It's a busy time for Keegan Connor Tracy, the Vancouver-based stunner who's making moves on big and small screens playing a variety of compelling characters. I had the opportunity to chat with her before she jetted off to Europe to begin work on a new film starring Clive...

Darcy Michael is no stranger to my blog UrbanCowgirlVancouver.com. We first started following him in his early days doing stand-up in dingy cafes and half-empty bars. Today, Darcy is headlining comedy festivals across Canada, is a regular on CBC Radio's "The Debaters" and is about to start filming...

When we arrived at the tiny Roatan airport, welcomed by rain and intense humidity, I wasn't at all impressed, having left another rainforest known as Vancouver. Then we emerged from customs and were greeted by a soca band and gaggles of tanned, happy people...

I recently came across an article in the Daily Mail about a new wedding trend I found to be a bit odd. Have you ever received a lovely card in the mail, assuming it was an invite to a friend's nuptials, only to discover you haven't made the...

The stage was set to sizzle last night at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver. Think "Bewitched" with three of the hottest broads on the block. Picture red lips, pin curls and sizzling burlesque routines. Then tie in a story line of three...

During the 2011 Vancouver International Film Festival, I fell in love with the film "Cloudburst", by Halifax-based Thom Fitzgerald, and wrote a review about it. The film took the 2011/2012 festival circuit by storm, winning 30...

There's something really sexy about Italy's once mighty capital. It's a warmth that moves through you, like a generous glass of Sangiovese. An energy difficult to describe, unless you've wandered its winding paths. The feeling that, at any moment, something irrationally romantic will occur....

I was not at all one of the popular girls in high school. Luckily -- gratefully -- I wasn't one of the poor souls who were bullied either. I flew under the radar for much of my secondary school life and surrounded myself with...

He's a renegade behind the camera. A writing, producing and directing trifecta. He's arguably the most thought-provoking filmmaker of his generation. He is, of course, Mr. Quentin Tarantino.

Born in Knoxville, Tennn, Tarantino was an avid film fan growing up and worked in a...

Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate love, relish in romance and spoil that special someone who makes your heart go all a-flutter. Or it's a time to get together with your single friends and throw darts at images of ex-lovers while watching thrasher movies and throwing back copious amounts...

Housewife is hardly a term I'd use to describe stay-at-home moms these days. The '50s era-term evokes images of June Cleaver and women holding feather dusters with perfectly coiffed hair. Hardly a reality today.

Yet, if you refer to its...

I've had a wee bit of a media boner for George Stroumboulopoulos since his early days on MuchMusic, schooling young Canadians on all the kickass alternatives to pop and mainstream music. How refreshing to watch someone talk about bands like the Ramones and The Flaming Lips while...

On a rough and rocky boat ride from gritty Napoli, amidst a rain storm and strong winds, our island destination appeared on the horizon. Home to haute couture, the Italian elite and considered the crown jewel of Campania, Capri looked shabby chic at first...

YOU: at home, on the couch, in your jam jams, gin and tonic in hand. It's Friday night and you're flipping through your online dating profile as sexy Jill Scott jams play in the distance.

HIM: dashing, charming, good on paper and seemingly...

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Monogamy is a tricky topic that has continued to pop up in conversation with friends over the years. In my early 20s, it didn't seem feasible. Who wanted to slam the door shut on all sorts of interesting potential partners at such...

The festive season is in full swing! The weather is getting chilly (incessantly rainy), the malls are packed full of holiday shoppers (lunatics), and Santa (some creepy dude) can be spotted at several festive locales throughout the city. Oh Christmas.

Aside from all the...

Five years ago, catching up with my girlfriends over drinks usually meant we would touch upon three pressing topics. Those almighty pillars of conversation when you're in your late 20s are career, dating and sex. Somewhere along the line our conversation has shifted. Pregnancy...

If you've recently entered into a marriage, naturally, the next thing people tend to ask is when you plan on starting a family. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes such and such pushing a baby carriage, right? A seemingly natural progression for...

In my 20s, I spent most weekends club hopping along Vancouver's Granville Street, lining up for hours. I look back on those days and wonder how on earth I had the patience. Now in my 30s, I take a much more refined approach to...

During a recent jaunt to the City of Lights, I allowed myself to do something I had never done before during a trip to Paris... access to the Internet. I'm not big on being connected while I travel and I...