Archive for November, 2009
Monday, November 30th, 2009
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Please join us for the Suter Brook Village Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration this Thursday, December 3rd from 5:30 – 9:00PM.
A fun and festive evening for you and your family to celebrate the Christmas season by lighting the 35’ Suter Brook Village Christmas tree. Meet Santa Claus, take a ride on the horse-drawn carriage, listen to the sounds of the carolers and enjoy seasonal treats and goodies!
Please bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the Food Bank.
Tags: Carol Singing, Carriage Rides, Christmas, Entertainment, Family Fun, Food Bank, Port Moody, Santa Claus, Suter Brook, Winter
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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The Commercial Drive Winter Festival is this Saturday, November 28th at the Britannia Community Centre, running from 1:30 pm – 9:00 pm. The event includes ice skating with Santa, a showing of the classic holiday movie “Miracle on 34th Street”, trees on display decorated by local schools, and prizes under the trees! Prizes include an iPod and Wii.
Winter Festival is a FREE community event, and they will be collecting non-perishable food items and donating concession sales proceeds to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. The holiday trees along with food and toy baskets will be donated to local charities.
For more information please visit www.thedrive.ca (http://www NULL.thedrive NULL.ca) or call (604) 251-2884.
See you there!
Tags: Britannia Community Centre, Christmas, Commercial Drive, Winter, Winter Festival
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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New Product: Early Rider Learner Bikes
We’ve carried a pedal-less bike for years, and it’s always been hugely popular. Now we would like to introduce our new favourite bike by Early Rider from the UK. It has got to be the most stylish bike out there! A classic learner bike with 2 models – the Early Rider Lite (http://shop NULL.dandelionkids NULL.ca/erln-whuk NULL.html)(for 1.5 – 4 years) and the Early Rider Classic (http://shop NULL.dandelionkids NULL.ca/ercn-whuk NULL.html)(for 2-5 years), both of which have flames on the side. We just love these high-quality bikes, and your child will too!
These bikes were designed by a British father who wasn’t happy with the bikes without training wheels available on the market for his 3-year-old son. So, he created his Classic style of sit-and-go bikes. Being lower to the ground than traditional bikes makes them safer, and since the bikes are pedal-free, they allow children to concentrate on balancing, and learning without training wheels. And, with the added feature of restricted steering, the element of overturning is removed as your child learns their limits on the bike.
dandelion KIDS has some stock right now, and are expecting a big shipment before the holidays. Please call or email to pre-order.
You can learn more about the Early Rider bikes on their website (http://www NULL.earlyrider NULL.com), and be sure to watch the video.
Tags: Early Rider bikes, Skuut Bike
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
The Eastside Culture Crawl is a longstanding tradition, and a must-do event on the calendars of Vancouver’s Arts Community. This is the 13th year running, and it’s looking to be as great as always. It starts Friday (5pm-10pm), and runs through to Sunday (11am-6pm both Sat & Sun), so try to make some time to get out and support the Arts. The event is FREE.
You can learn everything that you need to about this year’s Crawl at their website www.eastsideculturecrawl.com (http://www NULL.eastsideculturecrawl NULL.com/).
Tags: Art, Arts, Eastside Culture Crawl, Eastside Vancouver, Vancouver
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
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Our favourite Christmas item, besides our window!
Eric Carle’s (http://shop NULL.dandelionkids NULL.ca/rain55 NULL.html) Dream Snow Pop-Up Advent Calendar. This is no ordinary advent calendar! Based on the best-selling Christmas story Dream Snow by Eric Carle (http://www NULL.eric-carle NULL.com/rev-dsnow NULL.html), this calendar unfolds to reveal an intricate pop-up Christmas tree surrounded by presents. Children open a window each day to discover a new decoration to add to the scene. By the time December 25 arrives, this calendar will have become a dreamy Christmas display!
Eric Carle (http://www NULL.eric-carle NULL.com/home NULL.html) is an acclaimed and beloved creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for young children. Since The Very Hungry Caterpillar was published in 1969, he has illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote.
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Calendar is 31 x 31 cm; 4 pp ; 25 punch-out decorations, and full-color throughout.
