Inside Vancouver

A goodbye – things that make me love Vancouver

by eliannalev in Outside on April 28, 2013

It’s with a heavy that I say this will be my last post for Inside Vancouver. Work is taking me out east, to Toronto. And while TO is technically my hometown and place of birth, Vancouver is where my heart is happiest and where I truly feel at home. And on that note, I present to you a list of the things that make me love this city with a passion I never knew was possible until the moment I stepped foot here more than 10 years ago.

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A goodbye – things that make me love Vancouver

The Top 4 Places to Take Your Dog in Vancouver

by eliannalev in Outside on April 2, 2013

I can’t even begin to explain how much I’ve come to appreciate Vancouver since becoming a dog owner four years ago. Not only does it get me out of my house at least three times more than my pre-dog days, but it’s also helped me discover new scenic spots around town and make a ton of new buddies. Now that it’s spring, there are few reasons why you shouldn’t be out there enjoying the outdoors with your pup as much as possible. Here are some of my favourite spots where you can find me and my dog, Dutchie.

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The Top 4 Places to Take Your Dog in Vancouver

Magical messages along False Creek

by eliannalev in Outside on January 25, 2013

At least three times a week, I go for a run (or brisk walk) along the False Creek seawall with my dog, Dutchie. I start at the park across the street from Olympic Village and make my way all along to the dog park next to False Creek Elementary. Since this route has become a regular part of my life, I’ve gotten to know its nuances – the row of barren trees that are often crowded with a murder of crows, boat names with bizarre names (Cash Sails, High Risk, Resolution), the enclosed dog park. I’ve also become quite smitten with some poignant, mysterious messages that been placed along the way.

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North America’s Largest Dragon Boat Festival Comes to Vancouver, June 15-17

by Remy Scalza in Events on June 8, 2012

Photo credit: RayVanEng | Flickr

Bring together 100,000 spectators and 180 teams – plus a few hundred boats painted to look like menacing Chinese dragons – and what do you get?

The 24^th annual Dragon Boat Festival, which returns to downtown Vancouver June 15-17. Started in 1988 as a celebration of Vancouver’s rich multicultural heritage, the festival has grown into one of the city’s premier summer events. Crowds pack the shores of scenic False Creek around Science World and Olympic Village for two days of free live music, beer gardens and – of course – some intense dragon boat racing. Continue reading:
North America’s Largest Dragon Boat Festival Comes to Vancouver, June 15-17

New Organic Farm Sprouts Next to BC Place

by Remy Scalza in Green City on May 25, 2012

British Columbia is famous as the birthplace of the 100-mile diet. But residents of downtown Vancouver might be enjoying a one-mile diet later this summer thanks to an urban farm sprouting up right next to BC Place.

Earlier this month, I started noticing empty wooden boxes – first hundreds, then thousands of them – neatly spread out on the parking lot next to the stadium. Then one day a mountain of top soil appeared at the site.

It turns out that the dusty old lot – which has been sitting empty since Expo 86 – is about to become Vancouver’s largest urban farm.

Forty varieties of organic fruits and vegetables are currently being planted on the two-acre site, everything from strawberries and melons to salad greens and daikon radishes, according to a recent Vancouver Sun article. The farm is is completely portable – with everything grown in above-ground containers – since the land is on a three-year lease from its owner.

Interested in sampling some of that tasty, hyper-local produce come harvest time?

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New Organic Farm Sprouts Next to BC Place