Reasons We Love New Westminster
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How does your Ultimate New West Shop Hop passport look??? One more weekend left to complete your passport for a chance to win some prizes!!

We're loving our next 'Rundown' participant's answers, the loveable Stephen Carl O'shea (https://www.facebook.com/stephencarloshea/) gives us his rundown responses. Bass player for YOU SAY PARTY, Executive Director of The Arts Council of New Westminster, extreme NewWestie, and may be found hugging concrete. INSTAGRAM: Fulfilling my love of architecture, modernism, and lots of concrete, I follow Socialist Modernism (http://www.instagram.com/socialistmodernism) for their unique... perspective on TWITTER: For all things local #NewWest, the go-to source remains @PJNewWest (twitter.com/pjnewwest). Model Councillor, provocative rabble-rouser aka Patrick Johnstone HEALTH HACK: Drink more water, you're likely not drinking enough. And neither am I. FAVOURITE THINK ABOUT MY NEIGHBOURHOOD: Old Crow Coffee Co. (http://oldcrowcoffeeco.com/), perfect hole-in-the-wall coffee shop on Front Street. My favourite place for meetings or just on my own. MUSIC: I'm always recommending this album. One of my favourite bands is Do Make Say Think (official). Their album Goodbye Enemy Airship, The Landlord Is Dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWAGmn50m04) is a perfect slap of instrumental post-rock. Canadian too! WHAT I'M READING: Amity by Nasreen Pejvak (https://www.inanna.ca/catalog/amity/), President of Royal City Literary Arts Society (https://rclas.com/) and Finalist for the 2016 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. FAVORITE LOCAL EATS: Can't stop going back to Re-Up BBQ for their breakfast sandwich. I order my egg "Over Hard" to avoid the hot yolk splash and go with the sausage. Delicious any time of day....AND THAT BISCUIT! NETFLIX: Tired of listening to all those Western scales? Get out of your normal and explore "Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam" (https://www.netflix.com/watch/70105236) WHAT I'M DOING: Busy working with Arts Council of New Westminster (www.acnw.ca) coming up with new and exciting ways to bring the arts to New Westminster. Want to do something different? Let's collaborate! HIDDEN SPOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD: It won't be there for much longer but don't miss the pop-up outdoor art gallery along the fence between the train tracks and the parking lot near Begbie Street. (https://goo.gl/maps/yGrLw7kDSnS2)

There is always something going on in the Great City of New Westminster! Sometimes we wonder if local residents even know half the things that are going on during the week....... If you love locally hand made items, you've gots to check out this weeks New West Craft market at the River Market in the Quay. Lots of local food and drinks too! Re-Up BBQ Mid-Century Modern HOME bunches & blooms Canteen & Supply Shnoo and the Pachooch

This is a true reminder of the collaborative businesses of New Westminster! Starting Friday take advantage of the sales from three different neighbourhood groups! Sapperton, Downtown New Westminster, and Uptown New Westminster have come together for the Ultimate New West Shop Hop. "Three districts will UNITE to encourage New West Residents to support their local merchants and discover their unique offerings." You'll be surprised of the offerings throughout our little city! Ma...ke sure to grab a shopping passport for your chance to win one of three prize packs valued at $500. Which shops will you plan to visit?? You should plan to visit them all! Hive City Mila & Paige Fratelli Bakery Barley's Homebrewing Supplies Russian Spoon Bakery Michelle Dupré Design & Company. - Design With Confidence The Bloom Bloom Room Flower Studio Cadeaux Boutique & Day Spa Old Crow Coffee Co. Brick & Mortar Living Mid-Century Modern HOME Good Omen Bosleys in New Westminster LOFTY LIVING Gathered Roots Community Acupuncture and more......

Have you ever been to a show by Vagabond Players at The Bernie Legge Theatre ?? If not, it might be because the Legge theatre/building is almost hidden in Queens Park. If you've been before, tell us what you saw!