Ripe with Surprises
Breakfast of champions
Sometimes the best cure for waking up and realizing that winter is around the corner is to hoist yourself up by the bootstraps despite drizzle, clouds, or...
Wine Festival is underway
The Okanagan Fall Wine Festival kicked off over the weekend with some fantastic wine tasting events, and there is plenty more to come! Our wine festival offers...
One fish, two fish
September brings with it fascinating cycles of nature that you can learn about and enjoy in Kelowna. Among them is the Kokanee Salmon spawning cycle taking...
Praising Kelowna's espresso mavens
Kelowna is no stranger to pioneers in the world of wine – think about BC’s first commercial winery, Calona Wines; or Gray Monk who brought the VQA...
Beating the heat in Kelowna
You don’t need me to tell you that it has been really hot lately! And I mean really, really hot. Record-breaking, even! But before anyone even thinks...
WildPlay Adventure Park open!
I’ll bet if I polled any of you who like to walk in your neighbourhoods after dinner we would all have one thing in common: seeing kids hanging off trees....
Top shelf cultural evening in Kelowna
From now until August 4 at the Kelowna Actors Studio, the production of My Fair Lady graces the stage. Our Tourism Kelowna team decided to make a night of it...
Best of Summer at the Wine Festival
The Summer Okanagan Wine Festival kicked off this weekend all around the valley with events at wineries and in our Okanagan cities. In Kelowna, we had an...
Popularity of farm visits soars
Over the weekend, I hit the Kelowna farm trail with gusto – by bike. I had a couple of girlfriends in tow, and our goal was to get some fresh air, get our...
Live music in the vines
One of Kelowna’s classic summer things to do is to attend a vineyard concert at one of the spectacular winery venues around town. There’s just...
Kelowna promoted in Travel Media
One very important part of the outreach that Tourism Kelowna does to promote travel to Kelowna is to host media personalities who will share their first hand...
Spring activities for the family
There’s something uplifting about the month of May, especially since we’ve enjoyed some wonderful spring weather lately, the sunshine is warm on the...
New Studio & Farm Tour brochures
Tourism Kelowna’s new 2012 Studio & Farm Tour brochures are now available and they have been met with great enthusiasm in the community. We’re...
Celebrating local farmers
Do you have your tickets to one of Summerhill’s Chef’s Table dinners yet? The certified organic winery along the Lakeshore Wine Route in Kelowna is...
Golf courses are open!
My colleague Sharon is excited. Her world kicks into high gear this week with golf courses all around Kelowna opening up for the season. You see, she takes care...
Local B&B recognized by TripAdvisor
Congratulations are in order: a local B&B has been recognized on the popular travel website TripAdvisor.com. Run by foodie couple Steve and Chrissy Marston,...
Behind the scenes at the CCC
As you know, Kelowna recently hosted the Canadian Culinary Championships, which is the final competition of Gold Medal Plates. The format of the competition is...
Cook-off coming to Kelowna
As the Canadian Culinary Championships, the final competition of Gold Medal Plates, rolls into Kelowna this coming weekend, you can be sure of intense moments:...
How to combat winter blahs
As I write this column, it is seriously, intensely cold outside. Winter has set in, and my antidote to the situation is to immerse the soul in creative...
Get out and active in Kelowna!
The great thing about this city is that we are blessed with amazing climate year round, and we have this phenomenal backyard to play in. Even in the winter, our...