Our local beach is at the foot of Macdonald Street; you can be there in two minutes (and run back to the Inn for your camera).

When not beachcombing, you can - among other things - get a tan, pick up a souvenir for your cat or dog, drop off your dry-cleaning, choose an organic apple, get your hair cut, order new eye glasses, browse in an art gallery, try on a Renaissance bridal gown, have a trophy engraved, buy an orchid, pick out a new board game, purchase a bottle of wine, get a massage, buy a computer, have a painting framed, shop for bathing suits, select a skateboard, sign up for diving lessons and gas up your car in our immediate neighbourhood.

Restaurants you can walk to in under five minutes...

Oakwood Bistro, Q4, Wired Monk Coffee Bistro, Cornerstone Coffee Bar, Healthy Noodle House, Naam, Momento Coffee House, Darby Dawes Pub,  Rainbow Sushi, Big Johnny’s Pizza, China Kitchen, Café Régalade, Topanga Café, Jolly's Indian Bistro, Flying Tiger, Sushi Nan, Café Zucchero, and Milestones.

Tatlow Park with its woods and creek is half a block away from the Corkscrew Inn.

There you'll find free public tennis courts (racquets to borrow are in the upstairs hall wardrobe).

Snow in Vancouver is rare and magical.