Archives for May 2013

#WhiteRock Beach is OPEN for FUN all Long Weekend

May 16, 2013 12: 00 pm

LONG-WEEKEND

Visitors from India and Surrey, BC give White Rock Beach 2 thumbs UP!

Lucky and Sugar-toes met some visitors to the White Rock Beach pier from Taiwan and Vancouver.

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Lucky & Sugar-toes tour the 2013 Heroes Lottery #WhiteRock Dream Home

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POSTCARD RETAILERS

https://whiterockbeach.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Sean-Christie-03.jpgBring your camera and get some COOL photos for Twitter, Facebook, etc

 

burnaby-familyJPGIf we meet you at the beach, we can grab a group photo with our mascots Lucky & Sugar-toes for our site. You can post these photos to your Facebook or Twitter, etc.

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Why #WhiteRock Beach is the LUCKIEST place on the west coast!

May 14, 2013 12: 53 pm

Lucky & Sugar-toes welcome you to our site about White Rock Beach in Beautiful British Columbia and the surrounding area. We plan to feature articles and photos of interest about things to see and do in the lower mainland area of BC and in Washington State.

 

White Rock Beach White Rock, British Columbia Canada

The single big WHITE ROCK, that gives the community its name White Rock Beach, is located on the beach near the pier on Semiahmoo Bay between Blaine in Washington State and White Rock in British Columbia, Canada.

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It is a unique attraction on its own and comes with its own interesting folklore. Nineteenth-century sailors used this rock as a beacon. The White Rock is visable while entering customs coming into Canada from across the bay. The sight of a single large white rock on a beach is a rare find, and when something is rare, it is often associated with LUCK. Some people even claim to have had luck on the lottery by rubbing their tickets on the 486-tonne boulder resting on the beach. White Rock Beach is the waterfront area of the City of White Rock in the southwest corner of the lower mainland of British Columbia, bordering Washington State.
White Rock Beach is less than 2 hours north of Seatle Washington. The White Rock Beach district runs along Marine Drive and includes a 2.5 km waterfront promenade that overlooks the warm, shallow waters of Semiahmoo Bay. The actual city of White Rock is 45 minutes from Vancouver, BC and minutes from the Canada/USA border. The city dates back to the turn of the 20th century (1900) and has a population of 18,755.(2006).
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The area is shared by walkers and joggers of all ages, as well as various wildlife creatures, from gulls and other water birds to rabbits, marmots, seals, and bald eagles. The alternating tides, sunrises, and sunsets provide photographers and artists with fresh daily imagery.
The beautiful sunrises overlooking Mount Baker in Washington State and sunsets overlooking the White Rock pier add to the diversity in imagery. As one long-time permanent resident remarked, “Each sunrise and sunset is different, and I never get tired of looking at them.”
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White Rock Beach enjoys far more days of sunshine than the rest of the lower BC mainland. White Rock Beach is also known as “the hole in the sky” by pilots flying overhead who’ve remarked that while often the rest of the lower mainland is under cloud cover, the sky over White Rock is clear, sunny, and cloud free. With the businesses and houses in the area built into the hillside overlooking the water, the White Rock Beach area is often referred to as the Riviera of the west coast (of Canada).
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The famous White Rock pier is 1,500 feet long and a favorite tourist spot that often forms the backdrop for wedding photos. Local residents love to stroll along the promenade and out to the end of the pier. Walkers and joggers love to walk right to the end and slap the top railing before heading back to shore — all part of their daily exercise program. The trains that pass through the White Rock Beach area on the railroad tracks running along the promenade by the beach add a distinctive charm to the district. The annual New Year’s Day polar bear swim helps add to the year-round excitement of being in White Rock Beach.

…..WARNING: White Rock Beach Syndrome may develop by visiting White Rock Beach, which includes NOT wanting to leave and wanting to take up residence here.

