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Fancy Day Out – Claude Monet & Tea at the Wedgewood Hotel

Posted in Afternoon tea, Baked Goods, Dessert, Hang-Out with Friends, Hotel Dining, Joyce, Lounge, Restaurants, Sandwiches, Snacks, Tea, Tea House, Vancouver, tagged Afternoon Tea, Art Exhibit, Bacchus Restaurant and Lounge, Claude Monet, Downtown Vancouver, Finger Sandwiches, Girls Day Out, pastries, scones, Vancouver Art Gallery, Wedgewood Hotel on October 3, 2017| Leave a Comment »

It was the final week of the Claude Monet Secret Garden exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery. I had no idea why it took me so long to finally check it out, but I made it! CC and I planned a fancy girls’ day out.

Claude Monet at Vancouver Art Gallery

I thoroughly enjoyed the exhibit, witnessing the evolution of Monet’s work. In addition to the Water Lilies, my favourite pieces were Taking a Walk Near Argenteuill, Wisteria, and Weeping Willow.

A pleasant surprise was Stephen Shore‘s photo exhibit in conversation with the Monet’s exhibit.

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Dine Out Vancouver Returns & Past Dine Out Reviews

Posted in Chocolate, Culinary Events, Dessert, Dine Out Vancouver, Dinner, French, Great Views, Italian, Joyce, Latin American, News, North Vancouver, Pan Asian, Seafood, Soup, Vancouver, West Coast, West Vancouver, Yaletown, tagged Bacchus Restaurant and Lounge, Baru Latino, Beachside Forno, CinCin, Cork & Fin, Dine Out Vancouver 2012, Diva at the Met, Il Giardino, Joe Fortes, La Terrazza, Mosaic Bar & Grille, Old Spaghetti Factory on January 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Dine Out Vancouver 2012 is set for Jan 20-Feb 5, 2012 and is now open for reservations. In its 10th year, 230 restaurants are participating in this event, offering prix fixe menus at $18, $28 or $38.

While I understand this event is meant to be a filler to help restaurants through its down time (January is usually the slowest month due to post-Christmas blues), I have always hoped and expected restaurants to treat this as an opportunity to showcase and market themselves and bring their A-game. Not usually the case. In fact, I’ve heard many stories where restaurants completely flopped during Dine Out, but redeemed themselves afterwards on a separate visit. I don’t quite get why restaurants would want to ruin customers’ first impression on them if Dine Out were their first point of contact. Perhaps thinking people are being cheap to go the Dine Out route?

Grilled Alberta AAA Beef Striploin from La Terrazza

Anyway, I thought I’d round up some past Dine Out experience that we have had in recent years (2009-2011), good and bad. Maybe this will help your research as you try to determine which ones to try. Here’s the list in alphabetically order, but I also included its menu price: (more…)