Viva Las Vegas!

Looking to take a vacation in August or September? Want to go somewhere that the daytime temperature could set you on fire? What if you were guaranteed to never have to go outside during daylight hours? Sounds good to me! Although, personally, I’ll take my chances of bursting into flames while I try to get a tan…

Lazy girls like to lie by the pool and drink frosty beverages from colourful cups… Las Vegas here I come!

WestJet has a few flight deals, where you can get hotel & flight from $500 (this includes taxes, people!). Check out www.westjet.com.

Lazy Girls Enjoying the World

No travel plans in the near future? You wanted to make some? Why not go check out LA! Flight Centre (www.flightcentre.ca) is advertising return tickets to LA or Las Vegas for $99. Seriously, that is worth checking out.

They’ve also got tickets to the big T.O. for only $199 (presumably that’s before you add the horrendous taxes, etc that get tagged onto tickets in Canada). But why go to Toronto for $199 when you can go to London for only $299? Really, what’s the point.

So I’ll see you in London on my week off…

Other Lazy Girls

I just had a go of trying to google my blog. You could call it vanity, but then on the other hand I’m pretty sure I’m still my only reader. I’m still figuring out this blogging deal, so that’s probably par for the course. Maybe one day I’ll have a loyal following and maybe even a fan club. The members could have laminated member cards with a picture of my face…

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. I mean, I’ll have to become photogenic first. Maybe a makeover and some airbrushing.

At any rate, I’ve googled “lazy girl Vancouver” to see what comes up.

Apparently there are some lazy designers in Ohio. I’m not sure why they came up in my search, but they probably ship to Vancouver. They even make something called Bag-E-Bottoms. I got very excited thinking they would be hideous pants, but alas, they are plastic discs for making purses. I would just like to point out that lazy girls BUY their purses instead of MAKING them. www.lazygirldesigns.com

There is also a lazy girl’s guide to Pacific Rim national park (http://www.hereorthere.com/members/alexandra/experience/801). Which I didn’t make. I have been there, but I went surfing, so that disqualifies it from “lazy” in my mind.

Apparently there’s also a book, The Lazy Girl’s guide to Good Sex. I didn’t write that. Too lazy to do all the research and write the book. Well, just the book-writing part. I suppose the research would be pretty fun.

At any rate, I don’t think there are any other lazy girls writing about this city and filling you in on all the fun, lazy things to do. So I win for that category.

What's a Lazy Girl To Do This Summer?

We seem to have determined that I will not be spending my time this summer at any concerts. (Although it should be noted that if you would like to sponsor me to go to the Pemberton Festival I am still accepting offers at ms.michelle.mara@gmail.com).

So what should I do instead? I’m sure I can find some great things to do! The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Vancouver is here to help you if you’re in the same boat as me. Or if you just don’t like any of the bands that I listed in my last blog entry.

Where on earth should you turn to find some fun activities in Vancouver? I have a few favourites:

First, check the Georgia Straight newspaper. It comes out weekly, on Thursdays, and seems to cover the city’s events pretty thoroughly. You can get a Georgia Straight on a street corner downtown, at Skytrain stations, and at most music stores. You can also check out their website at www.straight.com. Enjoy!

In Vancouver seems to have a fairly comprehensive list, as well, but it’s not quite as easy to read as some others: http://www.vancouver-bc.com/Events/.

Tourism Vancouver has an interactive event calendar on their website: http://www.tourismvancouver.com/visitors/events.php. This would probably be a good one to check out if you live here, too, because sometimes it’s nice to pretend to be a tourist in your own town. Often there are things to see that you’ve never seen (unless you had relatives in from out-of-town and took them to see). For example, I’ve never been to the Capilano Suspension Bridge. Could be fun!

If you’re into wine and wine-related events, you can check out LocalWineEvents.com: http://www.localwineevents.com/Greater-Vancouver--BC-Wine/.

Another one for wine fans is Wine and Dine BC News: http://www.wineanddinebcnews.ca/index.php?fid=eventcalendar. Do enjoy!

If you’ve got little ones, you can check out this website that will find you some fun family events. I won’t be at these, ever, because screaming brats terrify me, but if that’s your kind of thing you should embrace it: http://www.findfamilyfun.com/eventthismonth.htm.

If you can’t find something to do on the above sites, then you should either go to the beach or go have a drink on a patio. Otherwise, I really can’t help you. You even have to google those yourselves, I’m not here to help.