25 Feb
Vancouver Tours Blog

Create a List of 100 Things to Do Before You Die

Stop putting your dreams off for “some day”. Right now ask yourself: If I had one year left to live, what would I be sure to do? Create a list of 100 things you want to experience and accomplish before you die, and start crossing items off your list, today. Below you’ll find ten questions to help you get started, as well as twenty ideas you can use for inspiration.

Ten Questions to Ask Yourself When Creating Your Life List

Here are ten questions to ask yourself when you sit down to create your life list:

  • If you had a year left to live, what would you do?
  • If you won the lottery, where would you go?
  • What did you always want to do when you were a child?
  • If you were lying on your deathbed, what would you most regret not having done?
  • If you had an upcoming high school reunion, what would you like to be able to tell your former classmates that you’ve accomplished?
  • What do you need to have more of in your life?
  • Who do you admire? Why?
  • You’re sitting with your grandchildren on your lap telling them about your exploits. What stories are you telling them?
  • You’ve died and are listening to your eulogy. What are your friends and loved ones saying about you?
  • If a genie granted you three wishes, what would you ask for?

Twenty Ideas You Can Use For Inspiration

A life list can include anything, from books you want to read, to places you want to visit, to contributions you want to make to society, and so on. Below you’ll find twenty ideas to give you inspiration to that you can get started right away creating your very own life list.

1. Write a script for a TV show

2. Do stand-up comedy

3. Write a children’s book

4. Go camping

5. Ride a gondola in Venice

6. Learn how to salsa dance

7. Host Saturday Night Live

8. Visit a Renaissance fair

9. See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre

10. Witness a solar eclipse

11. Learn to water ski

12. Learn to sail.

13. Learn to play tennis.

14. Try fencing.

15. Participate in the Tour de France.

16. Become fluent in French.

17. Learn conversational Spanish.

18. Learn to play the piano.

19. Take signing lessons.

20. Enroll in a belly dancing class.

Source by Marelisa Fabrega

23 Feb
Vancouver Video Tours

Inside Selena Gomez’s Stars Dance Tour Kick-Off in Vancouver



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Selena Gomez kicked off her Stars Dance tour and we’ve got your inside look. The much anticipated tour started in Vancouver and everyone is chatting about it — from the costume changes to the new SG songs to the covers — and the star herself was pleased with the first show — she tweeted QUOTE ‘Vancouver!! We had FUN! Can’t thank y’all enough for an AMAZING 1st show!!’ along with an Instagram duo-pic post of Selena on stage having a blast. She started off with old-school Selena — with Bang Bang Bang and Round & Round. Of course, in addition to her own tracks — we hear that the musician took on Lorde’s song, Royals as well as Iggy Azalea’s Work and Rihanna’s Birthday Cake. Meanwhile, she had several costume changes… from that all while and silver harem pants look with detailed bra top and sparkly heeled wedge sneakers. She also wore an all purple look with various layers and pieces of hanging fabric and beading with a belt to cinch the style at the waist. And again — that longer standout skirt area was easily removed to switch it up. And YES there’s more for the Stars Dance tour fashion. Selena focused on singing and slowed it down a bit while wearing a long black bandage dress with side cutouts. Her red lip, defined eyes and long sleek hair were a constant beauty trend for the entire show. We love the super sparkly beaded gold one piece with fringe detailing and funky high boots — this was the attire selected for the very popular performance of Come & Get It. While in this style, SG also took on Whiplash — swinging from a red rope, followed by Naturally, Save The Day and Undercover. It looks like there was a removable fabric piece to change it up — and to wrap up the night with an encore, the star lived it up by performing Slow Down — with confetti and bright pink streamers galore. Again, it seems like this first stop of almost 60 shows was amazing — and believe it or not, before the show, Selena instagrammed a beautiful photo of Vancouver saying that she biked 9 miles QUOTE ‘Not sure what I was thinking considering tonight is my first show. It was completely worth it.’ Plus, the day before the big kickoff show, she shared a few pics of her dressing room area… alright, so are you excited to check out Stars Dance? And do you have a ticket yet? Let us know your favorite look and song from this tour, and subscribe to ClevverTV right now for all of your Selena Gomez news. I’m Dana Ward — thanks for tuning in. Bye!

