Recently I attended the first “Edible Museum” pop-up event in Vancouver’s Gastown. Held for one night only in the unique 2-storey venue The Permanent, it was a showcase of 150 years of Canadian cuisine. It featured exhibits telling the history of Canadian food and wine,...
Here at Luxury BC, we often like to spend our weekends relaxing and enjoying elaborate home-made meals with delicious wine. This led us to make yet another trip to The Victoria Public Market at The Hudson, and this time we noticed a new addition to...
I've been a Redditor for nearly 9 years now, and one of the first places I check in the morning is /r/VictoriaBC to catch up on what's going on locally. One of the recent submissions there was from a team of computer science students from...
The Victoria Public Market at The Hudson is one of our weekend favourites when we are out and about in downtown Victoria for so many reasons. There is an amazing selection of products and tasty treats that it makes meal planning a breeze for more...
As if I needed another reason to love living in the great city of Victoria the good people over at Macallan Scotch and the Fairmont Empress gave me one more. The North American brand ambassador for the Scottish company is coming into town to do...
The sun is shining, the temperature is rising, and the official start of summer is only 2 days away. For Vancouverites, that means that months of dreary rain are coming to an end and it's time to once again head outside and enjoy the West Coast lifestyle...
The underground dining scene is taking off in Vancouver and the supper clubs are popping up all over the place, and mum's the word. This is the teaser trailer for a documentary from the crew over at Georgia Street Media for the CBC which looks...
This week brings Salt Spring Island to Vancouver for an epic two day festival celebrating the artists and artisans from this most awesome of Islands. Starting on Friday March 14th you can get a taste of what the Island has to offer, especially for those...
My favorite hotel brand is giving me yet another reason to slang open my wallet and head on over to Vancouver in February. There is definitely a shortage of high in the sky dining options in Vancouver and I couldn't imagine a better spot than...
While a lot of people tend to stick their nose in the air when you mention you're not sucking down the gluten anymore that happens very little here in Victoria. While I've heavily adapted my eating lifestyle towards a lot less gluten and wheat I...
Vancouver Island is home to a handful of award winning wineries that produce some of my favorite pinot noir on the planet. As soon as the spring hits it seems the tours and visitors are flocking in and I've been meaning to take one or...
Nearly 800 guests attended Christmas dinner at the Hotel Vancouver this past week and I can only imagine the time it took to do everything right. Check out what their amazing team was able to do and perhaps think about giving this historic hotel a...