Rebecca Bollwitt

@miss604

Miss604.com est. 2004 📚 New book FREECOUVER is in stores now! 🏆 2025 City of Vancouver Award of Excellence 📰 Columnist & Photographer 💻 Managing Partner sixty4media 💟 @johnbollwitt.com

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Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 25d

West End Farmers Market day. BC Hydro had an info booth setup to field questions about the substation that will go in the park 🌳🪓🪵 #Vancouver

People outside gathered around vendor tents in a small street downtown that’s closed to traffic for the market today. Grey clouds overhead and tall buildings in the background beyond the trees

A hedge and lawn in a park surrounded by trees with a slight view of an apartment tower in the background

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 25d

It’s a good day to go get your copy of FREECOUVER: 101 free things to do in & around Vancouver. Available in stores all over BC 📚🛍️ Places/activities are not just for summer either, we picked year-round destinations with lots to offer so this book will be your new Vancouver bff.

A hand holding a book along a cement railing of an overpass above a street with cars in downtown Vancouver with glass high rise building on the right and in the distance. The book is called FREECOUVER: 101 free things to do in & around Vancouver. The design of the cover is a vintage fridge with souvenir postcards/photos stuck to it with magnets

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 25d

The Pride flags are back in the West End for the season #vancouver

A side street off Robson St in Downtown Vancouver. Bikes are parked on the left, and the street has a tall leafy canopy thanks to trees lining sidewalks on either side. From the canopy, rows and rows of colourful Pride flags are hung including the Asexual, Lesbian, Bisexual, Nonbinary, Pride Progress flag and more that have various combinations of colours.

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 26d

September 2020: Vancouver was blanketed in wildfire smoke from fires in the USA (Washington, Oregon, and California). We sent help and wished them well.

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 26d

Last night’s sunset in Osoyoos. I’m home again and I got *different* roadside farm stand samosas in Keremeos (from Peach King) for the return trip.

A pink, purple, orange and dark blue sky over mountains in the distance across a lake. The lake reflection has a purple hue. In the foreground two boat platforms, one with a boat on it on the left, the other is empty with a small boat passing by.

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 26d

BC fruit 🍒

Cartons of fruit on a wooden stand: three columns of four cartons. Purple plums on the left, dark red cherries in the middle, green apples on the right

Cartons of fruit on a wooden backdrop, two columns with three cartons of red/orange apricots on the left and fuzzy orange peaches on the right

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 27d

My favourite beach read this summer 😉 FREECOUVER is available everywhere you get your books. #booksky #vancouver #canada 📚💙

A book standing up in the sand on a lakeshore beach with mountains in the background and cloudy sky with some yellow and orange sun. The book is called FREECOUVER: 101 free things to do in & around Vancouver. The design of the cover is a vintage fridge with souvenir postcards/photos stuck to it with magnets

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 28d

Ode to the small town Home Hardware #canada

Outside of a store on an overcast day. There’s a park bench along the sidewalk over front, red chairs, and a wagon covered in a Canadian flag. Outside the store are beach chairs and pool noodles. The sign says HOME in white and HARDWARE in yellow on a red background

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 28d

My favourite road trip pit stop snack in BC is veg pakoras (2 for $1.79) and veg samosas ($1.79 each) from the Sanderson farm stand in Keremeos Second place: Carrot cake from Silverton Camp Cafe Third place: Desert Hills Taco Stand by Cache Creek #travel #food #canada #roadtrip

A sunny afternoon in a parking lot with mountains in the background, the focus of the photo is hand holding a paper bag of pakoras (samosas underneath)

highway on the right, a farm stand shop/market on the left with Canada flags flying, umbrellas covering bunks of produce, people shopping, and a sign overhead: Sanderson Farms Fruit and Vegetables

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 29d

Barclay Grocery #vancouver #canada

Nighttime outside a corner store in the city. Cars are parked along the street on the left, there’s a sidewalk, then on the right bunks of produce next to red umbrellas that have been closed for the evening. The corner store has yellow awnings that cover the product bunks too, and a neon sign on the corner of the building that glows “Barclay” in blue and “Grocery” in red. The light from the store illuminates the street corner.

