Vancouver Magazine
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Wine Collab of the Week: A Cool-Kid Fizz on Main Street
The Grape Escape for Wine Enthusiasts
5 Wines To Zero In On at This Weekend’s Bordeaux Release
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5 Things to Do in Vancouver This Week (September 18-24)
10 Vancouver International Film Festival Movies We’ll Be Lining Up For
Dark Skies in Utah: Chasing Cosmic Connection on the Road
Fall Wedges and Water in Kamloops
Glamping Utah: Adventure Has Never Felt So Good
On the Rise: Meet Vancouver Jewellery Designer Jamie Carlson
At Home With Photographer Evaan Kheraj and Fashion Stylist Luisa Rino
At Home With Interior Designer Aleem Kassam
Here mansions slowly give way to Pacific Spirit Park—which is second only to Stanley Park in Vancouverites’ green-space heart—and the UBC campus itself is rapidly changing with new, pricy condo towers popping up faster than kids are graduating. Nearby 10th Avenue still has some old-time feel and a few spots—like the Rajio Public House—that inject collegiate cool into this staid ’hood. Still, a stroll along Jericho Beach or even clothing-optional Wreck Beach will be all you need to see why people clamour to live here.
A Life-Science Lover’s Day In
Beaty Museum, 2212 Main Mall
Visit the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC (free to $14) and jaw-drop in front of a 26-metre-long blue whale skeleton—one of only 21 on display worldwide. More where that came from: the museum houses two million-plus specimens.
Evening Paddle and Tour
Ecomarine, 1300 Discovery St.
Book a chillaxed guided Nature Kayak Tour ($69) and spot bald eagles and harbour seals while splashing around Jericho Beach. Tours run every Friday evening from June 15 to September 7.
Try the World’s Best Buns
Grounds for Coffee, 2565 Alma St.
Try the world’s best cinnamon bun at longtime java locus Grounds for Coffee. These buns are next-level decadent, slathered in vanilla-bean cream cheese icing.
The West Side Waiting Game
There are plenty of ideas about what should—and shouldn’t—happen with the Jericho Lands, a former Department of National Defence site now jointly owned by the Canada Lands Corporation and three local First Nations. But one thing is certain for the prime 36-hectare site, located west of Alma between West 4th and 8th avenues: it will eventually be redeveloped, and when it is, it will reshape some of the city’s westernmost reaches.