Widely acknowledged as the best restaurant in Whistler (home of the 2010 Winter Games), Araxi was also the grand prize for season 6 of Hell’s Kitchen. The season 6 winner got to become head chef at Araxi, a restaurant that has won more awards than any restaurants in Whistler, including best restaurant in Whistler for nine consecutive years by Vancouver magazine.  Read more... (461 words, 24 images, estimated 1:51 mins reading time)

• 80% off at Restaurant.com through Halloween ** This coupon has expired, but check my coupon code page to see if there's a fresh one! ** Restaurant.com is handing out 80% off coupon codes a lot more frequently!  Which is good! Now through October 31st you can get $25 worth of qualifying dining expenses at thousands of......
• The Fishermans Wharf Restaurant & Pub located on the harbour Welcome to The Fishermans Wharf Restaurant & Pub located on the harbour front of beautiful Meaford, Ontario. Your Host Dawn Nicholson & Family. Your Chef Scott Chalmers. www.fishermanswharfmeaford.com Enjoy casual family dining in our relaxed, cozy atmosphere, where you can sit back and savour the culinary creations of Chef......

When Charles Zuckermann of the Global Group invited me to be a judge for Yaletown’s Best Burger competition on Canada Day, I jumped at the chance. As you may know, besides eating pho at Dot Com Pho, I’ve been all over the city on Dot Com Burger runs. The best burger competition were part of the Canada Day Street Party festivities happening in the area, which included the Yaletown Grandprix.

Yaletown’s Best Burger competition pitted seven of Yaletown’s best restaurants in a competition to see who can make the best burger without using any pork. The contestants were:  Read more... (293 words, 20 images, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)

• What's Justin Bieber's Connection To Canada And Atlanta? I've heard he was born in Canada, born in Atlanta, raised in Canada, raised in Atlanta. what the real story? People opinion : Starr say : He was born in area 51 after being trained to take over girls minds.Antania say : U have got to be the dumbest perso......
• Marina Village Yacht Harbor Marina Village Yacht Harbor is located in Alameda, CA Phone: 510.521.0905   Website: http://www.marinavillageharbor.com/ Slips: 750 About the Marina: The Marina Village Yacht Harbor is involved in the Clean Marina program, and has undergone intense certification to win the honor of being considered a "clean marina." That means that they......

Glowbal Grill Executive Chef Erik Heck with Wagyu Ribeye – $15 Per Ounce

After trying out the food and seeing the Wagyu steak at the relaunch party at Glowbal Grill Steaks & Statay, I knew I would have to go back for a more formal sit down dining experience. And since Glowbal was offering 50% off lunch entrees for the month of January to celebrate their reopening, it made perfect sense to set up a Dot Com Wagyu lunch.  Read more... (705 words, 18 images, estimated 2:49 mins reading time)

• Cabrillo Isle Marina Phone: 619.297.6222 Average Water Depth: The marina has not supplied current information. Please call the number listed above to get exact depth information. Marine Standby Channel: Marina management monitors both Channels 16 and 69. If you cannot reach them by radio, they are accessible by phone during business hours.......
• New Loan Funded — Ethanol Plant — $25,000 at 24% — C Credit — DTI 85% A new loan funded (Ethanol Plant — $25,000 at 24%).  I participated via a manual bid, this was an auto funding loan.   The borrow had C credit and 85% DTI.  As a reminder my standing orders (and manual bids) only find loans with 0 current delinquencies, 10 or less delinquencies in the......

The food and wine (but mostly wine) tasting event of the year happens this Tuesday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Vancouver and there are a few tickets left if you want to be part of it. Liberty Wine Merchant launched the annual gastronomical celebration Taste BC in 2008 and in the 2 years since its inception has already raised over $159,000 to benefit BC Children’s Hospital’s Oak Tree Clinic. That’s right. You can sample some of BC’s best restaurants and wineries and help a great charity at the same time.  Read more... (205 words, 11 images, estimated 49 secs reading time)

• Selling Wine - Almost Like Blogging This past holiday weekend my wife, my dog, and I headed down to the wine country of Paso Robles, California. Each year a group of 17 vineyards called the Far Out Wineries get together to host a wine tasting event. For a price of $35 you can spend 4 days......
• Tips for Wines Tasting Wines tasting is something that can essentially be divided into two different categories, people that do it to be professional and people that do it for the purpose of leisure. When it comes to professional tasting, the taster has to be able to evaluate the wine thoroughly, addressing a wide......

The Glowbal Restaurant Group celebrated the grand relaunch of their flagship Glowbal Grill last night with a blowout party for all the beautiful people in Vancouver. Glowbal is one of the most successful restaurant operators in the city. They’re also one of the most generous, helping to provide 2,000 Christmas dinners for the UGM.  Read more... (353 words, 24 images, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)

• Del Norte Golf Course, Crescent City, CA Del Norte Golf Course is located in: Crescent City, CA Phone: 707-458-3214 Website: http://www.delnortegolf.com/rates.cfm Course History: Del Norte Golf Course is a semi-private club that is open to the public. The course is actually nine holes, but most players prefer to schedule a round of eighteen. The course was built......
• Wente Vineyards Course  Wente Vineyards Course is located in: Livermore, CA Phone: 925-456-2477 Website: http://www.wentegolf.com/ Course History: This course is located less than an hour from San Francisco and was designed by Greg Norman. He picked the location for the course himself and oversaw the entire process. The PGA National Tour has stopped......