Reach Entrepreneur Buzz Event

The Social List: Vancouver Parties & People
Sheryl Yen | Image: Sheryl Yen | Published: August 18, 2010
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Event: Reach Entrepreneur Buzz Event
Venue: Joseph Richards, Granville Street
Date: Aug 13, 2010

Reach, a local business lifestyle magazine, brought together and varied and sundry mixture of entrepreneurs to mingle, chat, and discuss the Next Big Thing.

Put together by Reach founder Dammy Og, the event's goal was to bring together entrepreneurs that had been featured in the magazine in the past, together with entrepreneurs Reach hopes to feature in the future. With speakers such as Ryan Holmes of Hootsuite, Michael Tao of askmeoutnow.com, Alisha Mann of Alisha Mann Ventures, and Devon Brookes of Blo, the event had no shortage of local star power.

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IDSwest Patio Party

The Socialist: Vancouver Parties & People
Sheryl Yen | Image: Sheryl Yen | Published: July 19, 2010
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Event: IDSwest Patio Party
Venue: Inform Interiors, Gastown
Date: July 14, 2010

A patio party atop Inform Interiors in Gastown in celebration of IDSwest, Vancouver's art, design, and architecture conference of the year, which runs October 14–17 at the new Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre. 

The Interior Design Show West is Western Canada’s annual premiere residential design show featuring 200 exhibitors showcasing quality products and services to an audience of industry professionals, architects, designers, consumers and media.

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BCBusiness Top 100 Luncheon

The 2010 Top 100 Companies in B.C.
Sheryl Yen | Image: Sheryl Yen | Published: July 08, 2010
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Event: BCBusiness Top 100 Companies
Venue: Fairmont Vancouver Hotel
Date: June 30, 2010

It was another afternoon of success at the 2010 BCBusiness Top 100 Companies in B.C. luncheon, held at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. The gala accompanies the largest issue of the year for BCBusiness – this year a Canadian-record 316 pages.

This year, after delicious edibles, guests were treated to a rousing, physically vigorous speech from the keynote, Giovanni Livera.

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Successful You Small Business Awards

The Socialist: Vancouver Parties & People
Sheryl Yen | Image: Sheryl Yen | Published: June 21, 2010
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Event: 2010 Successful You Small Business Awards
Venue: Birks Vancouver Flagship Store
Date: June 10, 2010

The small, the bold and the successful were acknowledged and congratulated at the sold-out Successful You Small Business Awards Ceremony and Networking Event. The event was hosted by Small Business BC and the Insurance Bureau of Canada, and honoured four finalists at Birks’ Flagship store in Downtown Vancouver.

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Project Empty Bowl

The Socialist: Vancouver Parties & People
Sheryl Yen | Image: Sheryl Yen | Published: June 18, 2010
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Event: Project Empty Bowl presented by Coast Capital Savings
Venue: Coast Coal Harbour Hotel
Date: June 10, 2010

Since its inception Project Empty Bowl has fed thousands of individuals with AIDS locally, and tens of thousands globally. At the event, distinguished guests receive a handmade bowl that they use throughout the evening. They are asked to keep their bowls as a gift and a reminder of all the empty bowls that still need filling. Project Empty Bowl has become a signature annual fundraising event for A Loving Spoonful. The event raises funds so that A Loving Spoonful can continue delivering free meals and nutritional counselling and education to men, women and children fighting HIV/AIDS worldwide.


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Night at the Aquarium Gala

The Socialist: Vancouver Parties & People
Sheryl Yen | Image: Sheryl Yen | Published: June 17, 2010
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Event: A Night at the Aquarium, Presented by the Vancouver Aquarium
Venue: Vancouver Aquarium
Date: June 11, 2010

For more than 50 years, the Vancouver Aquarium has given its visitors an entertaining and informative look at the often mysterious world beneath the waves.

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