Posts Tagged ‘Vancouver’

Families Travel! Taking the Kids to Vancouver on Amtrak

Canadian-born Seattle resident Connie Wanklin-Iskra, her husband Matt, son Makhno (almost 3) and daughter Naomi (6 months) decided to enjoy a car-free weekend in Vancouver, BC. So, over the long US Memorial Day weekend, they decided to take the Amtrak train‘s route to Vancouver for a two-day...

June 16th, 2010 | Vancouver | Read More

35 Free and Cheap Things to Do in Vancouver BC with kids

Vancouver’s expensive, I’ve heard families complain. I beg to disagree. With the right attitude and approach, you’ll find tons of affordable, family-friendly fun in and around Vancouver. Here are 35 free and cheap family-friendly things to do with kids in Vancouver, BC: Shoot your...

May 18th, 2010 | Vancouver | Read More

East Meets West: Richmond’s Aberdeen Centre

Over the past 100 years, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Cambodian, Filipino and Laotian immigrants settled in Washington, Oregon and BC. Often, families move back and forth over the U.S.-Canadian borders, so there’s a nice multi-generational, multi-cultural intermingling at this point. Cascadia...

May 13th, 2010 | Richmond | Read More

Dine Out Vancouver — Families Welcome!

Today, Vancouver Tourism announced the Dine Out Vancouver participating restaurants. Three-course adult fixed menus are set at $18, $28 or $38. This is the perfect opportunity for your family to eat out in Vancouver, whether as a local or a visitor. The promotion runs from April 26 through May 6, but...

April 19th, 2010 | News and Updates | Read More

10 Family-Friendly Vancouver Restaurants

I’m going up to Vancouver, BC, this weekend and thought I’d spill the soup on our favorite kid-friendly restaurants, those places we miss when we return home. Vancouver’s restaurants exhibit amazing Eastern flair, unsurprising for a Pacific-Rim city. Here are my 10 favorites – find even more...

March 31st, 2010 | Vancouver | Read More