The Sunshine Coast Resort, located just around the bend from the Madeira Park exit on Hwy. 101, has always been known as an affordable yet luxurious destination for visitors wanting to immerse themselves in the waterfront lifestyle of our region. With a well-appointed hotel offering oceanfront rooms and suites with private patios, barbecues, beautiful amenities [...]
I ran into Ryan Schmidt, Manager of The Restaurant at Painted Boat, at a recent gathering of businesses and individuals working on the expanding ‘Meetings & Retreats’ shoulder season initiatives. We chatted about the spring season and he mentioned a great review The Restaurant had just received via The Vancouver Sun newspaper, from an article [...]
Tzoonie Wilderness Camp is a boat or floatplane access only resort located in Narrows Inlet, the second fjord up Sechelt Inlet. Art & Aleta Giroux have been running this resort for over 20 years, sharing some of the most beautiful of BC’s coastline in a remote wilderness setting. Campers stay in rustic but comfortable cabins, [...]
My partner Diane and I finally got the chance to use the Chasters Gift Certificate I won in a draw on their opening day last year. Am I ever sorry I waited so long! We headed down to Bonniebrook Lodge Oceanfront Inn in Gibsons, on a gorgeous spring evening, to dine sumptuously before heading out [...]
Spring 2008 The new owners of Sakinaw Lake Lodge are offering some great spring packages. Book any two nights in April or May and receive 40% off their low season rates. Roast some marshmallows around the fire or watch the moonlight glimmering on Sakinaw Lake from the outdoor hot tub. Starting in April, groups of [...]
Chasters Restaurant – The Elegant Ocean Front fine dining room in the Bonniebrook Lodge is open for regular dining service starting February 11 and weekly Wednesday to Sunday at 5:00…..introducing 2 fabulous new chefs – Eddie Malcolmson – hailing from Ireland – European trained with a modern flair, and Marcus Berger, Pacific Northwest experienced with a [...]
TOP SECRET: HALFMOON BAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: For a decadent dose of winter hydrotherapy, add luxurious organic spa products to deep soaker tub in a private Tenthouse suite and simmer. Serves one (or two)! Forego winter malaise with a quick-fix trip to British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast; a paltry 40-minute ferry from Vancouver takes you to [...]
From a Sunshine Coast guest… We were running out of gas when we got off the ferry near the little town of Egmont,B.C. on the Sechelt peninsula. The only gas pump was closed for the night, and we had broken our own rule of never looking for a room after 6 p.m. The owner of [...]
Wow. We just got back from four days at Bird Point Retreat up Sechelt Inlet, and I can’t believe – as the designer of their web site at http://www.birdpointretreat.com – that we didn’t go for a longer amount of time, given that I actually typed out the sentence: “Everyone wishes they had booked a [...]
So we’re sitting on the lawns of the historic Bonniebrook Lodge oceanfront inn, overlooking the Strait of Georgia. A cruise ship just obligingly sailed past and Geatan and Luci are playing gorgeous music. In the lulls in guitar snippets of stories can be heard over the waves just feet away. Beautiful! ‘We’ consists of moi, [...]