  

 

These are some of the current White Rock Beach & Crescent Beach greeting cards retailers that we maintain the cards, meaning BEST SELECTION :
    1. WhiteRockBeach.ca- Buy Online - We ship worldwide
    2. The White Rock Beach Gallery - Waterfront Promenade Gallery – (weather permitting)
    3. Mr White Rock - Ric Wallace 604-259-0105 - VISA, MasterCard, Debit & CASH
    4. Beaches Swimwear 14885 Marine Drive, White Rock BC V4B 1C2
    5. Sunnyside Evergreen Pharmacy - 2397 King George Blvd. Surrey BC V4A 5A4
    6. Pier Souvenirs  - 14969 Marine Drive, White Rock BC V4B 1C3
NOTE: Some retailers will have limited Greeting card selections due to space. Please support the above local businesses that support our efforts. arrow-bar[1]
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These are some of the current White Rock Beach & Crescent Beach greeting cards retailers that we maintain the cards, meaning BEST SELECTION :

  1. WhiteRockBeach.ca - Buy Online - We ship worldwide.

  2. The White Rock Beach Gallery - Waterfront Promenade Gallery – Artist Walk Outside (weather permitting)
  3. Mr White Rock - 604-259-0105 - Purchase directly from Ric Wallace - VISA, MasterCard, debit or Cash
  4. Beaches Swimwear 14885 Marine Drive, White Rock BC V4B 1C2
  5. Sunnyside Evergreen Pharmacy 2397 King George Blvd. Surrey BC V4A 5A4
NOTE: Some retailers will have limited postcard selections due to space. Please support the above local businesses that support our efforts. arrow-bar[1]

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The Black Pearl Asian Fusion Restaurant in #Bellingham, WA is a real treasure for your taste buds!

May 7, 2013 1: 20 pm

black-pearl-WA-01While on a trip to Bellingham, WA looking for treasure at various stores and shopping at Fred Meyer’s — not to mention saving usually over 40 cents a litre on gas alone — Captain Lucky caught, out of his right eye, a sign for the BLACK PEARL Asian Fusion Restaurant. With Black Pearls being rare and associated with LUCK, as prized by pirates, Captain Lucky thought they should check this place out. Having shopped for about 3 hours we were super hungry.

www.blackpearlbellingham.com

black-pearl-WA-02Lucky wolfed down the Vermicelli Rice Noodle Bowl with Grilled Chicken & Grilled Shrimp. He wanted to ask for a straw to clean his bowl, but Sugar-toes said, “No!”

black-pearl-WA-04The Black Pearl Asian Infusion restaurant has opened its third location in Bellingham, on Bakerview Rd near Fred Meyer’s.

White Rock BC Photo Restoration Ric Wallace can bring FADED or partially lost PHOTOS back to LIFE
Old, torn and sometimes photos in two or more pieces can be restored to their original state or better. Ric Wallace does a high resolution scan from your original image and electronically uses a computer to do the retouching and corrections. High quality photographic prints can be obtained from the computer file. The computer file can be supplied on CD/ DVD, USB, or downloaded from the internet to ensure exact copies can be made for years to come, with no loss in quality like prints made from negatives which will degrade over time.

black-pearl-WA-03Sugar-toes found the Chicken Teriyaki with a side salad and vermicelli noodles to be yummy.

black-pearl-WA-05With clean plates and full bellies, our two Squirrel mascots felt truly LUCKY to have found our new favorite restaurant in Bellingham, WA. If you wonder how two small squirrels can consume so much food and not put on weight, we do a lot of cardio walking up the Oxford Street hill at White Rock Beach.

black-pearl-WA-06With Captain Lucky being the first Pirate and Sugar-toes the first squirrel wearing pearls to walk through the doors at this new location, the owner Laila, chef Mario and server Sara posed for a group photo.  As Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “I’ll be back!”

If you visit this restaurant let them know you are friends of Captain Lucky & Sugar-toes, the WhiteRockBeach.ca mascots. This was a FREE posting for the restaurant and NOT a paid advertisement. The empty plates show we loved the food and we paid for our meal. If you are a restaurant that has good food, or a business with good products or services you can be mentioned on here for FREE.

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Buying our postcards online or at retailers helps feed the lottery Squirrels of White Rock Beach.

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