This document contains two articles. The first article summarizes 5 less touristy places to visit in Vancouver, BC, including Lynn Canyon Park, Lighthouse Park, Commercial Drive, Granville Island, and Kitsilano Beach. The second article describes the author's weekend getaway to Boca Raton, Florida, staying at the Waterstone Resort. It provides details about the resort and recommends several nearby attractions to visit, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Sugar Sand Park, Butterfly World, and the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens.

1. SUNDAY ◆ August 9,2015 ◆ The Tribune
MADE IN THE
SHADE: Author
says gardens
should reflect
climate change.
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Cafe Calabria on Commercial Drive recalls the Vancouver neighborhood’s Italian past.
VACATIONING
IN
VANCOUVER
BY KRISTIN JACKSON
The Seattle Times (TNS)
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tanley Park. Granville Island.
If you’ve been to Vancou-
ver, British Columbia, you’ve
probably been to those two top
spots. But the park’s lovely Seawall
walk and the farmers market can be
jammed with tourists and locals on
summer weekends.
Here are five places a bit less dis-
covered by tourists. You certainly
won’t be alone, but you’ll see a dif-
ferent side of the city.
Most are outdoor-oriented places
since that’s the glory of Vancouver,
which sits amid sparkling waterways
and densely forested mountains and
has preserved envy-inducing public
access, from dozens of miles of sea-
front walks to extensive forest trails.
These five spots are spread
through Greater Vancouver. None
is more than a half-hour drive from
downtown — as long as you avoid
rush-hour traffic.
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The North Shore peaks rise
steeply above the city. Their lower
reaches are cloaked in the sub-
urbs of West Vancouver and North
Vancouver, across the harbor from
downtown, but are laced with big
semi-wilderness parks that edge the
rivers and streams that tumble off
the 4,000-foot mountains.
One of my favorites is Lynn
Canyon Park, a 612-acre park that
stretches along North Vancouver’s
Lynn Creek. Walk the family-friend-
ly, forested loop trails. Wade in
boulder-strewn swimming holes. (I
like the Pipeline Bridge trail, an easy
1.2-mile loop that takes walkers by
the creek and through woods.)
Best of all, to get to the trails you
5 places off the beaten path
Lighthouse Park in
West Vancouver offers
forest trails, seaside
bluffs and big views.
BUTTERFLY WORLD
Livin’ la vida Boca
BY SALLY MOE
Tribune correspondent
THE BED. That’s what my husband
and I called it anyway, as if we were
speaking in all caps. It was a fortress
of plush, escapist comfort during our
weekend stay at the Waterstone Re-
sort & Marina in Boca Raton. We were
ready to buy it on the spot.
A five(ish)-hour drive from the Tam-
pa Bay area and around 30 minutes
north of Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton
offers an altogether different vibe from
other Florida cities. In particular, note
the absence of billboards in the city.
You can thank a strict development
code for that important little detail.
Famous for being tony and exclu-
sive, it might come as a surprise that
families can stay in ultra-tropical Boca
without breaking the bank. (Our re-
sort’s reduced-rates “summer pack-
age” is good well into October. Quite
a generous definition of “summer,”
doncha think?)
Freshly renovated in sleek mid-cen-
tury modern style with a tropical ac-
cent, Waterstone, a DoubleTree by
Hilton resort, puts out the welcome
mat the minute you check in with a
treat of warm-from-the-oven choco-
late chip cookies. So my first line of ad-
vice is this: Live a little. Take the cook-
ies. Their decadent deliciousness will
enjoy a starring role in your vacation
memories. Trust me on this.
With that amazing bed, plus a nice-
ly curated gift shop, a sleek bar, two
excellent waterfront restaurants, a 24-
hour fitness center, waterfront pool,
A colorful lorikeet was spotted at Butterfly World’s Lorikeet Encounter.
A getaway on Florida’s east
coast is filled with fine
things and fun discoveries
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plentiful water sports
and prime location on
the Intercoastal Water-
way, it would be easy to
spend your entire vaca-
tion at the four-diamond
Waterstone — with not a
single regret — but there’s
so much worth seeing in
the surrounding area that
you’ll want to get out and
explore.
