living naturally 2012 at whole foods robson

I'm thrilled to announce that on Sunday September 16th at 12:30 to 1:30 pm, I will be doing a Green Smoothie and a Gourmet Smoothie demo on stage at the Living Naturally Fair, hosted by Whole Foods Robson.  Enjoy all-natural and organic samples from over 50 vendors plus living music, the chef stage and activities for children.

Here's a list of all the other chefs that will be doing demo's:

Saturday September 15th
11 am to noon - Derek Sarno
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm - Lucritia Schanfarber
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Eden Macdonald
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Tricia Sedgwick

Sunday September 16th
11 am to noon - Andrea Potter
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm - Suzanne Serwatuk, ME!
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm - Lindsay Christianson
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm - Julia Spitale

Hope to see you there!

Juicy Suzy

tasting plates (& cups!) kitsilano september 12

Tantalize your taste buds at 10 Kitsilano restaurants!  This evening tasting extravaganza goes from 6 pm until 9 pm and is presented by Vancouver Foodster.

Each restaurant will be serving up Tasting Plates, and in the Juice Caboose's case - Tasting CUPS! for guests to enjoy.  Guests will have a chance to visit many different restaurants throughout the evening, meet some new food loving friends, meet the chefs and learn about each of the participating restaurants.

::  Vegetarian options will be available at many of the participating restaurants.

::  Bring along a friend or two, your significant other, your family or come solo.

::  A food networking dinner event connecting Vancouver's vibrant food community.

::  Visit each of the participating restaurants at your leisure by bike, moped, car, transit, walking, roller skates, skateboarding or carpooling.

$3 from each ticket purchased will go to support Farm Folk/City Folk.

Registration:  Chocolate Arts, 1620 West 3rd Avenue.  This is where you will show your printed or digital tickets and will pick up your Tasting Plates Cards.

Purchase tickets via Eventbrite HERE.

Participating Restaurants:

Atithi Indian Cuisine, 2445 Burrard Street

The Bibo, 1835 West 4th

Pete's Meat Butcher Shop & Deli, 2817 Arbutus Street

Gramercy Grill, 2685 Arbutus Street

Rocky Mountain Flatbread Co., 1876 West 1st Avenue

Thai House, 1766 West 7th Avenue

Chocolate Arts, 1620 West 3rd Avenue

Establishment, 3162 West Broadway

Juice Caboose, Arbutus between 10th and 11th

Vancouver Olive Oil Company, 2571 West Broadway

Tickets are $30 per person before September 7th, $100 for 4 pak of tickets or $125 for a 6 pak.  (Beverages are included at some restaurants which will be noted, you are welcome to purchase additional alcohol or non-alcohol beverages at participating restaurants).  All tickets must be purchased in advance, online.

Hope to see you there!

Juicy Suzy

garlic festival :: sunday august 19

raw chocolate avocado pudding parfait

Thanks to all the incredible folks that drank from the Caboose this wonderfully sunny long weekend at the Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver.  What an awesome event that I'm almost positive you will find us at again next year!  The festival is still running daily this week until Sunday so if you missed out you still have a chance to check out the fabulous artisans and music that is on display.  If you are looking for refreshing beverages you will have to go elsewhere though!  Juice Caboose is back on the road this week.  Check out our 2012 schedule page, the Juice Caboose Facebook Page of events or better yet get the free Street Food App for this weeks details!

After an awesome and exhausting weekend, I've headed straight into the test kitchen.  My 5 year old and main taste tester approved of our breakfast this morning:  Raw Chocolate Avocado Pudding Parfait.  YUM!  We parfaited it with some raw Kaia Chocolate Buckwheat Granola and Bananas.  If you are interested in trying some of the Kaia products which I really enjoy, I can just munch on the granola by itself, you can find them at Whole Foods in the snacky snacky isle.  And speaking of Whole Foods (cheesy segway!) Juice Caboose will be there this Saturday at the Park Royal location in West Vancouver and it is my strong wish and hope there will be free sampling of a potential new menu item for the Caboose.  So please come, if not to sample some free yummies, to at least keep yourself hydrated in all this awesome sun and summer we are so blessed to be having!

Juicy Suzy

harmony arts festival

Harmony Arts Festival is a lively festival along West Vancouver's waterfront produced by the District of West Vancouver.  Every summer for the past 22 years locals and guests from across the Lower Mainland have come to relax, enjoy and take in the arts, the music and the visual diversity that is Harmony Arts.

Juice Caboose will be at the Harmony Arts Festival in West Vancouver this BC Day Long Weekend from Friday August 3rd to Monday August 6th in John Lawson Park.  John Lawson Park is the site of the West Vancouver Community Foundation Main Stage and the western edge of the Art Market.  Enjoy a great a great meal and live performances at any point during the festival as well as outdoor films on Friday and Saturday night.  Check out the schedule here. 

Harmony Arts Festival is a free event.  Hope to see you there!

