Posted by Rishad, September 2nd, 2010 | Category: Vancouver | No Comments »
Earlier this week, I came across a video online that made me hit the repeat button a few times over. And NO, it wasn’t the latest Youtube sensation “Double Rainbow” which has been forwarded to me nearly a dozen times. (13 million hits is no joke people!)
Rather it was a video on Vancouver taken by [...]
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Posted by Rishad, August 31st, 2010 | Category: Events, Vancouver | No Comments »
In a few hours, August will be officially over.
For most, September marks the closing stages of summer, going back to school, and yes – a little more rain to come.
Even though summer is slowly wrapping up, there are still some things to look forward to.
September is a jam packed month filled with fun activities [...]
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Posted by Rishad, August 29th, 2010 | Category: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Today I got a chance to spend my afternoon at the Canucks Children’s Hospice Family Day at the Van Dusen Botanical Gardens.
Canuck Place Children’s Hospice provides specialized pediatric palliative care for children living with a life-threatening illness and offers support for their families throughout British Columbia.
The event was a celebration of the Hospice’s 15th year [...]
Posted by Rishad, August 27th, 2010 | Category: Special Offers, Vancouver | No Comments »
Have you ever visited the popular growing discount site Livingsocial.com?
No?
It’s pretty cool! LivingSocial offers one deal every day in Vancouver with discounts up to 90% off. Past deals have included popular local restaurants, bars, spas, theaters, and more.
This Friday and Saturday only (August 27-28), LivingSocial will be offering the Café Pacifica’s Italian Opera Buffet at 50% [...]
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Posted by Rishad, August 25th, 2010 | Category: Special Offers, The Hotel | No Comments »
Each week I update readers with some of the latest news and events taking place in and around the Pan Pacific.
In this week’s installment, I thought I’d share a few things about the hotel you may not have known about.
Here are 7 neat facts about the Pan Pacific:
1. We Get Tons of Cool Guests!
Quite often [...]
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Posted by Rishad, August 20th, 2010 | Category: Food and Beverage, Special Offers | 1 Comment »
With the weather FINALLY making a turn for the better over the past month, Vancouverites are getting a taste of summer.
The rain complaints have now officially turned into heat complaints and the umbrellas are (temporarily) in short term storage. We spend more time on the beaches, lakes and of course – your favourite local patios.
To [...]
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Posted by Rishad, August 18th, 2010 | Category: Notable Guests | No Comments »
This past weekend the multi-platinum artist known as Drake stayed at the Pan Pacific Vancouver.
Yesterday, I got a chance to catch up with him before he left for a flight back home to his native Toronto, Ontario. Drake was a humble guest who raved about the city of Vancouver and its friendly people.
Drake was [...]
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Posted by Rishad, August 17th, 2010 | Category: Vancouver | No Comments »
Normally on my lunch break, I head across the street of the Pan Pacific and pick one of the 500 conveniently located sushi restaurants around the Downtown Waterfront area.
Today was different.
On a great day like this, I decided to ditch the Miso Soup and surf around the hotel with my digital camera. Even in [...]
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Posted by Rishad, August 13th, 2010 | Category: Guides, Vancouver | No Comments »
Guest post by Ian MacKenzie.
I didn’t tell her when we left our apartment in the suburbs of Vancouver.
I didn’t tell her when we stood waiting on the Skytrain platform, when she attempted to ask probing questions. I didn’t even tell her when we stepped out of Waterfront station, 30 minutes later, amid [...]
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Posted by Rishad, August 11th, 2010 | Category: Contests, Events | 5 Comments »
On August 13, Julia Roberts’ highly anticipated film, Eat Pray Love will debut in theaters.
Based on the bestselling Elizabeth Gilbert novel about a woman travelling the world to find her soul, Julia Robert’s stumbles upon love and an authentic Italian food experience when she visits the city of Rome.
Eat Stay Love
Inspired by the film, the [...]
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