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Behold the blossoming of the fragrant and fanciful week of March 26th - April 1st.

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Gee, I guess I’d better lay off the nectar, eh. Hey Tink! Gimme a boilermaker! Still, I can’t help but get carried away: once the cherry trees start to blossom and the virgins herald my arrival at Bar None by throwing crocuses in my path I come over all Gene Kelly in “Singin’ in the Rain,” with a side of Oberon. Now that Spring is unequivocally here, let’s get together and work out some of that Spring Fever on Saturday or any other night of the week.

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Live on Arrival’s (MySpace) latest release, “Ready Set No”, hit the Canadian Top 40 music charts as of March 15th, 2007. The band, which hails from Winnipeg, is represented by RockSTAR Music Corporation which held a weekend series of VIP events including a Friday Night VIP launch party at Infinity Features on Main Street, a pre-concert party extravaganza and a live performance side by side with Loverboy on Saturday Night at The Buffalo Club.

Attendees included program directors from most of Canada’s music scene, musical talents Craig Smart and Vic Krishna (amongst a list too long to name) a gaggle of nurses and more! Click HERE to view all the photos taken on Friday night.

Thursday night’s scattered showers didn’t deter anyone from going out and having a great time. With so much going on, the Nelly Furtado concert, opening receptions at Eliott Louis Gallery, the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, the Winsor Gallery, Bacardi’s B-Live inaugural event and more, there certainly wasn’t a lack of things to do.

Sea to Sky Golf Company Open House

Heath Whitelock (musician and actor) and Selena Paskalidis (Keatley Entertainment) enjoyed good conversation and canapés prepared by Karen Gin, Executive Sous Chef - Restaurants for the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver at the Sea to Sky Golf Company Dream Suite Open House.

Rimi Yang, Debra Fritts and John Goetz Opening Reception at Winsor Gallery

With Debra Fritts’ sculptures plus John Goetz and Rimi Yang’s paintings adorning the room, spa owner Alannah Lane and artists John Goetz and Jane Vilimek, amongst other guests, enjoy the hospitality of the Winsor Gallery on Howe Street.

Side note: Jane Vilimek is the presenting artist at Art+Soul Gallery located in the Pacific Pallisades on Robson Street. Wine chats 7 days a week at 5PM in the Gallery located adjacent to Zin Restaurant.

Bacardi B-Live Presents: The Crystal Method

With The Crystal Method , DJ Kevin Shiu, DJ Jesse James and VJ Tony Pantages entertaining the crowd for Live Nation and Bacardi’s new joint venture titled B-Live, Vancouver’s young and the beautiful are sure to be present.

Local film producer, John Lambert, and his entourage get ready to rock the Commodore Ballroom on a Thursday night.

Next Saturday, we’ll be sipping away at martinis at four three (well you can’t keep the rendezvous point secret, can you?) secret locations on 17th Avenue SW.

Don your sexiest cocktail dress … ladies, and gentlemen, put on a nice jacket, it’s going to be a great time! See you there!

Click HERE to find out more.

Partial proceeds from this event, as always, go to a worthy charity. This  event’s proceeds go to The Backdoor - Keeping Our Kids off the Street.

Welcome to the week of March 19th - 25th, 2007. Seven Days to schmoose them all, seven to wine & dine them, seven days to show my balls, seven days to shine them!

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Billiards, people. I’m talking billiard balls. You have such naughty minds! Heh, that’s what I like about you.

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On Friday, March 16th, from 6PM to 9PM, Urban Mixer hosted over 250 guests at the newly-renovated Bar None in Yaletown for our themed event titled ‘Dublin‘. Thanks to our team, Sarah W, Lana, Jennifer, Nina, Anita, Lorraine, Tony, Alexei, Cathy, Sarah M and those who helped with making the evening a huge success.

Thanks to our sponsors for making the event possible:

• SSID Inc. - financial sponsor for the event, official technology company, e-mail provider and website host for the Urban Mixer
• UltraXpress Printing - postcards, passports, visas and print material
• Burst! Creative Group - imagery for our event
• INFAMOUS Magazine - media sponsor
• School of Mix and DJ T-Wrex - music
• Lucky Diner - delicious Dublin inspired canapés

Thanks to the efforts of photographers Geoff Howard and Peter Judson and Dennis Gocer who have helped us create a wonderful collection of photos for the event:

You can always click HERE to see all of our photos from this and other events we either host, promote or sponsor.

Photos taken by Geoff Howard:

Photos taken by Peter Judson:

More photos will be posted soon so check back often! See you at our next event, Aphrodisias!

Bacardi Canada’s fiscal year ends March 30th, 2007. As a result of this event, Bacardi works hard to ensure that they spend the money that was budgeted for the year - usually in the form of their white party.

On Thursday, March 15th, thousands of partygoers, dressed in white, flocked to Caprice nightclub to experience Bacardi’s biggest event of the year, ‘Cabana‘. The interior was set for the event and some of the set design even reminded me of Sanafir. It’s amazing what one can do with a little bit of budget and a professional crew in this city.

Photos from the event:

Some video of DJ Jesse James playing ‘We are your friends’ by Simian:

On Wednesday, March 14th, Glowbal Restaurant celebrated their five year anniversary at Coast Restaurant in Yaletown. The Glowbal Restaurant Group is most famous for owning some of Vancouver’s best-known restaurants including Glowbal, Sanafir and Coast. At the event, they announced the upcoming Italian Kitchen on Alberni Street and a new and top-secret project, Gomorrah.

Photos from the event:

Sweet Jag, man! Thanks to MCL Motors for showing off their sleek new cat. Speaking of Jaguars, for those who think California wines are all about Jaguar Juice, then this event sets the record straight. With the beautiful and diverse climates of California, coupled with the inventiveness of its winemakers, her wines reflect this incredible diversity and genius.

One very noticeable theme was the prevalence of Sauvignon Blanc. Seems almost every vintner had an offering, most done in the crisp, fruity style that catapulted New Zealand’s Sauvignon Blancs to prominence. Particularly interesting were the Sauvignon Republic, St. Supery, and Frog’s Leap Sauvignon Blancs.

My Croatian heritage gives me a natural affinity for California’s signature immigrant grape, Zinfandel. Everything from the aforementioned cougar juice to big bomb reds were well represented. Some standouts were the Zins from Ravesnswood, Seghesio, Steele, and a groovy Zin from Jessie’s Grove as well as the Bogle Petit Shirah, and a nice range of wines from relatively unknown Lucas and Lewellen.

Happy patrons enjoyed over 300 wines and took the opportunity to bid on silent auction items including lifestyle packages and many of the hard to find wines featured at the tasting. Many thanks go US consulate and sponsors for make benefit glorious theatre of Arts Club!

Slainte! March 5th - 11th, 2007

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Join me in raising a tumbler of Redbreast to St. Patrick’s blessed week; our events calendar is your cheat sheet to the best week so far this year. Just remember to pace yourself: have a Guinness or a Harp between your Bushmills (actually, I heard that it stings when you get it in between your Bushmills).

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