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shop 'n' rock

August 22nd, 2006
Indie bands, indie designers, how does a girl keep up with them all? Multitask on the next four Sunday afternoons from 4 to 6 p.m., when sizzling little Main Street fashion shop Twigg & Hottie turns its front window into a bandstand for up-and-coming acts. Shop for a chic recycled wool coat from Grace & Cello, to the MC stylings of Nikki, Clev & Linx on Sunday, August 27. Then per ...

calling all posers

August 21st, 2006
Yoga posers we mean. The new interactive yoga DVD, Pure & Simple Yoga from Vancouver Blissologist Eoin Finn is going to knock your Lululemon socks off. It’s full of interactive goodies that make the experience as close to a real live class as possible, without leaving the comfort of your living room. \nPop it in your laptop, mouse over a pose, \nand the “pose genie” ...

she's so lovely

August 18th, 2006
Best friend off to find her soul in Asia? Sister moving across the country for a six- figure job? Twenty-something flying off to Europe for the first time?Make sure she remembers you fondly by sending her a gorgeous "Take Me Too" travel journal ($16/$21) or an "I Miss You" Mail Set ($12) from Vancouver's Lovely Design.Covered with pretty pale blue vintage maps, made with mixed papers, ...

sooke it up

August 17th, 2006
When you think of a B&B, a lofty private room with vaulted ceilings is probably not the first image to come to mind. But lucky for us the owners of the new Cougar's Crag Extreme B&B in Sooke near Victoria, have reinvented the B & B experience. Banished are the doily curtains and tweed décor. Instead, this beautiful, airy house has a pair of adjoining two-storey suites with lux ...

13733 18A AV, South Surrey White Rock British Columbia

August 16th, 2006
I just finished uploading this House, 13733 18A AV, South Surrey White Rock British Columbia House for sale. Bell Park Estates, Brick Rancher on 14157 sq.ft. lot. Cul-de-sac. Pride of ownershop shows inside and outside this home. Enjoy a fabulous family kitchen, 36 linear feet of granite counters, backsplash, all granite to bottom of cabinetry, granite centre island, counter sunk double stai ...

more, more, more

August 16th, 2006
Did The Devil Wears Prada just leave you jonesing for more dish on Vogue editor Anna Wintour? Then you need a fix from Jerry Oppenheimer’s unauthorized biography of the famous editrix, Front Row. It tells the tales of her fashion-obsessed, narcissistic adolescence (Mean Girls has nothing on Anna), her ruthless climb to the top at London magazines (despite being a high school dr ...

dealya a dahlia

August 15th, 2006
Pssst...want to score a deal on some cheap blooms? We’ve found the Costco of florists. This little-known shop near Granville Island is the store associated with downtown’s notoriously cheap flower carts. The carts’ huge volume plus lack of overhead mean they can price their flowers at wholesale rates, even at the store. Every week there’s a different deal: we recently scored a ...

choco-licious

August 14th, 2006
Sultry, coco eyes and deep, chocolate nails are hot for fall, and just as you’re starting to eye those chunky wool sweaters and buttery brown boots, Holt Renfrew www.holtrenfrew.com has taken delivery of the hottest make-up collection since Tom Ford did Estée Lauder. It’s make-up artist Bobbi Brown’s new Limited Edition Chocolate Collection. Be quick to snap up the Chocolate Ey ...

prescribed dose - best dressed

August 12th, 2006
It never lets you down. It makes you feel like a million bucks. It knows your every move. It never gets wrinkled. The Narcissist dress: it’s better than a boyfriend. And just your luck, Vancouver’s much-loved Narcissist Design Co., also known as dress central, is hosting the summer sale of the season at three easy-to-shop warehouse locations, starting this weekend. Choose from ...

edge of the wedge

August 11th, 2006
When was the last time you lunched in the company of a cabinet minister, a former Vancouver mayor and the current James Bond?  It happened to us on a recent Sunday at noon, par chance, at the fabulous Bacchus bar in the Wedgewood Hotel. The Wedge is renown for comely cocktails, sink-into-it chairs and a venue for sexy fireside chats with a confidante, of course. But when the bar throws ope ...

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