SCENE | 'West Van Story' Sweeps the Spirit of 'East Van Panto'

"You're just jealous, because I was an early developer."

Dawn Petten, Tresha Thamilchelvan, Izel de Lara & Ivy Charlies / Photo credit | Emily Cooper

Commercial Drive—One of my favourite annual traditions of leftist satirical musical propaganda (complimentary), East Van Panto, is back for another year of shared theatrical joy. Theatre Replacement's latest holiday stage production, presented by The Cultch, returned to the York Theatre for its lucky thirteenth edition of love, laughter, and low-income housing.

GRUB | Aburi Market x Opening x Ambleside x West Van

"Aburi Market is going to be a new kind of grocery experience."

North Shore—(May 30, 2022) Aburi Restaurants (operators of Miku and Miniami) opened up its new premium Japanese specialty supermarket concept Aburi Market in the heart of West Vancouver's oceanfront Ambleside neighbourhood.

BEERFEST | Shipyards x North Point Brewing Co. x North Van

North Shore—One of North Vancouver's newest craft microbreweries, North Point Brewing Co., founded by a trio of friends, opened up late last year, located around the Lower Lonsdale area, smack dab in the middle of the burgeoning new Shipyards Brewery District.

FEAST | Ancora Waterfront Dining x Ambleside x West Van

North Shore—(January 23, 2019) Earlier this month, Peruvian-Japanese restaurant Ancora Waterfront Dining and Patio excitedly opened up their second location in the Ambleside district of West Vancouver after the popularity of their first peak spot overlooking False Creek Fisherman's Wharf.

Vancouver Daze #74: Red Rock Winery x Malbec Tasting

Vancouver Daze, Volume 74: Red Rock Winery's Malbec wine tasting in West Vancouver on June 14, 2012. Published in Vancouver Is Awesome.



A few of us local lifestyle writers were shipped up to a private home for a special, intimate introduction to Red Rock Winery's California Malbec red wine vintage.

TEDxVancouver 2010 x The Fine Line x Kay Meek Centre

2010 TEDxVancouver: The Fine Line conference at the Kay Meek Centre in West Vancouver on November 27, 2010.

I had an absolutely incredible time at the second annual TEDxVancouver conference with a bunch of friends, particularly Peter Verge, Jordan Kallman, Maurice Li, Jeremy Lim, and Karra Barron. It was a jam-packed day full of fun, interesting, engaging, intense learning and knowledge sharing, making live connections in person.