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All The Awesome Stuff That We Saw Or Did In The Last 365 Days

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As we entered 2011 last night, we got to reminiscing about what an awesome year we’d had. Not only did it see us enjoying our city and neighbourhood to the hilt, it also took us traveling around the province and to crazy places elsewhere, meeting up with old friends, making new ones, and generally having a right proper good time. So we put together an album of some 365 reminders – one for each day – of all the things we saw, ate, drank and did while on the assignment that was life in 2010, lest we forget any of it. It may take a minute for all the thumbnails to load, but once they do we hope you enjoy the little window into the year that was ours.

  • Tannis Ling, owner of Bao Bei, on the night before opening night
  • Enjoying a jacked fire hydrant on a hot day in Strathcona
  • Auto contrasts
  • Publish transit
  • Bobby cooking corn on Mackenzie Beach
  • Storefront in Soho
  • Strathcona Soccer Club
  • Dude hailing phantom taxis...
  • Tweet: I hate my dad more than his shoes...
  • Tofitian hand on Tofitian bum
  • On the pass during the first service at Gastown's L'Abattoir
  • Good times in the forest
  • Rob Feenie
  • Monk at Cox Bay
  • Run for your lives! The Kingyo crew wins for Best Casual Japanese
  • BC bud is expensive in Soho
  • Tatted back...
  • Alex Morrison, Frontside 5-O
  • Joy Road Catering Joie dinner  @ Gods Mountain Okanagan 2010 196
  • Andrew and Heidi @ Gods Mountain 720
  • Running meatballs
  • Odds and ends and ebony cocks
  • UBC FarmADE
  • Joe, the terror of Londontown, at George
  • Owner/chef Julio Gonzalez-Perini of Lupo looks up from his pans
  • Waldorf Hotel | Staff training on the day before opening
  • Inebriated Canadian with mullet + friend
  • Zip line
  • Okanagan fries
  • whistler
  • Dudes enjoying the ferry...
  • The Diamond | Mexican food and excellent cocktails | 6 Powell St. | Gastown
  • No idea what happened here...
  • Joy Road & Joie supper at God's Mountain
  • Forgotten ravioli
  • Maple Tree Square
  • Re-Up
  • Steve da Cruz, owner of The Corner Suite Bistro De Luxe, enjoys opening night
  • I Wish Too to be Absorbed | Emily Carr Grad Show
  • Alex Morrison at Leeside
  • Geoff Robinson, moments after winning the Inniskillin ice wine cocktail competition at The Diamond (his home bar)
  • TUCG aftermath
  • Bone marrow heaven...
  • Burrard Bridge - Twilight
  • Awesome restaurant sign in Toronto
  • Bao Bei
  • Naramata feet
  • Andrew and the boys enjoying the Night Market in Chinatown
  • Inside the renovated Museum of Anthropology
  • Inside Six Acres
  • Shaun and Rodney
  • Peaches in Naramata
  • Sean Heather at the almost finished Judas Goat
  • Rosy and Victoria doing menu inserts at the Yaletown location of Hapa Izakaya, just days before opening
  • Perfect corn at UBC FarmADE
  • Outside the Borshch and Bike Sale in Strathcona
  • Sexy!
  • Banner day on Granville
  • Penticton wind chime
  • I want that!
  • Guilt & Co. underneath Chill Winston Vancouver
  • Naramata Heritage Inn
  • Fashion statement
  • Nice marketing at No. 5 Orange
  • TUCG chefs plating
  • Granville Street
  • Sweet at The Wick
  • Backside lipslide on Main St.
  • Whirling past the station
  • Sophie at George
  • I want that one!
  • Cork & Fin, nearly finished
  • Gesticulation lessons
  • Elephant Island Pink
  • Paw dude
  • Bottled
  • Owner Erv Salvadore | Lucy's Eastside Diner
  • Mushrooms at L'Abattoir
  • Bike sale in Strathcona
  • An elephant at Elephant Island in Naramata
  • Fossil hunting in the Okanagan
  • Cartel co-owner James Iranzad on opening day
  • Scott Hawthorn, co-owner of Judas Goat
  • When West's David Wolowidnyk concentrates, he emits a high pitch sound that causes dogs to bark from miles away
  • This Soho morning-after supermodel horked up and spat out a huge loogie just a second before Michelle took her picture. Disgusting but awesome.
  • Acme Cafe under construction at 51 West Hastings
  • Gnarled
  • Spring street drain
  • Then tell me.
  • Andrew and Dana at the Okanagan Feast of Fields
  • Nice place to hang
  • Incongruous
  • Save On Money
  • Coconuts Go!
