Grooster Blog: July 2011

Thanks so much to everyone who played in our Photo Scavenger Hunt leading up to and at the Khatsahlano Street Festival this past weekend. We love supporting the local businesses in Vancouver and are super excited to be working with the merchants along West 4th Avenue.

The Grand Prize winner was Megan H.  Megan won a prize pack including:

• Brow treatment from Bombay Brow Bar
• $25 gift certificate to Romer's Burger Bar
• Boot liners and a 20% off card at Gumdrops
• A necklace and 10% off any purchase from Spank Clothing  
• $100 Photo package from Cherish Bryck Photography
• $750 Gift certificate to use at RayBen Motors
• $50 credit at Grooster!

Tricia A, Ashley K, Janet C. won $25 Gift Certificates for Romer's Burger Bar.
Christina N. and Marianne B. won the Vancouver Cooks cookbook courtesy of Grooster.

Congratulations to all of our winners and  HUGE thank you to all of our contest Sponsors!
See the answers to the Scavenger Hunt HERE.

Labels: Festival, Kitsilano, Prizes

Most of us love our morning coffee. Each morning, soon after rolling out of bed, we flick on the cappuccino machine for the best latte of the day. Recently, our machine was in need of a little repair and cleaning and we found the coffee machine experts at Espressotec in Richmond.


Espressotec is tucked away along Vulcan Road in a place you wouldn't normally stumble across.  They have been selling and servicing the best home and commercial coffee machines in the lower mainland for over 12 years. 


Espressotec will help you choose the best machine and grinder to support your coffee drinking habit. Whether you are looking for a manual, semi or super-automatic machine, let these seasoned coffee aficionados help you select from great options by Gaggia, Pavoni, Jura, Saeco, and more.


Hesitant to bite the bullet and buy a proper home espresso machine? Use the Espresso Machine Affordability Calculator and see that it can pay for itself in a matter of months.


Lattes, cappuccinos, and americanos - oh my!  This it the kind of 'bottoms up' we need to start our day.  -- LR 

Labels: Coffee, Richmond, Shopping

Khatsahlano, the West 4th Avenue Music and Art Street Festival, is coming up this Saturday, July 23 from 11 - 6pm.  

To celebrate, we're having a Photo Scavenger Hunt!
In conjunction with Cherish Bryck Photography, we've scoured West 4th for some great products. We've posted photos of the products and now it's your turn to guess where we found them.  


We'll  be giving away prizes, including a "Best of West 4th Ave" prize pack, valued at over $1000. To enter, simply do one or all of the following:

1. Participate in the Photo Scavenger Hunt -Guess the shops on West 4th Avenue where these products can be found:enter your guesses HERE.
2. Subscribe to Grooster this week (www.grooster.com) or at the Grooster booth this Saturday at the Khatsalano Street Festival.
3. Tweet :  "Play in the Grooster Photo Scavenger Hunt #KhatsahlanoStreetFestival. Shop Locally! http://ow.ly/5HsFd"
4. Comment: Add this comment "Grooster sent me here to win!" on the Cherish Bryck Photography blog.

The person with the closest answer will win a fantastic 'Best of West 4th Prize Pack' valued at over $1000!!  Be sure to visit us at the Khatsahlano Street Festival this Saturday for more chances to win!!

PLAY in the GROOSTER PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT

Khatsahlano Street Festival information:

Labels: Grooster, Kitsilano, Prizes

We also promised to pick three winners of $50 worth of Grooster Dollars so here goes…Congratulations to Gladys, Diana, and Peter! We hope you enjoy some great Grooster deals on us!

Labels: Grooster, Prizes