SCREEN | Touring the 'Islands' – A Sunshine Noir

"I'm not running away from anything."

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Brit actors Sam Riley and Stacy Martin star in German director Jan-Ole Gerster's seductively sun-soaked, Hitchcockian tennis noir thriller, the appropriately titled Islands. Set on the eponymous Canary Islands, Riley's burned-out hotel resort tennis pro, Tom, gets entangled with a troubled English tourist couple's unhappy marriage to uneasy consequences.

IMBIBE | Zarak x ¿CóMO? x Tocador x Vancouver Cocktail Week 2024

Mount Pleasant—(March 5, 2024) In its third year, the annual Vancouver Cocktail Week continued its libatious celebration of the art of the cocktail through a variety of bartender-forward events, tastings, and dinner pairings across the city. Among many of the thirsty day trips offered, I was invited to one of VCW's neighbourhood jaunts, the Main Street Cocktail Crawl, visiting three of the hottest restaurants for a drink and snack at each stop.

GRUB | ¿CóMO? Taperia x Spanish Tapas Bar x Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant—Vancouver's newest Spanish tapas restaurant ¿CóMO? Taperia, located just off 7th and Main in the still yet to be completed Ellsworth Building, certainly opened with high expectations, lofty ambitions, and a sterling pedigree to live up to.

IMBIBE | Vancouver International Wine Festival 2018

Waterfront—(February 26 to March 3, 2018) The 40th annual Vancouver International Wine Festival took over the social calendar last week with 25,000 guests wining and dining all across the city's two-dozen venues, anchored by the multi-day and night International Festival Tasting Room inside the Vancouver Convention Centre West ballroom.

Eurotrip 2013: 2 Days in Barcelona x La Boqueria x Park Güell

Eurotrip 2013: Sightseeing at the Mercat de Sant Josep de la Boqueria and Park Güell in Barcelona, Spain on April 4, 2013.



Day two in Barcelona: More walking and sightseeing.

Eurotrip 2013: 2 Days in Barcelona x Sagrada Família

Eurotrip 2013: Sightseeing and touring the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain on April 3, 2013.



First stop, modern Spanish Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí's Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família heritage site.

Eurotrip 2013: Life Is A Beach x Ibiza, Spain

Eurotrip 2013: Travelling to the Island of Ibiza and Ibiza Town, Spain on the Mediterranean Sea from April 1 to 2, 2013.



We hit the party town and Mediterranean sea island of Ibiza (aka Eivissa).