Vancouver is my hometown. It’s where I grew up and where I live. I love to share the city’s stories.
My Vancouver travel writing has appeared in Fodor’s guidebooks, the Vancouver Courier, PAX News West, Hitched Magazine, North Shore Living Magazine, YP Dine, and more.
After a long, soggy Vancouver winter that drizzled its way right into spring, there's nothing to perk up Vancouverites' spirits like a sunny afternoon on a rooftop patio. A glimpse of the city's killer views from any one of these perched hotspots makes all those rainy days seem like a distant memory. Grab a seat for your dose of vitamin D.
Read the list at YP Dine
Canada Day seems an appropriate time to share that the new Fodor’s Travel Vancouver & Victoria guidebook is out! I had a delicious time working on the Where to Eat section for Vancouver.
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Read the story in the Hitched digital edition
My story on homebuilder Erik Jensen’s Georgie finalist home is on the cover of the current issue of North Shore Living Magazine. 
Read the story online in the North Shore Living digital edition
The international terminal of Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has launched a new full-service West Coast dining experience in the form of Lift Bar & Grill, a sister location to the iconic restaurant in Vancouver's Coal Harbour.
Read the rest at PAXnewsWest.com
Located just south of the Fraser River, Richmond is literally minutes from Vancouver by car or transit. The city's large Asian community (65 per cent of residents) makes it an important hub of Asian culture in the Lower Mainland.
It's also a culturally significant site of Metro Vancouver's maritime history, with National Historic Sites at the Gulf of Georgia Cannery and Britannia Shipyards.
Commonly known as "North Van†– and making up a large part of "the North Shore†along with West Vancouver – North Vancouver actually includes two distinct municipalities: the City of North Vancouver and the District of North Vancouver…
From top arts, shopping and restaurant experiences to working where you live, life in Downtown Vancouver West holds plenty of appeal. With its street-level townhomes fronting modern condo towers, this neighbourhood exemplifies the design principles behind Vancouver's bid to be the world's greenest city…
White Rock is an idyllic beachside city offering a great lifestyle just north of the US border and just south of Surrey on the Semiahmoo Peninsula
White Rock is a beachside city just north of the Canada–United States border and Blaine, Washington, and just south of Surrey on the Semiahmoo Peninsula. It’s named for the huge white boulder that sits on the beach, a “glacial erractic” dating back to the Ice Age…
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“South Cambie” can mean different things to different people. As far as the real estate world is concerned, as formalized by the MLS system, South Cambie is the 10-block parcel between West 49th and West 59th Streets, with Ontario and Oak marking the east and west borders.
This neighbourhood may be tiny, but it's got much to recommend it as a home base. Here are five great reasons to call the area home…