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Maybe you think you know Vancouver pretty well, maybe you’d like to get to know the city better, maybe you have never been to Vancouver, or maybe you’d just like to hear a couple guys who wrote the best-selling ”111 Places in Vancouver That You Must Not Miss” guidebook tell a few yarns about the city they love. Join producer Mike Finnegan as he tries to keep chatty, and sometimes witty, authors Dave Doroghy and Graeme Menzies on track as they discuss interesting and often unknown facts and stories about their favorite places in Vancouver.
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Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Tuesday Feb 16, 2021
Take a stoll along the golden mile - location of Canada's widest bike path, home to several millionaires, a one-time happenning place for hippies, and sight of Vancouver's biggest rooftop reindeer.
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
Tuesday Feb 09, 2021
The purrfect podcast episode for feline fans, and also Adele fans (if you know who she is). Dave, Mike, and Graeme talk about cats, coffee, covid and the Cat Cafe!
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
Tuesday Feb 02, 2021
A conversation about the features and origins of the world-famous Jack Chow building devolves into a discussion about the koi fish (and otter) at nearby Sun Yat-Sen Classical Garden.
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
This episode is for the birders. Dave delivers soaring praise for the Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Graeme tries to make it about rum and gangsters.
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Tuesday Jan 19, 2021
Mike frames this discussion about Vancouver's many Arthur Erickson buildings. Dave takes a wrecking ball to one building in particular; Graeme covers the angles on others.
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Tuesday Jan 12, 2021
Dave breaks the Unofficial Secrets Act to reveal the location of mysterious stones at Stanley Park. Mike reveals how little he gets paid for doing this. Graeme reveals nothing.
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Graeme, Dave and Mike yack about what is probably the oldest wooden building in Vancouver that you didn't already know about and its connection to the ships at sea.
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Wooden you like to see a century-old wooden bridge? Dave sings Ladner's praises and Graeme joins in to sing Rolf Harris songs. Mike still wonders what he's got himself into.
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Dave pours a tall one about Vancouver's first micro-distillery. Graeme stirs-up trouble but recovers with a gin-based Christmas martini recipe.
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Friday Dec 18, 2020
Vancouver Canucks honcho Chris Brumwell joins Graeme, Dave and Mike for an extended conversation about the storied The Rogers Arena and the memories, secrets, and history contained within.