Archive for June 3rd, 2008

Earlier this week I told you how to get good concert tickets.

One of the tips was getting on presale lists. Join fan clubs, register with ticket sellers, or be season ticket holders for the sports team at the venue where acts perform.

I’m on a House of Blues mailing list and got the info for a couple of the big concerts that go on sale this weekend.

Here’s the info you need to get Janet Jackson or Hedley tickets before the general public:

Janet Jackson - Rock Witchu Tour at General Motors Place
internet presale info
start: Thu, Jun 5 @ 10:00am
end: Fri, Jun 6 @ 10:00pm
public onsale: Sat, June 7 @ 10:00am
password: concert

Hedley with guests at Orpheum Theatre
internet presale info
start: Wed, Jun 4 @ 10:00am
end: Thu, Jun 5 @ 10:00pm
public onsale: Fri, June 6 @ 10:00am
password: concert

By being an Ice Pak holder with the Vancouver Canucks, I got access to another presale password. If CONCERT doesn’t work for your Janet Jackson pre-buy, try LUV during the same Janet prebuy times listed above.

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There used to be a Hooters in Vancouver, on Robson St., right in the heart of the tourist centre of downtown Vancouver - it didn’t last.

I don’t know if it had anything to do with the Earls across the street, or the Cactus Club down the block, but really when it comes to titillation and hot wings, the market is cornered in Vancouver.

Toss in Joey Tomatoes and .. well .. it was a fight that was never going to be won by the blonde siliconed wannabe cheerleaders from down south.

We took Z out for his first real restaurant meal on Sunday night. He was 1 and he could handle a high chair and picking off Mom and Dad’s plates - his first big boy meal.

Jen and I are fans of the Cactus Club, and while we couldnt dig into the new menu offerings from Chief Food Architect Rob Feenie (we had to think of Z’s diet options) we did have a fun night on the patio staring at the girls in their tight tops and short skirts trying to avoid personal wardrobe malfunctions.

Yes, Hooters never had a chance to succeed in Vancouver, because while it offers blatant sexiness, Vancouver’s upscale casual eateries have been serving upscale sexiness for decades.

It’s kind of embarassing, actually.

It hits you the moment you walk into any Joeys, Cactus or Earls - a harem of hostesses, all dressed in black, all long tressed, all over made up, all plunged down to there and hiked up to here. The poor things try so hard to be sexy and then spend the whole night tugging on their seams to avoid showing too much. In the end they just look awkward and uncomfortable.

Then again, I’m just an old man now, and should stick to the Pantry and White Spot for my son’s big boy nights out to a restaurant.

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