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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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Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
A Baroness, a cat named Mr Got To Go, and a bowl of fruit are all a part of this peachy story about Vancouver's ivy-clad secret gem: The Sylvia Hotel.
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
PNE insider Roxann Bury-Howard joins Mike, Dave, and Graeme to give the inside story on Canada's oldest roller coaster - the wooden wonder that has thrilled and mezmorized all kinds of passengers including monks, pipe bands, brides, movie stars, teens and old-timers for over 60 years.
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Loretta Lynn, the coal miner's daughter, never saw Vancouver's Coal Harbour but she was discovered at Vancouver's chicken coop. Graeme and Dave dazzle Mike with this unbelievable tale.
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.