  • Strathcona family
  • McLean Park, Strathcona
  • Chinatown chow
  • Keanu empathy
  • Ovaltine Cafe
  • Naramata
  • Ovaltine Cafe
  • Olympic Hoser
  • God's Mountain | Summer 2010
  • Calabash on Carrall, nearly finished
  • Michelle in the West Village, scarfing a meringue with berries
  • Waiting for Ramen at Momofuku Noodle Bar (we do better noodles and stocks here in Van, but they include pork belly...checkmate)
  • Joy Road goodies
  • House in Strathcona and approaching storm
  • Mugged
  • Mailing letters in a great dress
  • Andrew takes a break at the Tofino skatepark
  • Red Wagon
  • Demo day at L'Abattoir Restaurant in Gastown | owners Lee Cooper, Paul Grunberg, and Nin Rai
  • Green light in New York
  • What are you eating? Water. Yeah, me too.
  • Joy Road &Joie supper at God's Mountain
  • GIrls at the Union Sq Market
  • Weird cylon man seen on West Cordova
  • Chefs in Vancouver hide in the back or around the corner for their smoke breaks. In New York, they sit on the sidewalks and fart a lot while playing tetris...
  • The view of Skaha from the Joy Road & Joie supper at Gods Mountain
  • Cafeteria | Owners Andrey Durbach and Chris Stewart
  • Strathcona fire hydrant love on a hot day
  • Fuck, another order of meatballs...
  • Walking Broadway in New York
  • Brooklyn - Diner
  • Knockouts Tannis Ling (Bao Bei) and Sophie Taverner (The Diamond)
  • Elephant Island Pears
  • Listening to Bel Biv Devoe and wearing a thong...
  • Old Faithful
  • Drugs
  • Meat & Bread is coming soon
  • Eight thousand three hundred and forty seven...eight thousand three hundred and forty eight...
  • Deana on the beach in Tofino
  • Exchange
  • Off the vine detail
  • Main Street
  • Habit
  • IDS West 509
  • Michelle relaxing at Diner
  • No arguments here...
  • Joy Road Catering Joie dinner  @ Gods Mountain 2010 247
  • Training at L'Abattoir
  • Joy Road & Joie supper at God's Mountain
  • Reading with feet in the Washington Square fountain...
  • Joy Road & Joie supper at God's Mountain
  • Pechakucha
  • Hasting track
  • IDS West 375
  • A great friend, in her wedding dress in Massachussetts
  • Dry run at Sea Monstr Sushi | The bar
  • Waldorf Hotel | Exterior, looking east
  • Frankie digging Cartel
  • Dona Cata
  • Nico of Chambar presents his dish at the Gold Medal Plates
  • World Cup on Commercial Drive
  • Sea Monstr Sushi | Co-owner Mark Brand with chef Keith Allison
  • Peach pickin'
  • Waldorf Hotel | Installing speakers in the Leeteg room
  • Good morning New York...
  • Outside Please Don't Tell, a cocktail bar hidden in a telephone booth inside a seemingly innocuous hot dog joint called Crif.
  • Team "C" wins at the 2010 Vancouver Gold Medal Plates
  • Nadia, Kristopher and John during staff meal at L'Abattoir
  • IDS West 482
  • McClean Park waterpark
  • Ron Oliver crafting a julep
  • Dana Ewart of Joy Road explains her dish to the judges
  • November colours
  • Waldorf Hotel | Staff training
  • Save On Meats Signage
  • Waldorf Hotel | executive chef Ned Bell and sous chef Mike Wrinch
  • Sea Monstr Sushi | Dynamite rolls
  • Outside the Swan in Toronto
  • Hotel entrance exterior | Q4 al Centro
  • Freaky skull in the ROM
  • Farmer's Market
  • Toronto Terroir Hospitality Industry Symposium
  • Manhattan Beach, California
  • Outside Mario Batali's Babbo in New York (the biggest letdown of our trip)
  • Autumn on the Eastside
  • James and Michelle at Point No Point
  • Pies Pies Pies Pies at the Strathcona Harvest Festival
  • Former birds
  • Quang Dang presents his dish at the Vancouver Gold Medal Plates
  • Times Square, New York
  • The Drake in Toronto
  • Garden Party
  • Bobby Honey
  • Theo At The Dunlevy Snackbar
  • Grabbing a chef's service spoon at JB Prince, the coolest restaurant supply store in the universe...
