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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.
Episodes
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.
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
One two three four! Graeme gets to the heart of Vancouver's 1970s music-making scene. Dave says "turn me loose!". Discover the hidden-in-plain-sight music history within Vancouver's Mushroom Studios.
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
If you're in the market for a wooden Mountie, an old-school stereo system, a stuffed gopher, or classic vinyl LP, this is the episode you've been waiting for! Dave, Graeme and Mike tell the back-story on four of their favourite cool, independent, very Vancouver shops.
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Some people drive their cars into the ground, other people bury them. Dave takes the wheel in this story about one of Vancouver's classiest, biggest-finned, formerly four-wheeled wonders.