Age: 3 Years +
Available on line (http://shop NULL.dandelionkids NULL.ca/rain55 NULL.html) and in store for $14.95
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More Eric Carle items available in shop and online (http://shop NULL.dandelionkids NULL.ca/index NULL.php?search=eric%20carl)
Tags: Advent, Calendar, Christmas, chronicle books, Eric Carle, favourites
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
The art events for families and children at the Vancouver Art Gallery are always amazing but this one sounds extra special. See you there!!
Family FUSE Weekend – Green World
November 21 & 22, 2009
10am-5pm, in the Gallery
This Family FUSE Weekend explores the Green World: from a sense of awe and wonder with nature to the human desire to shape and change our environment.
Explore a magical forest through collaborative drawing, create an animation or sound work, witness dance performances or even encounter Big Foot. This Family Fuse Weekend will address everything from ecological concerns to the mythical world around us, giving the entire family new ways to think about the Green World.
Check out the VAG website (http://www NULL.vanartgallery NULL.bc NULL.ca/events_and_programs/children_family NULL.html) for admission info and other kid-related events.
Tags: Art, Education, Environment, Family, Family Fuse Weekend, Vancouver Art Gallery
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
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We have always loved this series of books and when we were asked to be part of their second edition, naturally we said “We’d absolutely love to” !!!
Join us at the launch party at Club Monaco to celebrate eat.shop vancouver. We’d love to see you there. In fact, the more the merrier!
Thursday, Nov. 19th from 7-9 pm at Club Monaco (1034 Robson Street). Be sure to send an email to RSVP@clubmonaco.com if you plan to attend.
If you decide to purchase your book at dandelion KIDS instead, you can enjoy 20% off your purchase on that day!
Tags: book launch, Club Monaco, eat.shop book, Jon Hart
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
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Can you believe it? dandelionKIDS is turning 5!
Ohhhh the tears, the laughter, the pee accidents we’ve experienced in the last 5 years! Most important are all the stories we’ve shared – the joy of new babies, first experiences, steps, words, giggles! When we first opened dandelion KIDS, we never dreamed it could be as fun and rewarding and personal as it is. So many of the babies and toddlers we met 5 years ago are now big lovely kids! What a pleasure to watch them grow.
We love being part of a growing community and are honoured to have become a Vancouver favourite.
We’re celebrating our 5th birthday with our Annual Birthday Sale at both our locations on Commercial Drive, Vancouver and Suter Brook Village, Port Moody.
All shoes and clothing 30% off.
Absolutely everything else 20% off.
Sale is in-store only. Free shipping on our web store (http://shop NULL.dandelionkids NULL.ca/).
3 days only
November 6-8, 2009
Sale prices are for in stock items only.
Tags: 5th anniversary, 5th birthday, anniversary, birthday, Port Moody, Vancouver
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
DandelionKIDS is proud to be involved with the Kids Showcase of Vancouver Fashion Week (http://www NULL.vanfashionweek NULL.com), which runs from November 3-8, 2009.
This Sunday, Nov. 8th a kids fashion show is taking place at 3pm at Colin Campbell’s showroom, 494 Railway Street (at Jackson Ave) in Vancouver (It’s just around the corner from the Japanese Language School). View a map here (http://www NULL.colin-campbell NULL.ca/contact NULL.php).
Below you can see a few samples of what you might see at the show.
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Tags: Colin Campbell, Fashion Show, Kids Showcase, Vancouver Fashion Week
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
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Our good friends Karri and Nico just had their restaurant Chambar (http://www NULL.chambar NULL.com/) featured on VancouverIsAwesome.com (http://www NULL.vancouverisawesome NULL.com), in their ‘Home Grown’ section. Chambar really needs no introduction, as they’ve been a hit since they opened their doors in 2004 in the Crosstown area of Vancouver, on Beatty Street.
And of course, who could forget our favourite breakfast spot, their cafe… Medina Cafe (http://www NULL.medinacafe NULL.com/) (located right beside Chambar). Best coffee and lemon meringue pie in town! And if that couldn’t be enough goodness, they recently opened a cooking school called Dirty Apron (http://www NULL.dirtyapron NULL.com). Now you can learn how to make that tagine at home. AND if that wasn’t enough… they also have their own Chambar Ale. Cheers Karri and Nico!
You can see the full story and short interview with Karri and Nico on the VancouverIsAwesome (http://vancouverisawesome NULL.com/2009/10/23/home-grown-chambar/) site.
Tags: Chambar, Friends, Karri Schuermans, Medina Cafe, Nico Schuermans, VancouverIsAwesome.com
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