  • Olympic Spirit
  • Critical Mass lowrider on East Hastings
  • Plating at L'Abattoir
  • Victory Food Market
  • Scout editor Andrew Morrison looking for fossils
  • June 2010 Mcs second try 571
  • Emily Carr Grad Show May 2010 091
  • Toronto Terroir Hospitality Industry Symposium 2010 120
  • Olympic Flame
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  • Toronto Terroir Hospitality Industry Symposium 2010 076
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  • June 2010 Mcs second try 877
  • June 2010 Mcs second try 677
  • Toronto Terroir Hospitality Industry Symposium 2010 045
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  • BHP 521
  • Beacon Hill 437
  • Artie on the beach
  • Snow doesn't stop surfing in Tofino
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  • MCS @ Scout 043
  • August 2010 203
  • Toronto Terroir Hospitality Industry Symposium 2010 032
  • MCS @ Scout 370
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  • Joy Road & Joie supper at God's Mountain
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  • Christmas @ Scout 028
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  • MCS @ Scout 022
  • Naramata 2010 532
  • Joy Road supper at God's Mountain
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  • June 2010 Mcs second try 212
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  • Parker Street
  • June 2010 Mcs second try 184
  • July 2010 mcs 255
  • Manhattan Beach man
  • Christmas @ Scout 044
  • Outstanding 2010 512
  • july 2010 214
  • july 2010 235
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  • Museum of Vancouver
  • tofino - august 2010 255
  • November 2010 MCS @ 590
  • November 2010 MCS @ 608
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  • June 2010 Mcs second try 621
  • Walking the beaches in Tofino
  • Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Gardens lantern festival
  • Radishes - Growing Chefs at MOV November 2010 MCS @ 654
  • Growing Chefs MOV November 2010 MCS @ 668
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  • Sidewalk runway with purpose...
  • Frontside kickflip
  • Night in Chinatown
  • Outstanding In The Field Dinner | North Arm Farm | Pemberton
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  • around town June 2010 269
  • Ballotine of Wild Sockeye Salmon Sturdy’s sweet peas, salmon caviar and peppermint, Root Down organic greens and basil
  • Habit Coffee in Vitoria
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  • A pen and a cup of tea.
  • Zulu instore November 2010 MCS @ 344
  • MCS @ Scout 449
  • Zulu Records, West Fourth
  • Wow...
  • Colourful cab fare
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  • Surfer
  • Girl in Brooklyn
  • Owne and the Araxi crew
  • Cross my Art and Hope to Buy
  • Actor Russell Brand outside Grand Central Station on the set of Arthur, a remake of the Dudley Moore classic
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  • at Sidecut in the Four Seasons
  • Peckinpah | Tyson Reimer and Ryan Murfitt
  • Nice creeper stall on the Cox Bay mini
  • With the American press group in the wine room at Araxi
  • Cafeteria
  • Wear shirts, not clichès
  • A - in the crowd at the cheaper show
  • The temporary miniramp on Cox Bay
  • Tyler and Lorien at the Pemberton Distillery
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  • Zulu Records
  • Joseph Sartor, Cord Jarvie, Frankie Harrington before the opening of Meat & Bread
  • tofino 2010 June FAWF 478
  • Outstanding 2010 153
  • Michelle taking snaps...
  • L'Abattoir
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  • My desk and books in the new Scout office
  • Tannis, Alex, and Sophie at Bao Bei after the awards
  • Outstanding 2010 543
  • Tofino Food and Wine Festival
  • At the Tofino skatepark
  • Post-shift debrief.
  • Oops, we won for Best Informal Italian (L'Altro Buca) but we aren't open anymore...
  • MCS @ Scout 184
  • TDM raising a glass at the Okanagan Feast of Fields
  • Improvisation
  • Mmm...
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  • Bobby Lax at Naramata's Feast of Fields in 2010
  • Dogs taking a breather from the heat in Soho
  • Bobby Kay sees something she likes at Boneta
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  • Deliciously runned steak at Sidecut in the Four Seasons
  • Corinthian smoke break on Madison Avenue
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  • Can my wife take our picture? Are you Jewish? Sure!
  • Aww...
  • Guilt shrapnel
  • Mint Julep at The Diamond
  • Nada 927
  • Music
  • Beautiful dress at the TFWF
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  • Best. Couple. Ever.
  • IDS West 320
  • Geoff and Josh of The Diamond en route to an after-party
  • Hills in the South Okanagan
  • In my friend's apartment on Washington Square, trying to catch up on Scout stuff
  • Dona Cata 3
  • IDS West 292
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  • Naramata 2010 162
  • MCS @ Scout 060
  • Pear Naramata 2010 128
  • MCS @ Scout 039
  • JD Salinger lives!
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  • Surfing | Tofino
  • Tattooed dude: Let me take a picture of your emotional frailty...
  • Feast Of Fields Naramata
  • Rhys Pender marshalling sommeliers at a retreat
  • Naramata 2010 202
  • Tim in Naramata
  • After-party debauchery
  • Surfers on Cox Bay in front of the Long Beach Lodge
  • Working it...
  • Me...don't know why I'm looking like this...