Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics 1-year Anniversary Celebrations!

This weekend marks the one year anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and there are tons of celebrations going on in the city. One of them is happening at Robson Square, starting at 9am to 11pm on Saturday, February 12th. There will be free skating and entertainment, athlete appearances, and also free admission to the Vancouver Art Gallery from 10am to 5pm. If you are at Robson Square by 10am, you also get a chance to win an awesome Canucks prize pack that includes 4 tickets to the game that night, dinner and passes to the post-game press conference.

Illuminate Yaletown (Feb 11-12) - Lower Mainland Only

Illuminate is coming back for two days to celebrate the anniversary of the 2010 Olympics! From 6pm on February 11 to 10:30pm on February 12, check out this free winter party with light art at several sites! This should be a fun and interesting thing to do this weekend!

Year of Science - Sport and Science Expo - Feb 11/11 (Lower Mainland Only)

There will be a celebration of the Year of Science on February 11, 2011 from 10am to 4pm. An expo of science and sport, this will be held at Robson Square Plaza and ice rink. There will be top BC atheletes present, displays and activities, and presentations going on that day. The ice rink will also be opened and should be interesting to check out if you are free that day. For more information, go here.

LunarFest - Feb 3-13 (Lower Mainland Only)

The annual LunarFest is here, a celebration of Asian arts and culture. Hundreds of school kids take part in the festival by making paper lanterns where it is displayed to the public. Last year, during the Vancouver Winter Olympics, there was a lantern forest on Granville Street. This year it's been moved to the outside of the Vancouver Art Gallery with a lantern aquarium! Everything is underwater themed, and there are many events going on, from parades to lantern making! For more information on LunarFest, check out their website here.

Chinese New Year Celebration @ International Village (Feb 4-6) - Lower Mainland Only

Chinese New Years is fast approaching and with it comes celebrations of the Year of the Rabbit! International Village is once again holding festivities during the weekend with performances, vendors and draws happening everyday. Going to the celebration brings good luck, and it's always really fun to check things out!

This is happening February 4 to 6 and admission is free! It's bound to be crowded so go early! For more details about the event, go here.

Where: 88 West Pender St, Vancouver
When: Friday & Saturday 12-10pm; Sunday 12-7pm

Sara Bareilles Concert Pictures

I know it's really late (okay, 1.5 months late) but I've just been so busy that I haven't had the time to post up pictures from the Sara Bareilles concert on November 22, 2010. This was at The Commodore Ballroom. Holly Conlan opened for her, as well as Cary Brothers. Bareilles came out during one of his songs to sing with him too! It was a great concert and really great energy from the singers and the crowd. Her stories before some of her songs were interesting and funny. The best part? When Bareilles climbed ontop of the piano to sing! They all like to close their eyes while they sing so it was really hard to get a good picture!

Sara Bareilles singing with opening act, Cary Brothers.

Holly Conlan

Cary Brothers

I'm not gonna write you a love song, coz you asked for it!

The set was pretty cool with all the lighting!

<3

Coming back out for an encore.

Dance on that piano!

Happy New Year!

Wishing all my readers a Happy New Year! Here's hoping 2011 is a great year for you! Let's hope there are lots of savings, goodies and contest wins too! :P

Boxing Day Deals at Superstore

$10 coupon in the flyer for any video game priced at $29.99 or more! Cut this out and use it on these games on sale to make it an even greater deal:

Xbox Kinect games ($29.99 - $10 coupon = $19.99):
- Joy Ride
- Dance Central
- Kinectimals

Xbox360 games ($39.99 - $10 coupon = $29.99):
- Halo Reach
- Fable 3

Nintendo Wii games:
- NHL Slapshot bundle ($39.99 - $10 coupon = $29.99)
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 ($29.99 - $10 coupon = $19.99)

There are also other video games you can save $5 off regular price on (xbox, wii, ps3) that you can use the coupon for as well.

Fable 2 for Xbox is half price at $9.99. Pokemon Platinum for the NDS is also half priced for $19.99.
Value games that are $18.98 will be $10 each (I have my eye on Carnival Games).

DVDs will be from $4 each, recent releases $7.50. Blu-ray movies starting at $5 each, recent releases $12 each.

TV seasons starting from $10 each.

Get ready for Boxing Day!

The week's flyers should have arrived by now, which means you can check out what is on sale for Boxing Day/Week! It's a great time to pick up cheap electronics and clothes for yourself, as well as to put away as future gifts. Stock up on little things that you know you will use, or can use as a birthday gift. ;) Trust me, it'll save you a lot of money! You can also shop online, but I find that is not as exciting as actually waking up at 3 in the morning to go line up! Have fun guys and hope you score some great deals! Tell me what you buy!

Shoppers Bonus Redemption Coming Soon! (Dec 28-30)

Shoppers Drug Mart will be holding another bonus redemption after Boxing Day! Unfortunately no mega-bonus, but just the regular one. Save up your points because there are probably going to be some good sales on Christmas items when they go on clearance!

Redeem 50,000 points for $100 worth of items and 95,000 points for $200.

