designs showcase natural materials like copper, silver, gold, pearls and natural gemstones.

Madisen Hilligoss, Squamish, Natural Pigment Watercolour Artist: – An artist who uses natural materials to explore how we communicate about the environment through art. Her eco-friendly approach, creating watercolour paints from crushed rock and other materials, is a unique way of connecting art and the environment. Madisen will be demonstrating how she creates paint with natural pigments during the Copper & Fire event.

Ania Kyte, Mission, Glass Lampwork Bead Artist: At TurtleBead Studios, Ania uses a torch flame to melt and create beautiful jewelry, glass beads and her signature glass turtle. In addition to her own artwork, Ania is also a passionate teacher, providing hands-on instruction to students interested in the art of glass beadmaking.

Sea to Sky Tour

Angela Muellers, Squamish, Copper Plate Portraits: Specializing in capturing the character and spirit of the individuals who pose for her portraits, her work has been seen at shows across Canada. At the Copper & Fire Arts Event, Angela will be showcasing portraits painted on copper plates.

Tatiana Shilova, Squamish, Macrame Jewelry: Tatiana celebrates the unique beauty of rare stones from around the world by adorning them with beautiful macramé designs. Every one of her pieces is unique, one of a kind and made patiently, one knot at a time.

Valeri and Valentina Sokolovski, Sculptors: Internationally acclaimed artists who have exhibited sculptures and paintings in more than a dozen countries in the last five decades. Their black granite monument dedicated to the miners can be found on-site at the Britannia Mine Museum.

Jim Unger, Abbotsford, Copper Artist: Metal artist and former cabinet maker, Jim Unger operates Clayburn Copperworks and his metal works are made by hand and hammer, occasionally employing modern tools to create unique pieces.

Win a Membership

To celebrate this event at Brittania Mine, I have a Family Flex Membership to give away (2 adults, 3 kids) that’s good for unlimited visit for a year! Here’s how you can enter to win:

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I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Thursday, September 14, 2017. Prize package can be picked up by the winner at the museum.

Sea to Sky Tour

The Britannia Mine Museum provides unique and memorable experiences that engage visitors of all ages. Visitors can enjoy fun exhibits and crowd favourites like the underground mine train, the historic 20-storey concentrator mill and gold panning, and learn about Britannia’s history as one of the largest copper mines in the British Commonwealth in the 1930s.

Follow the Britannia Mine Museum on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for more information.

Update: The winner is Mike Gismondi!

Sunshine Coast Art Crawl 2017

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Browse and visit with hundreds of talented, unique, creative, and fascinating artists during the 8th annual Sunshine Coast Art Crawl happening October 20-22, 2017! Artists and artisans will be hosting special workshops, sales, demos, and more during this weekend-long festival at more than 140 venues.

Molten Spirit Glass

Sunshine Coast Art Crawl 2017

Where: Lower Sunshine Coast, from Langdale to Earls Cove.
When: October 20-22, 2017
Admission: FREE! Artists may have activities in which you can participate for a fee. Otherwise simply bring your cash and cards to shop some of their amazing and unique pieces.

Read the full story about my adventure via FestivalSeekers »
Read the full Sunshine Coast Art Crawl festival guide »

I visited two talented artists this summer who will both be participating in the Sunshine Coast Art Crawl. The first was Chris Motloch at Molten Spirit Glass Studio in Roberts Creek and the second was Tim Kline at Coast Chimes in Gibsons. Continue reading this post ⟩⟩