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STEALS AND DEALS

August 21st, 2008
Enjoy your weekly dose of vitamin v steals & deals from our fabulous sponsors. Ready, set, shop! ...

LITERARY CRAWL

August 21st, 2008
AUGUST 21ST, 2008 LITERARY CRAWL If you were picking your holiday spot on the basis of its literary connections, where would you go? San Francisco, New York, Florence, Paris, St. Petersburg? U.S.-based company Literary Traveler caters to bibliophiles looking to travel into the world of books. Literary ...

MELLOW MELODIES

August 20th, 2008
AUGUST 20TH, 2008 MELLOW MELODIES As the summer winds to a close, anxiety sets in. Will our Chloé T-bar sandals be au courant next year? Is it wrong to wear bronzer after the leaves change? How easy is it to emigrate to Belize? Lately the antidote to our frazzled state of mind has been the soothing sounds of Divin ...

KNIT WIT

August 19th, 2008
AUGUST 19TH, 2008 KNIT WIT While the weather may be sweltering, we're already thinking about sweater-ing. Though the mini sweater-dress (paired with leggings and slouchy suede boots) is a key look for fall, we're also loving the boxy sweater vests and boyfriend cardies from new Vancouver knitwear line Left on Houston. ...

MAKE-UP 101

August 18th, 2008
AUGUST 18TH, 2008 MAKE-UP 101 Face it, not everyone is a Trish McEvoy or Bobbi Brown. But rather than go raccoon-eyed trying to copy their runway looks, turn to Cargo Cosmetics, whose new eyeshadow palette comes with instructions embossed right into the colours. Marked from lightest ("brow bone") to darkest ...

OLD MACDONALD HAD A…

August 16th, 2008
AUGUST 16TH, 2008 OLD MACDONALD HAD A… Kids' store? If the venerable farmer had gone into retail, no doubt the offerings would be worthy of new Cambie street entry, EIO. An outcrop of Yaletown's Beautymark, they abide by the maxim: A happy mom equals happy kids (or something like that). So for every teensy pair of Trumpette pink patent leather loafers for kids, there's a ...

C HERE

August 15th, 2008
AUGUST 15TH, 2008 C HERE Emergen-C, Effer-C, Vitamin C—you've tried every C there is to stave off the other dreaded C: the summer cold. So with defenses down, a tickle in our throat, and a packed weekend itinerary ahead, we tested the new Eboost effervescent health booster tablets, packed with B and C vitamins, green tea and esse ...

STEALS AND DEALS

August 14th, 2008
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GREEN PEACE

August 14th, 2008
AUGUST 14TH, 2008 GREEN PEACE Three words: reduce, reuse, relax. We recently escaped the concrete jungle and curbed our carbon footprint with a green getaway at Kw'o:kw'e:hala. Alongside the coursing waters of the Coquihalla River in Hope, B.C., the eco-friendly retreat is the perfect place to escape your ci ...

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OPEN BOOK

August 13th, 2008
AUGUST 13TH, 2008 OPEN BOOK Last month we picked our Top 5 Summer Reads and it started a flurry of book-swapping in our office. Herewith, part two of our hot summer reads. Tara's pick (Publisher): Bringing Home the Birkin by Michael Tonello We loved this heartfelt memoir by a New York make-up artist, which takes the r ...

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