Vancouver, BC Scenes | Winter 2024

April 05, 2025

Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos. Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying. My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again. For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...

Our visit to Vancouver in February was a little grey. It rained on our second day, but I was still able to get some decent shots! Shooting in the rain is no fun, that's a fact. And I even managed to break my camera lens. I shot the photos below with my good old 55 mm lens, and it managed to finally go kaput. The truth it, you can't expect camera gear to last forever. I was just grateful I found out the lens was broken as we were going home, and not at the start of my trip.

The first place we stopped to get some shots was English Bay Beach. This was our first time there and I was excited to photograph the Inukshuk statue. You can read below about this statue. In the summertime, locals love to swim and sunbath at this Vancouver beach.

On the second and last day of our overnight, we walked around Gastown. Unfortunately, it was rainy, so I couldn't get too many photos. But I did walk by a cool alleyway with a view of Vancouver's Lookout Tower. When in Gastown, don't forget to check out the famous Steam clock. This is a fun structure to photograph and an icon in Gastown. While in the neighborhood we ate lunch at Tacofino, which I'll talk about in my next post.