Juicy Suzy

friday night market - shipbuilders plaza north vancouver

Super excited for tonight!  The North Shore Green Markets Friday Night Market at the Shipbuilders Plaza opens up tonight for the summer.  I've heard rave reviews about this night market from so many sources, I'm super excited to be included.  There is a great list of food trucks that will be there tonight plus artisans, vendors and live music!  I believe this will be the reliable, go-to Friday night event of the summer, and wouldn't you know there's great weather for it in our immediate future.  I really hope to see you there!  Support everything awesome and local about Vancouver at this great market!

Juicy Suzy

ambleside market

Sunday's from 10-3 is the Ambleside Farmer's Market in West Vancouver.  It's just around the corner from Ambleside beach and is located at Bellevue and 13th, behind the Police Station.  Juice Caboose will mostly be there rotating Sunday's with Kits on alternates.  For the most part!  Please check our schedule link for updates.  I've booked a couple of events that will be affecting Sunday's this summer.  The main things to remember about Ambleside Market is - awesome market and next to the beach.  Let me repeat - NEXT TO THE BEACH!  Make a day of it.  I know I would.  I specifically chose this market for it's closeness TO THE BEACH!  What goes better with the beach than fresh juices and delicious smoothies?  

Exactly!

Juicy Suzy

more market openings

Main Street Market opens up today!  It's my favourite market, visually.  The old train station in the back and park in the front.  It's like a mullet - business on top and party in the back.  We're excited to make this one of our regular markets this summer.  We will be at Main Street almost every other week into the fall.

Tomorrow is also the opening market for the Royal City Farmer's Market in New Westminster.  Looking forward to our first day there.  I've never been to that market as a customer or vendor so I'm a little nervous and excited balled into one.  It has an awesome list of vendors, so I know we're in good company and assuming it's a great market to be at.

Hope to juice for your there!

Juicy Suzy

saturday june 2nd at whole foods west vancouver

juicy goodies

Don't forget, if you don't have any plans for Sunday May 27th, the Sheep Shearing Festival is happening at Maplewood Farm from 10 am - 4 pm and the Juice Caboose will be celebrating its 1st Year since opening at last years festival.  There are two prizes to be won.  The main prize is the Onyx Stainless Steel Popsicle Mold and Straw set with 2 Juice Caboose Drink Certificates and the other prize is the Mummy and Me Ruffled Apron Set from the Enchanted Chameleon.  (Ballots are handed out per purchase).

Also, Enchanted Chameleon is still hosting a giveaway for a couple of Juice Caboose drinks.  Just click here and comment.  Winner will be announced on Monday.

Have an awesome weekend!

Juicy Suzy

1 year celebration

Sunday May 27th is the 32nd Annual Maplewood Farm Sheep Shearing Festival AND the 1 Year Celebration of Juice Caboose.  

The farmer's are planning a fun-filled day with demonstrations of sheep shearing, sheep dog herding, wool crafts from Baaad Anna's, face painting, pony rides, vendors and JRFM Radio will be broadcasting live from the Farm.

Juice Caboose also plans to celebrate and add a little something extra special to the mix.  Every juicy or smoothie customer will receive a ballot to fill out for a chance to win a juicy gift basket from the Caboose.  The gift basket includes:  an ONYX Stainless Steel Popsicle Mold, ONYX Stainless Steel Straws, free drinks from the Caboose and some homemade goodies from the Enchanted Chameleon.

We're so proud to have made it to 1 year.  They say that the first 2 years of a small business are the hardest and I assure you 'they' don't lie!  1 year is a great achievement.  We are very much looking forward to year 2 in all it's glory.  Thanks to all our juicy customers, fans, friends, family and followers for helping us make it through our first milestone!

Can't make it to the event?  You can still win some free bevvies from the Enchanted Chameleon.  Just post what you love about the rain in her comments on this post.

Don't forget we open up the North Shore Green Markets Wednesday May 23rd and Thursday May 24th!  Check their site for details.

Juicy Suzy

north shore green markets

Hey Juicy Friends.  Hope you had an enjoyable long, holiday weekend to spite the rain.  We had some wishful drinkers at the opening of Kits Market on Sunday finding their sunshine in our cups instead of the sky.  We'll be continuing with our new market schedule this week with the opening of two North Shore Green Markets on Wednesday and Thursday.  These will also be a rotating schedule for the Caboose most of the summer, with alternate markets on Wednesday and Thursday starting in June.  You can always know our schedule via Facebook or the 2012 Schedule on our site.

Don't forget that we will be at the Maplewood Farm Sheep Festival this coming Sunday and we will be doing a giveaway to celebrate our 1 year anniversary of opening at the Festival last year.  Also check in on our 'Mama' Blog the Enchanted Chameleon for some juicy giveaways as well!