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· 29d

Our book FREECOUVER: 101 free things to do in & around Vancouver is available at many shops around BC, from big box stores to indie booksellers, and now specialty gift stores like Make in Gastown and on Granville Island. 📖 $16.95 written by Canadians, published & printed in Canada 🇨🇦 freecouver.com

A book called FREECOUVER on a display table in a gift shop next to some decorative coasters and another book Hand Drawn Vancouver. Freecouver is designed to look like a fridge with magnets on its doors holding up souvenir photos of Vancouver

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 11

Summer on the Seawall in #Vancouver

Two paved paths side by side along the waterfront in Vancouver, separated by some grass, with forest on the left inlet on the right. A person on a bike on the left path. In the distance, part of the span of the Lions Gate Bridge.

Three people on a park bench on a paved plaza along the Seawall Path. They’re facing out towards the ocean and mountains. Lions Gate Bridge in the distance, mountains on the right and Stanley park forest on the left. A sunny day

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 10

Got my copy get yours! @megaphonemagazine.com is now available from vendors on the streets of Vancouver. Look for them at the Khatsahlano Street Party tomorrow along West 4th by MacDonald. In this month’s issue I got to spotlight our new book FREECOUVER and share some free & fun things to do.

A hand holding a magazine on a street corner with some trees in the background. The magazine is called Megaphone and it’s $5. The title on the cover is “in conversation with Larry Campbell B.C.’s DTES adviser sits down with The Shift. A bearded man in a hat is on the cover standing in front of a mural on the street.

Copies of the magazine opened to various pages. One has a photo of a man and woman smiling (that’s me and my co-author). The title on one of the pages is “YES! THERE IS FUN THAT'S FREE IN VANCOUVER
A new book uncovers the cool places in and around the city that even seasoned trippers might have missed”

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 10

I was browsing some BC bookstores (outside of Vancouver) and found that FREECOUVER is available at Talewind Books in Sechelt (one of my faves), Salt Spring Books, and at the Okanagan Regional Library (love libraries) 📘 Let me know if you spot 'Freecouver: 101 free things to do in & around Vancouver'

A sunny day along a pedestrian plaza on Granville Island that has a mural painted on the ground. A hand is holding a book up to the centre of the frame of the photo. The book is called FREECOUVER 101 free things to do in & around Vancouver. The cover is teal/blue and it looks like a vintage fridge with magnets holding up souvenir postcards/photos of Vancouver

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 9

She’s supporting Colombia today. #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup

A statue called the Girl in a Wetsuit perched on top of a large boulder in Burrard Inlet. It’s a bronze statue of a young woman wearing flippers and diving goggles. Someone has put a yellow team Colombia. industrial buildings and North Vancouver’s skyline across the water in the distance

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 9

I love being on the radio. I used to have some regular segments (Talk 1410, 650 CISL RIP) and it's always a treat to hit the FM airwaves 😅 Thanks to Drew and Move 103.5 for having @johnleewriter.bsky.social and me on to chat about our book FREECOUVER 📖 freecouver.com

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 9

We just had a Southsiders SkyTrain Takeover on the way to the Whitecaps match 🎉 #SaveTheCaps #CanChamp #VWFC

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 8

Mornings in Coal Harbour ☕️ #Vancouver

A sunny day by the water in Vancouver. In the foreground, some stones and a grassy area with three park benches where people are sitting by the water in Coal Harbour. A path on the left and right leads out into the water a bit, like a semi-circle, and loops back to the other side leaving a gap between this arched walkway/pier and the grassy shore, which are the same height as each other but above water level/high tide level. Trees in Stanley Park across the water in the background and the north shore mountains beyond that

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 8

Soccer brought you to Vancouver Indigenous art will make you remember it @billreidgallery.ca

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 7

Final day of the watch party at Jack Poole Plaza. The FIFA Fan Fest at the PNE in Vancouver will continue until the end of the #WorldCup but gosh this location had a nice backdrop #FIFAWorldCup #Canada #Photography

Peeking under the arch of Vancouver’s Olympic cauldron at some fencing with branded cloths that say “Vancouver Convention Centre”. Beyond the fences is a crowd in a plaza. Someone is holding up a pole with both Canadian and Colombian flags. There’s a big stage in the background and the north shore mountains beyond that

A crowd in a plaza watching a soccer match on an outdoor screen. Beyond the screen is a bit of a stage in view on the right and on the left is a view to Burrard Inlet. Across the water the north shore mountains tower in the distance

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 7

The Coal Harbour kiwis are back this season 🥝 #vancouver

Close up view of some vines along a metal railing in a park, on the left of the image. Round kiwi fruit are growing and dangling from the vines. On the right and in the background are green glass condo towers. It’s a sunny day.

