The Big Olympic Goodbye

Our Living Statues and fabulous face painter, Fanny Starchild, and put smiles on departing passengers' faces at YVR this week.

Grange blog: What's the Russian word for crickets?

By Michael Grange, The Globe and Mail

Posted Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:02 AM ET

Does anyone know what the Russian word for crickets is?

I know what it sounds like. It sounds like the crowd of Russians gathered in so-called ‘Bosco Bar' in downtown Vancouver for another chapter in the Canada-Russia hockey series.

We know how it ended: Canada came out and treated one of the most talented teams anyone can remember like they were Germany or something.

And so the crowd at Bosco Bar - actually Joey Burrard, an upscale resto-lounge in downtown Vancouver bought out by Bosco Sport (the Russian Nike, and the official supplier to the Russian Olympic team here) for 10 days - quickly shifted from positive, brash even, to something else.

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Quatchi & Miga visit YVR

Elettra Event Coordinator, Desiree Mamisao, hangs out with Quatchi and Miga at YVR.

YVR Arrivals

Elettra's Kelly Aldinger and Kelly Farrell work with Canadian media hoping to get shots of Canada's Luge Team.

YVR Gets Its Game Face On

Elettra's in-terminal entertainment program gets a shout-out in this MSNBC roundup of how YVR is getting ready to welcome the world to Vancouver.

Sandhill's Howard Soon in Vancouver

Sandhill's Master Winemaker, Howard Soon, was in Vancouver to celebrate being selected as Winery of the Year in Wine Access magazine's Canadian Wine Awards.

Sandhill is the first winery to win Best White, Best Red, and Winery of the Year in the same year.

Howard visited Lynn and Steve at Global Morning News to talk about the awards.

Then he stopped by Urban Rush to tell Mike and Fiona about what you can tell about wine from the soil it's grown in.

Then, the day was capped off with a celebration of Sandhill & Howard at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Local Love

LOCAL Public Eatery was featured in today's Sweetspot:

Jan.05.10

Kits is one of our summer go-to spots (if only for the people-watching).

And now with Local Public Eatery opening in the old Malone’s space, it’s finally a winter hangout as well.

The new, much-anticipated gastro pub is big on comfort food—plus the unpretentious menu has cocktails like the Ell Caesar ($8), served in a boot. One can never go wrong with a classic burger ($12), and the West Coast chopped salad ($16) is a good way to veg out. And as for placating any sweet tooth, we stand by the perfectly-sticky caramel toffee cake ($6).

So when local patrons – pun slightly intended – start coming out in droves, our eyes will be just as entertained as our taste buds already are.

Local Public Eatery
www.localpubliceatery.com
2210 Cornwall Ave.
604-734-3589