In case you haven’t heard, the BC government will be combining the taxes (PST and GST) into the Harmonization Tax (HST). This new tax of 12%, to be implemented in July 2010, will be applied to all goods and services. This greatly affects restaurant businesses and its patrons, as currently only the GST is applied [...]

According to various weather reports, the city is going to be cooking for the rest of the week. We may be expecting highs of nearly 40 degrees celcius. I’m even more doubtful of those cheerful meteorologist as I was expecting scorching sun during Saturday’s Virgin Music Festival. But instead we saw the beginning of the [...]

Blogathon 2009 is a 24 hour, non-stop blogging marathon. Some people do telethons (TV shows), other people do triathlons (3 sports). We, bloggers, do… well, Blogathons! Raul Pacheco (aka Hummingbird604) is Blogathoning for the third year in a row (2007-2009), with the BC Cancer Foundation as his charity of choice. He and a number of [...]

The wrath of Gordon Ramsay comes to Whistler with another season of Hell’s Kitchen. The grand prize for the winning chef is an apprenticeship at Araxi with Executive Chef James Walt. This prize is even more special as it may include taking part in the Olympic celebrations. I saw James Walt on Urban Rush yesterday [...]

Healthy food is good for your inside and when you have a healthy inside it’ll show on the outside.  You can go organic and also use natural foods for the outside too. Before the Oil of Olay, Sephoras and The Bay makeup counters that came into our lives, women (and men) use natural ingredients for [...]