Secret Vancouver 2010

Alison Appelbe

Description

Revised and expanded for the 2010 Olympics. It s been said that Vancouver is a little superficial. Observers point to her great bones, pretty face, and fine outerwear of mountains, gardens, trees and water. But there s more to this Pacific coast city than good looks. Vancouver has character, warmth, brains and style even some spunk. Consider funky, former-industrial Yaletown, where restaurants and tasting bars serve locally sourced and seasonal cuisine in an ultra-chic atmosphere, at prices so modest they ll shock the knowing American. Or visit the dramatic Museum of

Sujets

• Canadá
• Canada

Informations

• Publié par: Ecw Press
• Date de parution: 01 juillet 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781554909117
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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VANCOUVER THE UNIQUE GUIDEBOOK TO VANCOUVER’S HIDDEN SITES, SOUNDS, & TASTES by ALISON APPELBE Secret Photography byLINDA RUTENBERG 2010 EDITION

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Secret

VANCOUVER

2010

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S E C R E T VANCOUVER The Unique Guidebook to Vancouver’s Hidden Sites, Sounds, & Tastes

2010 Edition

Alison Appelbe

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Copyright © Alison Appelbe,,฀9

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any process — electronic, mechanical, photo copying, recording, or otherwise — without the prior written permission of the author.

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The publication ofSecret Vancouverhas been generously supported by the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program ().

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How to UseSecret Vancouver1 Acknowledgments11

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ABORIGINAL ART฀1 ABORIGINAL ATTRACTIONS฀14 AFRICAN฀15 AIRPORT฀16 AL FRESCO฀18 ALTERNATIVE MEDIA฀ ANTIQUES฀ AROMATHERAPY฀4 ART GLASS฀5 ARTHUR ERICKSON฀6 ARTISAN BREADS฀7 ASIAN MALLS฀8 BAGELS฀ BAKERIES฀1 BEACH PARTY฀

BILLIARDS AND BOWLS฀6 BISTROS฀7 BLACKBERRIES฀9 BOARDS AND BIKES฀4 BODYWORK฀4 BOOKS฀4 BREAKFAST฀45 BREWERIES฀46 BUDDHIST฀48 BUILDINGS฀49 BURGERS฀54 CARIBBEAN฀55 CHARCUTERIES฀56 CDs AND VINYL฀57 CHEAP STUFF฀58 CHINATOWN฀59

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CHINESE FOOD฀6 CHOCOLATE฀64 CHURCHES฀65 CIGARS฀67 CINEMA฀68 CLUBS AND CABARETS฀69 COFFEE฀71 COOKINGSCHOOL DINING฀75 CRYSTALS฀75 CYCLING฀76 DANCE฀79 DIVING AND SNORKELING฀81 EAGLES AND OTHER BIRDS฀8 EMILY CARR฀84 ENCLAVES฀85 ENVIRONMENT฀87 ETHNIC EATERIES฀89 FARMERS’ MARKETS฀9 FASHION฀9 FENG SHUI฀94 FERRIES฀95 FESTIVALS฀97 FINN SLOUGH฀11 FOODIES฀1 FOOTWEAR฀15 FRANCOPHONE฀16

FROUFROU฀17 GALLERIES฀18 GARDENS฀111 GAY AND LESBIAN฀117 GELATO฀119 GOLF฀1 GRAFFITI฀1 GRANVILLE ISLAND฀14 GREEK฀17 GROUSE GRIND฀19 HAIRCUTS฀1 HEMP฀11 HERBALISTS฀1 HIKING AND WALKING฀1 HOLLYBURN MOUNTAIN฀16 HOME STUFF฀18 INDULGENCES฀19 INLINE SKATING฀14 INTERNET฀14 IRISH฀14 ITALIAN฀144 JAPANESE CONFECTIONS฀146 JAPANESE CULTURE฀147 JAPANESE FOOD฀148 JAZZ฀149 JEWISH฀151

JUICE BARS฀15 KAYAKS AND CANOES฀15 KIDS฀156 KITEFLYING฀158 KITSILANO฀159 LATIN AMERICAN฀16 LIBRARY฀161 LICORICE฀164 LIONS GATE BRIDGE฀164 LIQUOR฀166 LITERATURE฀167 LODGING฀168 LUXURY INTERIOR฀17 MAGAZINES฀17 MAPS AND GUIDES฀17 MARKETS฀174 MARTIAL ARTS฀176 MARTINIS฀176 MICROCLIMATE฀178 MOUNTAIN BIKING฀178 MUSEUMS฀18 NEON฀185 OUTLOOKS฀188 OYSTERS฀189 PAPER฀19 PARKS฀191

PAULINE JOHNSON฀195 PHOTOGRAPHY฀196 PIG OUT฀197 PIZZA฀198 POT CULTURE฀199 POUTINE฀1 PUBLIC ART฀1 PUNJABI MARKET฀5 RACCOONS฀7 RAGS FOR HIPSTERS฀8 ROUGH AND SEEDY฀1 RUNNING฀1 SEAFOOD฀1 SEAWALL฀14 SEX฀17 SHELTER฀18 SIGHTSEEING฀19 SINGLES BARS฀ SOUP AND SANDWICHES฀1 SOUTH ASIAN฀ STARS฀4 STEAM AND SPAS฀5 STEVESTON฀6 STRAVINSKY฀8 SWEETS฀8 TAPAS฀9

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TEA฀1 TENNIS฀ THEATER฀ THEATER IN PARKS฀5 TIME฀6 TOILETS฀9 TRAINS฀41 TREES฀4 TROLLEYS AND BUSES฀46 24 HOURS฀47

VEGETARIAN฀48 VIDEO฀5 VINTAGE฀5 VOLLEYBALL AND ULTY฀5 WALKS WITH CLAPHAM฀55 WEDDINGS฀57 WILDLIFE฀58 WROUGHT IRON฀59 XFILES฀59 YOGA฀6

The Secret Future6 Photo Sites64 Subject Index65 Location Index79 Alphabetical Index88