My very own Piasta 3-String CigarBox Guitar with dual pickups My friend David Piasta makes musical instruments in Wilson Creek. Cigar-box guitars, dulcitars, drums, and just plain instruments of strangeness that are as captivating as they are different. Some have necks made of wood from pallets. Others are fully formed from old church pews or [...]
by Laurie McConnell, Webmaster Chef Spencer Watts, of the Restaurant at Painted Boat, has been selected to be part of Team BC at the 23rd World Culinary Olympics to be held in Erfurt, Germany October 6-9 2012. Each region’s team is made up of five members, one back-up member, and one manager. Since 1998, TEAM [...]
Terry Barker’s beautiful drawing of the Sechelt market look for his booth and buy his books! If you’re like me, the start of the Sunshine Coast outdoor markets spring season is outright twitterpating (watch Bambi, if you don’t know what that means… the spring-est movie ever). Fresh produce from local farms and gardens, homemade baking, [...]
Chasters Restaurant at the Bonniebrook Lodge Oceanfront Inn opens its new Wine & Tapas Bar March 15 and is offering a great special until March 30th – read the full post
This is when you know you don’t have ‘it’ with cooking. How can nugget potatoes, yam, garlic, carrot and simple herbs combine together so elegantly in one dish and create something so delicious? Students taking online college classes for cooking would know what I mean. Oscar says in this case, it’s all about the ‘simple [...]
This post introduces you, my Dear Readers, to our friend Oscar. Oscar is brilliant in a myriad ways – with flowers & growing things, with puggery, with servitude to The Cat Named Norman, and in particular, with cooking. ‘O’, as we refer to him, is a born gourmet, both as a cook, and as one [...]
The Halfmoon Bay Apple Festival always comes as a surprise – like most Halfmoon Bay events, there’s an element of whimsy that translates into never quite knowing when events are going to be happening until about a week before. We stopped in at the Apple Fest in between our mushroom foray and the identification session [...]
… head to Chasters on the Bonniebrook beach in lower Gibsons and treat yourself to some of the best food on the Coast! Gorgeous views regardless of the weather, a great place to walk after your meal, and a stable kitchen and serving staff make this a great destination for Dinner, Wednesday through Sunday, from [...]
If you are planning a trip to the Sunshine Coast via Horseshoe Bay, make sure to get an advance taste of our unique lifestyle by making a pit stop en route to enjoy one of the Coast’s finest exports – Feastro the Rolling Bistro. Located at Cordova and Thurlow in downtown Vancouver – right across [...]
Whether you’re new to the Sunshine Coast, just visiting, or you’ve been around for a while, it’s time to get to know the Strait again. This Sunshine Coast favorite is an iconic cafe for many. The Strait Cafe used to be over by the Wilson Creek Medicine Shop for a number of years, until constant [...]
*HAPI FOODS – HOLY CRAP CEREAL IS ON CBC’S DRAGON’S DEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT NOV 17* Come to the special screening at Magellan’s Restaurant in Sechelt (next to the Lighthouse Pub). Doors open 7pm! The Sunshine Coast success story of Holy Crap Cereal just keeps getting better and better. Love the name or hate it, it’s [...]
Organizers pronounced the First Annual Sunshine Coast Art Crawl a huge success, with some galleries seeing as many as 250 visitors through in a single weekend. The ‘hub/bead’ concept was very popular, with some visitors coming from Powell River just to collect the four additional beads for their crawl bracelets from the hubs of Madeira [...]
The second annual fungi event of the season happens this October 16 & 17, 2010 in Madeira Park, BC and promises to be an entertaining and informative festival for everyone – experienced mushroomers or eager beginners. The second annual Sunshine Coast Mushroom Fest will be bigger and better than the first, with display tables, cooking [...]
Artist Gigi Hoeller of Halfmoon Bay opened her studio just off Leaning Tree Road North for a tour with Bigpacific.com Publisher Laurie McConnell, and invites locals and visitors to tour her gallery of original art. Subjects are varied: gorgeous flowers, landscapes, architecture, and totems all find their way into her work. Gigi also creates original [...]
Keith A.E. Thirkell is a professional photo-journalist who, for 20 years, has documented the beautiful Sunshine Coast in all its glory. His work has appeared in publications around the world. Two of his calendars have won awards of excellence. Feel free to call Keith about wholesale purchases of this calendar, comments on the content or [...]