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19 Feb
Vancouver Tours Blog

Owning a Pet Otter

It may seem trendy to own an exotic pet, but owning an otter as a pet is illegal in most localities without a permit. They are considered wildlife and have requirements that are different from those of the average household pet.

Reasons Not to Own a Pet Otter

If you are considering applying for a permit to own a pet otter, here are some reasons why you may not want to. Of course, if you work at a zoo or wildlife sanctuary, then these reasons won’t concern you as much.

Otters Bite

Otters have very sharp teeth, and they bite.

Otters Spray

Otters have a musky scent and spray very much like a skunk’s spray. They are definitely not inside animals.

Otters are Nocturnal

They like to hunt for food at night, and the last sound you need at night while you are trying to sleep is that of an otter splashing in your swimming pool.

Otters Need to Be Near a River

Otters like to hunt fish in a river and can eat lots of food in a day. Chances are, you don’t have secure access to a river.

Otters Learn Survival Skills from Their Mother

Otters need to learn how to survive from their mother. Their mother teaches them these skills up to 18 months of age.

Caring for an Otter

Once you have a permit for your otter, there are some special requirements that you will have to consider.

Water for Swimming and Food

Otters spend the majority of their time in the water. They like to live in very cold water, and they have a high metabolic rate to keep them warm. They can even hold their breath under water for up to 10 minutes. They are playful creatures that like to hunt for fish and eat lots of shellfish, frogs, sea urchins and invertebrates.

However, because you are keeping them in an unnatural enclosure, these foods will have to be introduced. Otters eat 15-25 percent of their body weight a day, and that’s a lot of fish. In the wild, they can spend up to five hours a day hunting for food. They can grow to be 100 pounds in weight, so plan on supplying them with lots of food each day.

Mating Season Behavior

Otters can get very aggressive in the mating season so you have to make sure that household pets or other animals are not in the vicinity because an otter will drag an animal into the water and eat it.

By whatever means you obtained a baby otter and want to raise it yourself (don’t go near an adult otter), you can see there is more to caring for a pet otter than meets the eye. For your own sake and the sake of the otter, why not hand it over to the authorities who will know what to do with it for its survival.

Source by Kate Strong

17 Feb
Vancouver Video Tours

Fairmont Hotel Vancouver Video Tour


Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is known as the ‘Castle in the City’ and reflects timeless luxury and history of Vancouver. Holding a prime downtown Vancouver location, the hotel is minutes away from some of Vancouver’s biggest attractions including Granville Island, Robson Street shopping, Stanley Park Seawall, Vancouver Aquarium, Gastown, Canada Place and Science World.

Guests will feel at home as our canine pet ambassadors welcome them and our knowledgeable Concierge team is here to help with local travel suggestions.

Notch8 Restaurant & Bar in the hotel lobby welcomes guests to a new era of glamour.

The historic Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is a destination not to be missed.

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16 Feb
Vancouver Tours Blog

Top 7 Hard Rock And Heavy Metal Guitar Tunings

There are many different guitar tunings that are used in Rock and Metal music besides standard tuning. Guitar players in these genres like to use these tunings because they give a heavier and darker sound to their music.

Some of the more popular tunings used are Dropped D, Dropped C, Dropped B, E Flat, D, C and open G. Here are the descriptions of how the strings should be tuned and some of the bands that use them.

