Hello West Ender'sIt is that time of year again......West End FARMERS MARKET is here!!!!!  That is right from now until October 22nd 2011 every Saturday from 9am to 2pm the West End farmers market will be open in the 1100 block of Comox Street in the West End of Vancouver.  The West End farmers market is great for stocking up on your weekly goodies, there is stalls there that include Mr. Gran ...

Residents of a 10-storey West End building who went without an elevator for the entire summer last year are once again taking the stairs. Ervin Jay, 62, who lives in the Hyperion building at 1222 Pendrell St. with his roommate Marc Fiebig, 64, said climbing 10 flights of stairs is no fun for Fiebig, who has had multiple heart attacks and a quadruple bypass. "Right now, he's going through a ...

Hello West  Ender’s   I was walking along Denman Streetlast week and realised that the new C-Lovers Fish and Chip shop was now open in the old Knight & Day location. It was a sunny day and the sight of that open sign made me run across the street right to their take out window. I to my time ordering because the menu has a lot of great seafood options from prawns, oysters, cod and of course h ...

Hey West Enders Just wanted to share a great little watering hole that I go to to wet my whistle in the West End of Vancouver.  You may pass by this place on your stroll to English Bay or on your walk up Davie Street without even knowing that it is there but the time has come for you to pop in and enjoy a drink and an amazing VIEW.  The Bayside Lounge which is located in The Sands Hotel at t ...

 Here is something that may help get you through the wet and grey winter in the West End of Vancouver!  I was on Twitter the yesterday and the West End Community Centre www.twitter.com/WestEndCC who I follow released the Winter 2011 Recreation Guide and I have decided to share this with you below, this should help you fill your winter with classes, events, indoor sports and more.  I am also o ...

Hello Vancouver Christmas Real Estate Watchers  Well it is that time of year again that Santa gets out his naughty and nice list and visits Vancouver.  That is right it is the 7th Annual Rogers Santa Claus Parade and it is set to take over the streets of Vancouver on December 5th 2010 at 1:00pm.  The Parade route this year is the biggest yet with the Parade starting in the West End of Vancouv ...

Hello Spooky Real Estate Ghouls and Goblins   Our Century 21 In Town Realty office is doing a Great Pumpkin give away to help raise money for the Easter Seal send a kid to camp program.  As you may or may not know Century 21 is a proud sponsor and fund raiser for the Easter Seals and our Century 21 In Town office is trying very hard to raise $21000 to send 10 kids to camp this year, so..... ...

Whitecaps unveil the new MLS logo     Yesterday was a HUGE event for Vancouver and Vancouver soccer fans, at 8:30am the Vancouver Whitecaps held a press conference with President Bob Lenarduzzi and CEO Paul Barber standing up to the podium to welcome the announcement of the new Whitecaps FC logo for the new MLS team that will start playing the first half of their inaugural  season in the ...

  There was a great announcement today with regards to the homelessness in Vancouver.  Today Premier Gordon Campbell announced a program to build 1006 new supportive housing unit in Vancouver at a cost of $225 million dollars, $205 million will come from the province and $20 million from the the Streetohome Foundation.  This money will go toward the building of 8 new housing projects to add ...

If you can’t make it to Vancouver and Whistler this month for the 2010 Winter Olympics it is a shame but Google has a remedy for you.  Google street view has dropped the car mounted camera and has attached it to a snowmobile and taken to the slopes.  Google has decided to add street view feature to all the runs on Whistler Blackcomb Mountain plus all the walk ways through the village.  Watch ...