It’s that time of the year again, when people from all over the Metro Vancouver area swarm into the downtown core and Kitsilano area to feast their eyes on the most exciting fireworks show in Western Canada. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this annual fireworks competition, this is actually a musical fireworks show [...]
Seasonal attractions
Posted on December 10th, 2009 in Seasonal attractions
Even though I’m now 37 years old, and I don’t completely believe that there is a Santa Claus anymore, there is one time of the year that still manages to bring quite a bit of enjoyment to my soul. That time is Christmas time, when I start to feel, more than any other time of [...]
Every year at around this time, the residents of Metro Vancouver, who are also Shaw cable subscribers, are treated with a special broadcast. It is the 24 hour, 7 day per week video of a bunch of logs burning in a fireplace, formerly known as the Yule Log, and now called the Holiday Fireplace. In this [...]
Every year, visitors and residents alike get a nice visual treat while driving or walking down Burrard Street. It is the annual Christmas light display at the front of St. Paul’s hospital. It seems to take them a couple of weeks to put everything up, and they start early, like around Halloween. I’m not entirely sure, [...]