Dropped D tuning:

E ———-1st string

B ———-2nd string

G ———-3rd string

D ———-4th string

A ———-5th string

D ———-6th string (thickest)

This tuning enables power chords to be played with a single finger on the lowest three strings and produces a dark sound with it. If you’re music doesn’t fit together with this dark sound, you can place a capo on the 2nd fret and can still easily play power chords.

Some bands that use Dropped D tuning are:

Alice in Chains, Foo Fighters, Godsmack, Led Zepplin, Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Silverchair, Soundgarden and Velvet Revolver.

Dropped C tuning:

D ———-1st string

A ———-2nd string

F ———-3rd string

C ———-4th string

G ———-5th string

C ———-6th string (thickest)

Dropped C tuning is the Dropped D with each string lowered one whole step. Dropped C tuning produces a very low and heavy sound and is used by many of the new Heavy Metal bands.

Some bands that use Dropped C tuning are:

30 Seconds to Mars, Atreyu, Buckethead, Bullet for My Valentine, Children of Bodom, Godsmack, Bad Religion, Metallica, Mudvayne, P.O.D., Papa Roach, Rammstein, Shadows Fall, System of a Down, Three Days Grace and Ozzy Osbourne.

Dropped B tuning:

C# ———-1st string

G# ———-2nd string

E ———-3rd string

B ———-4th string

F# ———5th string

B ———-6th string (thickest)

This tuning will need heavier gauge strings to be effective. Also you might have to widen the string grooves as well as adjust the tension in the neck of your guitar.

Some bands that use Dropped B tuning are:

Audioslave, Limp Bizkit, Machine Head, Mudvayne, Slipknot and Stone Sour.

Eb tuning:

Eb ———1st string

Bb ———2nd string

Gb ———3rd string

Db ———4th string

Ab ———5th string

Eb ———6th string (thickest)

This tuning is Standard tuning turned down a half step. There are a few reasons that bands use this tuning instead of Standard tuning. One reason is to sound heavier by using heavy gauge strings. By tuning down a half step it is easier to bend these heavy gauged strings. Another reason why some bands use this tuning is to compliment the lead singers voice.

Bands that use Eb tuning are:

Alice in Chains, Anthrax, Dream Theater, Guns N’ Roses, Jimi Hendrix, Kiss, Megadeth, Metallica, Motorhead, Nirvana, Poison, Slayer, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Stone Sour, Van Halen, Weezer and Yngwie Malmsteen.

D tuning:

D ———-1st string

A ———-2nd string

F ———-3rd string

C ———-4th string

G ———-5th string

D ———-6th string (thickest)

D tuning is also known as whole step down tuning and as you have probably already guessed, it’s Standard tuning tuned down a whole step. D tuning has been used mainly in Heavy Metal music.

Bands that have used D tuning are:

Alice in Chains, The Beatles, Bullet For My Valentine, Bob Dylan, Children of Bodom, Dream Theater, Guns N’ Roses, Motley Crue, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Racer X and Soundgarden.

C tuning:

C ———-1st string

G ———-2nd string

Eb ———3rd string

Bb ———4th string

F ———-5th string

C ———-6th string (thickest)

C tuning also produces a low sound that is mostly used by Hard Rock and Metal bands. The tuning is 2 whole steps below Standard tuning, which gives it a heavy sound but still maintains the same intervals as Standard tuning.

Bands that have used C tuning are:

Atreyu, Black Sabbath, Bullet For My Valentine, Deftones, Dream Theater, Jimi Hendrix, P.O.D., Queens of the Stone Age, Slipknot, Steve Vai and The Who.

G tuning:

D ———-1st string

B ———-2nd string

G ———-3rd string

D ———-4th string

G ———-5th string

D ———-6th string (thickest)

Other than the Drop D tuning, G Tuning is one of the most popular alternate guitar tunings.

Some bands that have used G tuning are:

The Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd and Pearl Jam.

These are just some of the alternate guitar tunings that are available to you to experiment with. Play around with them and see which tunings fit your style of music.

Source by Johnny Stall

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