Robson is Vancouver’s most famous shopping street and is a must if you are visiting Vancouver. It has premier fashion, fine dining, services and any amenities for tourists and locals alike (especially the stretch of Robson between Granville and Jervis streets).

Boasting a truly diverse array of over 100 shops, Robson Street and the stores around it offer fashion for everyone and every budget. With everything you need, this is one street that is always packed no matter the season or weather.

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Movemeber is a movement where men donate money (and their faces) to raise awareness for prostate cancer. This movement started as an idea in Australia in 2003 and is now a global phenomenon. It was inspired by the movement for women’s health awareness:

“Big steps have been taken towards changing attitudes and habits relating to men’s health around the world but there is still much to be done to catch up with the women’s health movement. Via the moustache, Movember aims to continue to provoke conversation each year, with a view to breaking down long standing and traditional taboos and habits.”

Movember is also a great time for companies to use the campaign for cross promotion. Companies like Budweiser have a Facebook app that allows you to add a mustache to your profile picture. For every person that posts a picture using this app, they will donate $1. Another beer company that is heavily promoting Movember is Granville Island Brewing in Vancouver. These companies obviously have the perfect demographic to make a large campaign around Movember, but many companies have internal teams and competitions.

At the end of the month, many gala parties are thrown to celebrate a successful Movember. Below is a short video for the Rules of Movember:

Growing a mustache for Movember is a great experience!

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Yaletown is an area in Downtown Vancouver that was formerly a heavy industrial area, but since the 1986 World Fair has been developed into one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in Vancouver. This dense community has resulted in a very competitive dining district that only the good restaurants survive. The two main streets are Hamilton and Mainland (Click here for a guide). Every year, the restaurants participate in an event called ‘Taste of Yaletown’, where each restaurant creates a 3 course menu for the guest to come in and taste the best that they have to offer.

The Yaletown dining district is great place to cut loose on the weekend for both locals and tourists alike.

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Lou with his stick to the sky after a playoff win

Vancouverites and most of BC will tell you that Vancouver is one of the, if not the, most passionate hockey cities in the NHL. The Sedin Twins, once mocked by other teams as the ‘Tweety Birds’, have matured into arguably the best combination of players in the entire league. If you are in Vancouver on game day,  you will see hundreds of jerseys roaming streets and filling the sports bars at night to watch them play.

The Canucks home, Rogers Arena (formerly GM Place), is absolutely electric during the game – especially after the Canucks score. The crowd at Rogers arena has their traditions: chanting “LLOOOOOOUUUUU” after a major save by their goalie, ‘towel power‘ during the playoffs,  the ‘green men‘ dancing by the opposing penalty box and many more.

Here is a promo reel for the Canucks’ 2010-11 season:

Watching the Canucks win on home ice is truly an unforgettable experience.

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Taking the Helijet from Vancouver to Victoria serves multiple purposes. First, it gets you there in a fraction of the time it takes to drive or bus. Secondly it is an amazing experience as you cruise above the city and over the gulf islands. If you are not inclined to visit Vancouver Island, Helijet also offers sight seeing tours for specific times of the year.

Helijet is going to cost more than a bus, but if you factor in your time and the fact that they sell ‘sight seeing tours’ for the same price, it is not a bad deal. Protip: if you do not need to fly at peak hours, look to fly stand-by as it is about half the fare. Below is a video clip of the Helijet taking off:

Flying with Helijet is certainly an unforgettable way to commute between Vancouver and Victoria.

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Arguably the best view in Vancouver

If you like lookouts from high places, you can not get any higher than the Eye of the Wind on Grouse Mtn. It is perched 200 feet above the summit of Grouse mountain and gives you a 360 degree view. The Eye of the Wind is not just a great spot for tourists and locals alike to take in the view of Vancouver; it also outputs enough energy to supply the needs of 400 homes per year.

The tour for the Eye of the Wind will cost an adult $25, but packages are available for purchase that include more Grouse Mountain experiences.

Here is a short video showcasing the eye of the wind:

This truly is an extraordinary life experience!

Have you done it? Do you want to?

Do you have a list of things that you want to do at some point in your life? Why not input them into life points and as things you want to do, that way you can access it from anywhere and brag to the world when you complete an item on the list.

All you need to do is search experiences to see if someone has already complete a item on your list.
If you can’t seem to find your experience in the list, then add it! All you have to do is hit the button and input the information.

Once you have tracked down an experience you want to do its as simple as clicking want to under the experience and it will be added to your personal list. Once you have completed it make sure you go back and mark it as done! Don’t let your experiences go unfulfilled.

What does everyone think of our new loader image that appears before you can see all the experiences?

Here are the top three lifepoints at the moment, have you completed all of these so far?

Camping – 49 points
Raised a dog – 63 points
Caught a raindrop or snowflake on your tongue – 27 points

Some pretty generic Life experiences, but a good place for someone to start none the less. Make sure you take a look at the most popular experiences at the moment and get started.