Wednesday May 23rd at the Civic Centre in North Vancouver 11 - 6 pm

Thursday May 24th at the North Vancouver District Library 11 - 6 pm

kitsilano farmer's market

Market season begins for the Juice Caboose this coming Sunday May 20th at our favourite Vancouver Market spot - Kits Market.  Lucky are those that have already been out to the Trout Lake Market this past weekend, it was an outrageously beautiful weekend to kick off the summer market season of 2012!!

Juice Caboose will be getting juicy at the Kits Market on mostly rotating Sunday's this summer.  The Kits Market hours are from 10 am to 2 pm on Sunday's at Larch and 10th in the Kitsilano Community Centre parking lot.  Always look for us next to the children's water park.  To confirm where we will be each day check back with our Schedule link on the blogsite or Like us on Facebook for the current list of events and markets that are booked for the season.

**Our schedule may change throughout the season so please always check back for updates**


Super excited to kick off the season this Sunday.  Hope to be juicing for you at a market somewhere near you!

XO
Juicy Suzy

make it! the handmade revolution

It's never to early this weekend to make plans for next weekend!

Shop for one-of-a-kind handmade items from over 110 of Canada's hottest urban artisans, designers and crafters!  Make It fuses indie shopping, a fully licensed bar and live music from up-and-coming local musicians to create a dynamic, upbeat experience!  There will be something for everyone from fashion, accessories, art, jewelry (check out our friend Mary and her awesome collection of Clutch Jewels), baby items, home decor and stuff for the guys!

Another great reason to come to Make It is to try out the fabulous FOOD CARTS! that will be selling delicious and healthy treats all weekend.  No reason to have a grumbling tummy while you shop!

Interested in saving 60% off the entrance fee for Make It?  Check out Ethical Deal for Make It deal of the day.  Get entrance for two for a total of $4 instead of $10!  

Hope to juice for you there!  

Juicy Suzy

easter event at maplewood farm

Juice Caboose will be at Maplewood Farm this Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Easter Bunny!  

We'll also be celebrating one year in business on Sunday May 27th at Maplewood Farm's Sheep Festival.  

Regular admission rates apply.  Juice Caboose is CASH ONLY and there is no ATM at the farm.

Juicy Suzy

winter farmer's market 2012

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This Saturday is our first Market of 2012!  Please come out to Nat Bailey Stadium for the Winter Farmer's Market.  Stock your fridge with local produce and enjoy other delicious treats local vendors like the JUICE CABOOSE!!  We will be there rain or shine!  I will have my eye on the weather this week and will do my best to provide a well suited Smoothie of the Day to fuel you in whatever comes.

We have 3 other dates booked for the Winter Market until it wraps up in April.  Please check out the Juice Caboose schedule to confirm which Saturday's we will be there.    

See you there!

Juicy Suzy

juice caboose at whole foods park royal

Two good reasons to come out:

1.  All the money from sales is going to a non profit organization where all administrative fees are paid by the corporation of Whole Foods not the non profit Whole Planet Foundation and therefore 100% of money raised goes to alleviating poverty and continues to alleviate poverty.

2.  Whole Foods is taking a chance on a awesome local company that is strongly committed to the environment, community, small businesses and women!  

The goodness that goes around comes around!

Come drink some juice or smoothies on Saturday March 10th and 24th from 12 - 4 pm at Whole Foods Park Royal.

Juicy Suzy

whole planet foundation

Juice Caboose will be at the Whole Foods Park Royal Store Saturday March 10th and 24th from 12-4 pm serving up delicious fresh pressed juices and smoothies with 100% of the proceeds going to the Whole Planet Foundation.  

Whole Planet Foundation is a cause that the Juice Caboose is very proud to be supporting.  Whole Planet Foundation's mission is poverty alleviation in developing-world communities where Whole Foods Market sources products.  Through microcredit loans, they seek to unleash the energy and creativity of every human being they work with in order to create wealth and prosperity in emerging economies.  Most of the clients are women and there is a 97% repayment rate.  

As a mama, woman and entrepreneur I support this cause 100%.  Every single penny raised goes into microcredit loans and stays in the loans.  All administrative costs of running the foundation are paid out by Whole Foods Market.  All money raised for the Foundation goes into the loans and continues to finance the loans.  

We hope to see you there.  We will be trying out some new smoothie concoctions!  Come and try them out and support a great cause!

Juicy Suzy

~ maplewood farm great pumpkin event ~

Our last event of the season before the Juice Caboose goes into hibernation for the winter is coming up THIS SUNDAY OCTOBER 30th at Maplewood Farm in North Vancouver from 10-4.  We certainly hope to see you there rain or shine!  We will be serving up our regular menu plus we made some extra special treats just for this event.  Meet the Boo Bananas!  They're hear to wish you a HEALTHY Halloween!  Spook you Sunday!    

ubc farmade :: friday september 16th

For all the details on this event, go to the FarmAde FB event or the UBC Farm Blog.  Children's play area and music all free to enter!  Hope to see you there!  XO.