A brief drive north of the
resort is a rare gem: The
20-acre Gumbo Limbo
Nature Center is a cooper-
ative project of the city of
Boca Raton, Greater Boca
Raton Beach and Park
District, Florida Atlan-
tic University (FAU), and
Friends of Gumbo Limbo.
Inside, exhibits explore
and illustrate the life cycle
and habitat of sea turtles;
outside, boardwalk trails,
marine aquariums, a but-
terfly garden and more
invite leisurely explora-
tion. There is a wicked
awesome gift shop in the
Welcome Center, FYI.
Less than 10 minutes
north is the nationally ac-
credited Boca Raton Mu-
seum of Art, at the north-
ern end of downtown’s
Mizner Park — an invit-
ing, Mediterranean-style
shopping, dining and
entertainment complex.
Spacious galleries house
permanent and travel-
ing exhibitions of artists,
sculptors and photog-
raphers from all corners
of the globe. Works span
from pre-Columbian to
the 21st century. Docents
host tours daily except
Monday (when the muse-
um is closed). Admission,
already a bargain, is free
the first Sunday of every
month.
Fifteen minutes to the
west is another gem, the
kid-centric Sugar Sand
Park. Open every day
except major holidays,
its 132 acres feature an
indoor gymnasium, the
hands-on Children’s
Science Explorium, the
Willow Theatre, slides,
climbing structures, na-
ture trails and more, plus
a dazzling classic carousel
that offers the ultimate va-
cation photo opp and is a
must to stay ’til dark for.
For sheer enchantment
no matter what your age,
Butterfly World in Coco-
nut Creek is about a half-
hour’s drive southwest.
Retired electrical engineer
Ronald Boender and busi-
ness partner Clive Farrell
turned a mutual love of
butterflies into a magical
attraction that celebrates,
researches and protects
these delicate creatures,
along with a range of
tropical birds and plants.
Features include a lorikeet
encounter; a rainforest
aviary; a botanical gar-
den; an insectarium and
bug zoo; and the Wings of
the World Secret Garden,
which teems with a col-
lection of passion flowers,
almost unearthly in their
beauty.
Around 30 minutes to
the northwest is the Mori-
kami Museum and Jap-
anese Gardens in Delray
Beach, a tranquil haven of
Japanese art and culture.
Rent an audio tour at the
Museum Store, or down-
load a mobile guided tour
for your smartphone from
their website, and follow
the mile-long path that
will carry you through
six gardens represent-
ing styles from the ninth
century to the present.
Cap your visit with some
shopping at the Muse-
um Store and an al fresco
pan-Asian lunch at the
newly renovated Cornell
Cafe (featured on the Food
Channel, no less), over-
looking the main lake and
gardens.
Ten minutes to the
south is Deerfield Beach
Boat Tours, where the Ad-
miral Water Taxi departs
four times a day to ogle
the mammoth yachts and
lavish waterfront homes of
the area’s one-percenters.
Enjoy a relaxing hour of
salt air and warm tropi-
cal breezes with Captain
Dane as you contem-
plate who cleans all those
bathrooms. The Mansion
Cruise departs from the
Two Georges at the Cove
Waterfront Restaurant and
Marina in Deerfield Beach.
With the posh vibe Boca
Raton is known for, it’s
easy to forget the city is
close to the eastern edge
of the Everglades — and
about a 30-minute drive
from Loxahatchee Ever-
glades Tours. Worlds away
from Boca in identity and
tone, this eco-friendly en-
terprise will give you the
classic airboat tour of the
River of Grass on one of
their fleet of eight airboats.
You could see alligators,
along with numerous oth-
er denizens of the pro-
tected natural treasure,
including ibis, red-shoul-
dered hawks, egrets and
blue herons; and you will
get an education about
what makes this ecosys-
tem so important to the
health of our state. As
well as a potent reminder
of what makes getaways
to new places so import-
ant to your own health …
and sense of joy. Take the
plunge — live la vida Boca.
Just remember to accept
the cookies.
Boca
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GUMBO LIMBO NATURE CENTER
WATERSTONE RESORT AND MARINA
Boca Landing, Waterstone’s fine dining restaurant, is upscale, yet casual and relaxed,
with views of the water and dishes to die for.
Housed
under a
wood-beamed
pavilion, a
shallow-water
tank rep-
resents Flor-
ida’s coastal
mangroves.
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