As we say goodbye to August, it’s time for a quick look back at some events that helped make the month memorable. First, North Vancouver’s Regency Auto Group / Regency Infiniti held the F1 Vancouver Reign event. Featuring the Red Bull F1 show car, and a selection of other rare Nissan / Infiniti built vehicles, the night included music and munchies all in support of Canuck Place Children’s Hospice. Next, a Vancouver icon reopened its doors with a splashy and stylish reception. The new Rosewood Hotel Georgia is showing off its stripes and among its new additions is a 4th floor rooftop courtyard ultra lounge called “Reflections”. Complete with lounge chairs, couches and water fountain river features built right into the floor, the space is bound to attract a lot of attention from the after work cocktail crowd. Save me a seat! And lastly, Vancouver rock-n-roll legend Red Robinson, after an abrupt format change by Fun FM radio, announced this week that he is back on the airwaves again, this time with a four-hour Sunday segment on AM650 Radio.
01 – He’s baaack! At 74, Vancouver’s Red Robinson is still going strong. Seen here at an August concert with 80s rock star Pat Benatar and hubby Neil Giraldo, Robinson is taking over the Sunday slot on AM650 Radio.
02 – Now with the LA Kings, former Canucks star Willie Mitchell and wife Megan take in the opening reception at Hotel Georgia’s Reflections lounge.
03 – Socialite Carmen Ruiz y Laza cuddles up to Hotel Georgia / Delta Group developer Bruce Langereis to toast the occasion at Reflections opening.
04 – Rosewood Hotel Georgia managing director Steve Halliday and his lovely wife Pauline are among the VIPs on hand at the opening of Reflections at Hotel Georgia.
05 – West Vancouver’s Stefan Zalesky, aka DJ BrownJoe, spins the tunes for the Regency F1 Vancouver Reign event.
06 – Regency Auto owners Amir and Yasmin Ahamed join AllWest Insurance’s Paul Zalesky to check out the racing cars at the Regency Reign event.
07 – It’s fast, furious and Formula One all the way. Regency Auto’s Izzam Ahamed poses beside the 2009 RedBull show car which was actually built using Infiniti/Renault technology.
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By Catherine Barr – Aug 25, 2011
Also as seen in print in the North Shore Outlook Newspaper on Sep 01, 2011