Day 212: Vancouver’s 33rd Annual Pride Parade
July 31st, 2011
Each year, Vancouver's Pride Parade gets more spectacular and more crowded; last year over 640,000 people lined the streets. As Vancouver Pride celebrates its 33rd year, expect more fabulous floats, more elaborate costumes and an even greater number of people filling the streets of Vancouver with Pride! The 130 parade entries include colourful floats, musical marching bands, community groups ...
The only thing better than an outdoor music festival in the summer at the beach, is when that music festival is FREE! The Celebration of Light is expanding to Kits beach, where you will find artists giving live performances between 5:00-9:00pm. Fantastic local talent will be entertaining the crowds waiting for the fireworks. This is the first year there has ever been a YVR Community Stage in ... 
Just off Grandview Highway and Slocan Street, in Beaconsfield Park, you can escape to another time with Audrey Hepburn in “Roman Holiday”. Pack some popcorn and water, bring a picnic blanket and perhaps some lawn chairs, and enjoy this classic movie under the stars.
The folks at Bella are dedicated to preserving the true artisanship of old-world handcrafted gelato, just like the way it was once made in Italy by the best of the best. They make everything from scratch using the finest ingredients locally or from around the world, regardless of the cost. So if you’re in search of some really tasty gelato to cool you down on this fine July sunshiny day, be s ... 
Got a sweet tooth? True Confections has got the solution for you! Their selection of made-in-house desserts available by the slice is the largest in Canada. Dine in or take out, corporate orders or wedding cakes – they do it all. And they’re licensed, so you can enjoy a nice glass of wine with your cheesecake, or apple pie, or chocolate cake, or...
Look at Vancouver on a map, and you’ll see a city almost completely surrounded by the waters of the Pacific Ocean. An intricate network of inlets, bays and straits encircles the vibrant downtown core. It should come as no surprise then that one of the best ways to experience Vancouver is gliding along the shoreline in a sleek kayak. Ecomarine Ocean Kayak Centre has a great selection of guid ... 
This small neighbourhood Thai restaurant has one of the best lunch deals around, offering 18 dishes for only $6.95 each. It’s a great place to grab lunch if you live or work in the Mount Pleasant area. Or take an out-of-towner to this hidden gem, to give them the “inside scoop” on where to go in Vancouver. Try their green chili, or fried tofu, or sweet and sour chicken.
In less than a decade, Kokanee Crankworx has become the authoritative free ride festival, a supercharged magnet for the world's best riders, the definitive domestication of dirt in the service of epic endurance, supreme flow, monster air and gravity-fuelled mountain biking. The best mountain bike athletes in the world know that when gravity beckons, you simply say, yes mistress. I'm coming. S ... 
This West 4th Ave Music and Art Festival is not to be missed. From 11am to 6pm this Saturday, enjoy FREE live music from Vancouver’s finest independent artists on 5 stages between Burrard and Macdonald. To boot, you can enjoy great sidewalk sales, patio parties, Kitsilano’s largest garage sale and lots of cool things all day long! *** Music curated by Zulu Records ***
The 33rd annual Vancouver Pride Parade is still more than a week away and the anticipation is building. All week long there will be festivities celebrating Vancouver Pride. To kick it off, the infamous Friday Night Pride Party is back to take over Davie Village! As always, expect the streets to be packed with dancers, vendors, volunteers and a diverse crowd of guests ready to celebrate Vancou ...