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 6

Good morning! Some local bookstores that have FREECOUVER in stock today: - Iron Dog Books 2671 E Hastings - Lucky's Books and Comics 3128 Main St - Book Warehouse 632 W Broadway + 4118 Main St have copied signed by John - @pfbvan.bsky.social 2442 Main St #booksky #books #vancouver

A bearded man in a hat, smiling and holding a book called FREECOUVER. The cover of the book looks like a teal-blue vintage fridge with souvenir postcards/photos held on by colourful magnets. He's standing in a bookstore and there are shelves in the background, blurred a bit.

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 6

Watch party views in Vancouver #WorldCup #FIFAWorldCup

A plaza by the waterfront with a crowd of people, big stage flanked by screens showing a soccer match, and a view of the north shore mountains in the background across the inlet. It’s a sunny day with blue sky and some white clouds above the mountains

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 5

FREECOUVER is also featured in this month’s @megaphonemagazine.com where I chat with my co-author @johnleewriter.bsky.social about the book and we highlight some free events around Vancouver this summer. Find a vendor: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

Two screenshots of a magazine. On the left: the cover featuring the title and text - MEGAPHONE $5 In Conversation with Larry Campbell - and a photo of a man in a hat standing outside in front of a wall with an Indigenous mural.
On the right is a page inside with the title “YES! THERE IS FUN THAT'S FREE IN VANCOUVER
A new book uncovers the cool places in and around the city that even seasoned trippers might have missed” and a photo of two smiling people, a man and woman, in front of a train engine. The text of the column has been blurred out because we want you to purchase the magazine of course

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 4

From #CANMNT 🇨🇦❤️ Every story has an ending This is just the beginning #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup

Every story has an ending.
This one just doesn't feel like one.
Right now, the hurt is real. We came here believing we could keep writing history, and when you believe that deeply, the final whistle is not easy to accept.
Over the last few weeks, we watched an entire country fall in love with this team. Streets filled with red. Living rooms became supporters sections. Kids who once dreamed about wearing the crest of their ancestral homes discovered a new dream.
We've always believed this was a football country.
Now, we know it is
To everyone who sang, travelled, filled stadiums, wore the crest with pride, and believed alongside us... thank you. You carried us every step of the way.
History wasn't just made on the pitch. It was made in homes, schools, parks, pubs, and communities across this country. It was made every time someone chose to believe.
Our World Cup journey comes to a close.
Canada's football journey is only just beginning.
See you soon.

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 3

#SaveTheCaps ⚽️

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 3

Signed some copies of FREECOUVER at Paper-Ya on Granville Island ✍️ @johnleewriter.bsky.social already signed them too 📚 #booksky #books #vancouver

An in-store display of books, mugs, and stuffies that look like a sunshine and a soccer ball. There are books called Chinatown Vancouver, Worst Birds Ever, FREECOUVER, Hand Drawn Victoria, Hand Drawn Vancouver and more

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 2

Some photos I took at Canada Together at Canada Place including a signature Matt Rose hair-in-wind action shot 🤘🎸 #music #vancouver

Looking at from the front of a stage at a woman in lacy black pants and orange shirt and orange head scarf singing into a microphone and holding a black fan in the other hand

Action shot of a bearded man in blue jeans and black shirt playing a red guitar while his long hair is blown back in the wind

Looking down a crowded street that’s closed to traffic and filled with people wearing red and white for Canada. A person draped in a Canada flag with red maple leaf is a focal point in the centre and there’s a choir on a big stage in the distance

A crowd with hands up watching a choir on stage with their hands up

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 2

Good times at Canada Together at Canada Place. Happy to sponsor again this year. Lots of activities, performances, and expanded Indigenous Market [Kanata shirt by Indigenous Ingenuity] Forgot to ask you where I can get one of those rainbow @copevancouver.bsky.social t-shirts, @seanorr.bsky.social

A selfie with a woman (me) on the left wearing a green shirt and white cardigan smiling next to a man (Sean) in red and white shirt and black jacket.

Looking down at a vendor's table with beaded bracelets, sunglasses, and a red shirt with Indigenous design and the word "Kanata"

View of a street that's been closed to traffic and it's full of thousands of people attending a Canada Day event.
Many wearing white and red. In the distance, centre of the photo, is the large main stage where a band is performing. There's a green traffic light on the right and a rainbow Pride flag waving behind it

Rebecca Bollwitt@miss604· Jul 1

Busy day so far at Canada Together. It’s on until 6pm, inside and outside Canada Place.