Blog by Beebe Cline, PREC*
January 7th, 2009
JANUARY 7TH, 2009
tidal tunes
Portishead’s Third was one of our favourite albums of last year, but to curb the January blues we’ve swapped in a lighter sound from another flaxen-haired female backed by blokes.
Vancouver’s Hey Ocean! mixes beach pop with funk and jazz undercurrents to aural pleasing effect. True indie spirits, they formed a label to release their own albums. The latest, ...
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Vitamin V
January 6th, 2009
JANUARY 6, 2009
All In For Charity
Your poker face is so good, even a Royal Flush doesn’t faze you.
BC Casinos presents The 4th Annual Women’s Poker Classic, February 19-22 at Cascades Casino in Langley. Ante up for your chance to take home a piece of an estimated $265,000 prize pool while helping a great cause. Cascades Casino will donate $50 per player to the Canadian Breast Ca ...
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January 6th, 2009
JANUARY 6TH, 2009
dress du jour
In a parallel universe we’re besties with Carine Roitfeld and she lends us haute frocks from the French Vogue fashion closet. In the universe we actually reside in, there’s DuJour.
The ingenious new boutique acknowledges that not all of us can justify owning floor length Gucci and lets customers borrow designer dresses for a fraction of the cost.
You get ...
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January 5th, 2009
JANUARY 5TH, 2009
sex and this city
The next best thing to having lunch with the fabulous Samantha Jones? Taking a lunch break to hear Kim Cattrall confab about Samantha Jones.
The
actress and expert on the female orgasm visits the UBC Department of
Theatre and Film this Wednesday to talk post-feminism, self ...
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January 3rd, 2009
JANUARY 3RD, 2009
charmed, i'm sure
You'd
love to haul around your brag book of baby pics if it weren't so darn
cumbersome. Two hundred pages can break a girl's back.
Thankfully, new Vancouver company Lovecharmz has created sterling silver photo charms that are perfect for travel or for new moms and grandmas.
Talk about wearing your heart on your sleeve.
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