Showing posts with label Craft Beer Market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Craft Beer Market. Show all posts

Sunday, 20 April 2014

Fan Expo 2014

I went over to the Vancouver Convention Centre this morning to meet...
Mitchell!
He texted me the day before to see if I was going to the Fan Expo.  I've never attended one, so I thought, "Sure!  Why not?"
There were Ghostbusters!
I freed R2-D2 by removing his restraining bolt.
See?  Now, he was able to hang-out with Mitchell.
Hmmm, a blaster or a lightsaber?
This event has grown so much in the past few years!
This was the artists section.

"I'm sending my apprentice Darth Maul to join you."
Now, I'm the Master Chief!  
Toy Traders from Langley had the largest and most impressive display amongst all the merchants!
Not only is Brady Roberts a fitness trainer at the Steve Nash Sports Club, he also moonlights as Nightwing!  Check out his webseries here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxsG1ikKgas
Mitch and I were hungry, so we went across to Cactus Club for a bite to eat.
Ha, we bumped into Broadus here!
After our lunch, we went back to watch Bruce Campbell!
This guy just bleeds charisma.  ;-)
We finally got a photo with the Star Wars peeps!
Oh shit, it's Storm Shadow!
I also spotted the Night's Watch!
I don't know who these girls were supposed to be,
but I preferred the view from behind way more!  ;-)
Oh, here's Artoo again!
This Playboy Bunny was super hot!
Look at this, it's Princess Mononoke and Fatty!  He's always been a fan of that movie.
It's a Velociraptor!
Again, I don't who this girl is supposed to be, but I had to get a photo with her.  Hehe...
Ohhh, the Street Judges!

This event was fun, so I'll probably attend next year as well!  :-)
The CRAFT Beer Market...  Don't even bother going to this place if you have a large dinner party or else you'll just get the runaround with their "no can do" seating policy!  
Poor Melody and I arrived 90 minutes early to try and snag seats, but they just wouldn't allow it!  She even tried making a reservation for the 10 of us, days in advance and they never even replied!
So we just adapted and moved our group over to the Tap & Barrel instead.  ;-)
Martina and Jody.
Todd and Christine.
Science Officer Jody and Security Officer Edwin.  ;-)
We had a good group tonight and a better view of False Creek from here!
Big thanks to Melody for organizing this event!!!  :-)

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Dine & Climb

Megatron infiltrated the Olympic Village today!
Actually, she and I decided to have dinner at the Craft Beer Market which is located inside the Vancouver Salt Building.  As you can see in this photo, they have more than a 100 beer on tap!
Introducing Victoria, the Office Manager of this location.  She came all the way from Edmonton to open-up this place!  I met her last week when Kelvin and I had lunch here.  :-)
Megan ordered their Grilled Veggie Burger...
and I opted for the Dark Beer Braised Beef Brisket!  Those are Fried Onion Petals on top and a Fruli Float doing background, if you're wondering.  Absolutely delicious!
For dessert, we split a Dark Chocolate Brownie.  Woohoo!!!  The Craft Beer Market has quickly become one of my favourite spots to eat in Vancouver.  The service and the atmosphere here are just great!  :-)
After our meal, Nick met-up with us and we drove over to The Hive Bouldering Gym.
This indoor rock climbing gym was only a few blocks away, but I never knew this place even existed!
There go Megan and Nick!  I think I'll try this out the next time it rains.  Hehe...

Saturday, 15 February 2014

Happy Birthday Anthony!!!

It was our venue tonight for Anthony's birthday!
"Hmmm, what to order?" 
Well, I started with a Beer Sampler!
This place was fucken packed tonight!
It's the Vancouver Salt Building and the last time I was here, we were filming a scene from "Life Unepected".
I like what they've done to this place.
This was my yummy Bacon & Blue Burger!  :-)
They could use more desserts options though.  ;-)
Happy Birthday Anthony!!!  :-)