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Midnight Launch @ Best Buy (Vancouver & Toronto Only) - Dec 6th

Best Buy is holding another game launch, for World of Warcraft, starting tonight at 9pm. You can get a chance to win the collector's edition of the game (2 available), or if you come dressed in costume, you could win an HP AMD Quad Core or Triple Core laptop (2 available)

As usual, there are also gifts with purchase for the first x people in line. Free steelseries WOW MMO mouse ($100 value) to the first 50 customers at the midnight launch stores (first 15 customers at all other stores); free steelseries WOW Goblin or Worgen mouse pad for the next 50 customers; and free Cataclysm poster for the next 45 customers.

Be sure to go early, as you probably will have a chance to play the game, and there will be other goodies you can get by answering trivia!

Black Friday! Time to go Shopping!

Black Friday is here! For Canadians, this is the US version of Boxing Day, and it can get pretty intense, even more crazy than Boxing Day. Many people drive over to the states in the middle of the night to catch the sales as soon as they start. For those who don't want to venture out of the country, don't fret! Many stores has their own version of Black Friday (they don't call it that though, more along the lines of weekend sale haha) where there are many great sales from Friday to Sunday. Go hit up your local mall and check out your favorite store. Some store are opening early.

Old Navy is a store I love going to as they usually have a gift with purchase offer. This year, they are giving out Dance Central for the Xbox Kinect with any purchase of $25 or more. The game retails for $49.99 so it's a really great deal! Don't forget to use coupons from Facebook. There is only 60 per store and the first 60 people will receive a wristband.

Tax Free Day at Superstore (Nov 20)

Superstore is doing a tax-free day tomorrow only! Buy anything in the store and you don't have to pay for HST!!!! It's a great time to buy a large ticket item since you can save quite a hefty sum. Remember this is also a great time to use any free product coupons (FPC's) to get your items completely free!

Call of Duty Black Ops Midnight Lanch @ Best Buy (Vancouver & Toronto Only) - Nov 8th

Best Buy is holding another midnight launch tomorrow for the Call of Duty Black Ops game. The first 90 customers per store will get a free Call of Duty toque, and the first 100 will receive a multiplayer map. Xbox street teams will be on site so you can play the game. There are bound to be goodies given away, and you can also enter to win a copy of the Prestige Edition (two prizes per location). If you come dressed in costumer, you will be entered to win a Call of Duty Xbox 360 Bundle!

The midnight launch is happening only in Vancouver (Cambie St) and Toronto (Bay & Dundas) so people everywhere else will have to get their games the next day (all stores will be open early at 8am). Usually you can start lining up at 8pm for the game and they will open the doors at 12:01am for you to purchase the game.

For more information, check out the Best Buy site.

Xbox 360 Kinect Midnight Launch @ Best Buy (Vancouver & Edmonton South)

Best Buy is holding another midnight launch party starting at 8pm, for the Xbox 360 Kinect. The Blueprint Cru will be there from ABDC, as well as Diamonds in the Rough. There will be freebies as well as a draw for a free Kinect bundle with an HDTV! This is happening at the Cambie location in Vancouver.

The Best Buy in Edmonton South is also having a midnight opening, with the Kinect bundle and HDTV draw.

For more details, go here.

Samsung Galaxy Launch Party with Faber Drive

I was invited to an exclusive Galaxy launch party put on by Samsung Mobile Canada tonight and got to check out some of the new products in the Galaxy line! The party featured Faber Drive as well, and they were pretty awesome, yay! Mix in an open bar, delicious appies and my Mob!ler buddies, it was a great night!

The Galaxy Tab!! It was a lot smaller than I expected, but a nice size so that it's still easy to view things and is great for putting into your purse! The Tab supports Flash, has a camera (with flash!) and has a beaaauutiful screen! Lots of points for the Galaxy Tab. Apple iPad? Out the window!

Here is the Samsung Captivate next to my Vibrant. Basically the same phone, just a different design. I personally like the Vibrant better!

Captivate's back. Pretty!

Mob!lers! Vibrant Coast and Vansung love.

Oooo, I want it, I want it!

Faber Drive!!

Get up and dance!

Jealous Mo got a drumstick from Faber Drive!

Thrill the World (Oct 23)

Thrill the World is happening today! People around the world simultaneously dance to Michael Jackson's Thriller, with any money raised from the event going to a charity. It's bound to be a fun event, whether you are participating or just watching. For Vancouverites, the dance will be happening at Roundhouse Community Centre (in Yaletown) at 4pm today. See you there!

Samsung Mob!ler Double Rainbow Mission

The second round has started and Team Vibrant Coast is off to a running start! I need your help again by viewing the video, "liking" it through Facebook and Youtube, and leaving a comment about the video on Youtube. Let's get this video to go viral!!

Free Concert @ Joe Fresh store downtown 2-6 pm (Vancouver Only)

The Joe Fresh flagship store has officially opened in Vancouver, located in Downtown on Granville street. To celebrate they are holding a concert eaturing Divine Brown, Sweet Thing, Stereos and Marianas Trench. Who doesn't love a free concert! And nice thing it, it isn't raining tomorrow!

Free $25 JoeFresh gift card - Oct 15th (Vancouver Only)

JoeFresh is opening up their own store on Granville and they are offering a free $25 gift card to the first 100 people to come up to the Breakfast Television booth that will be there tomorrow and say "I love BT &Joe Fresh" will get the card! Offer only good between 6-9am, so go early!