Free cup of DAVIDsTEA - Feb. 29th (Wed.)

Pic from: DavidsTea Facebook

What's your cup of tea? DavidsTea will be giving out free regular size cups of tea on Feb.29th at all their locations. There will be two types of tea on tap.

It's ok if you haven't found your cup of tea because DavidsTea currently offers 135 different teas, according to their Facebook page. They have the traditional teas and you can probably imagine the variety of unique teas that they have. If you do happen to visit them, remember to check out all the tea accessories and merchandise that they hold. I was amused by their products when I first visited.

North African Mint (Looks slightly
darker in the pic than it actually is)

David started DavidsTea in 2008 in Montreal and now there are locations all across North America.  Visit their website for more info and locations.

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Free Menchie's Frozen Yogurt on Grand Opening Day!

Who doesn't love froyo? Who doesn't like free things? Today and tomorrow (Feb. 18 & 19) from 12pm to 5pm, the first Menchie's in Vancouver will be celebrating their grand opening on Cambie (and 7th) with free froyo! Yum + Yum! They are also offering free instant photos with their cute mascot between 2-4pm.

Choose and mix your favourite flavours from caramel apple to cake batter then top it off with a variety of chocolate, nuts, fresh fruits, and popping bobas! You can't go wrong. And you don't have to feel guilty about indulging because it's full of "live and active cultures" even though it tastes just like ice-cream. In fact, while I was there, somebody said "ice-cream" and the manager said that the word "ice-cream" is like a swear word in their shop!

Choose and mix as many flavours as you wish!

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"Man in the SUB" has left UBC

RIP Travers

Last week, the UBC community lost a familiar stranger. If you go to UBC, you would have noticed Travers/Trevor, who sat in the Student Union Building (SUB) almost all the time. I've even heard some refer to him as "Chairbo" or the "man in the SUB" but nobody really knew his story as only a handful spoke to him. He would be always sitting in the same chair and reading the newspaper, everyday. At one time, I wondered why a homeless man would be allowed to stay in the SUB basically all day. Then I wondered, why not? He wasn't disturbing anybody, he wasn't asking for money or food. It's probably because of his quietness that most students did not approach him.

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The Point Grill

I was staying at UBC pretty late so I decided to try The Point Grill on campus. The Point Grill is considered a one of the higher end restaurants on campus and it is located at the Marine Drive residence.  

Turkey wrap with soup ($13)
Salmon burger with fries ($13)  

From this meal, what stood out to me the most was the salmon burger - it was very good! The salmon was flavourful, yet still had the pure salmon taste and it was not dry at all. The turkey wrap was not exceptionally good, but still tasty. However, I did not enjoy the soup very much

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