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She Sells Sea Shells

March 31st, 2011
MARCH 31ST, 2011 She Sells Sea Shells If there’s one thing we’ve learned from our obsession with home décor shows it’s this: lighting can transform any space. Enter Fleet’s new Shell Light. Hand-cast out of porcelain in their Vancouver studio, it has a beautiful organic shape that is at once modern and classic. At night Shell Light emits a warm glow, and during the ...

Tool Time

March 30th, 2011
MARCH 30TH, 2011 Tool Time Spring is officially renovation season, but we have different types of tools on our minds. These deceiving little cast iron bottle openeners by Saikai may be the coolest thing to sport at an outdoor barbeque. Far from novelty, they are created using Japanese fine craft Nambu cast iron techniques, a tradition which dates all the way back t ...

Discover the Westside Wine Trail

March 29th, 2011
March 29, 2011 Discover the Westside Wine Trail Life is good in the Thompson Okanagan. Case in point: the Westside Wine Trail. West Kelowna is the ideal spot to experience culinary delights and B.C.’s best sippers. Here you can rub elbows with some of the world’s foremost winemakers and get a taste of their commitment and passion to great grapes. Rolling hills, idyllic lakes and le ...

Dress Ssense

March 29th, 2011
MARCH 29TH, 2011 Dress Ssense Tis the season to buy summer clothing… but we may still face another few months of rain. The fashion industry calls this time of year “transition.” Exactly. So we did some browser window shopping at Ssense, one of Canada’s best online luxury retailers, and selected three dresses that can work with tights and cardigans or strappy sand ...

TOP 5: SPRING BEAUTY TRENDS WITH JORDY POON

March 28th, 2011
MARCH 28TH, 2011 TOP 5: SPRING BEAUTY TRENDS WITH JORDY POON Vancouverite Jordy Poon has hit it big in New York City, beautifying the likes of Sienna Miller, Katy Perry, Devon Aoki, supermodel Liu Wen and editorials in Vogue, Elle, Nylon and Russh. We caught up with him to discuss spring make-up trends. Bright EyesS/S 2011 is all about strokes of bold colour on th ...

Italian Playthings

March 26th, 2011
MARCH 26TH, 2011 Italian Playthings Imagine a family of Italian craftsman gathered around a wood stove carving toys in the mid 1800s. That was the beginning of the Sevi toy brand, now known for their beautiful wooden toys, puzzles and games. Our favourites are the little helicopter (so cute and only $5!), the rattle butterfly (an infant toy that actually looks inte ...

Life is Beautiful

March 25th, 2011
MARCH 25TH, 2011 Life is Beautiful Vancouverites have been waiting a long time for a casual Italian restaurant like this: Five reasons to book at The BiBo. 1. Lively owners Lorenzo and Andrea (a former shipping magnate and actor/lawyer, respectively) who give the dining room lots of personality. 2. Wood-fired pizza with simple ingredients (cooked expertly by a yo ...

Steals and Deals

March 24th, 2011
The Tone Zone Time to peel off the winter layers! Precision Athletics has a 30-day program that will have you looking and feeling great just in time for the nice weather. The program includes 2 classes per week for 30 days, 25 per cent off your first package if you decide to continue and a gift certificate to treat yourself to the spa. See more details at www.precisionathletics.ca ...

Top 5: Music Blogs

March 24th, 2011
MARCH 24TH, 2011 Top 5: Music Blogs Other than style blogs, music blogs may be some of our favourite procrastination enablers. We’d thought we share our top five with you. Named after a heartbreaker in The Wonder Years, Vancouver darlings Winnie Cooper stay on top of the hippest and freshest things happening in music. Put on your dancing shoes for their DJ nights a ...

Foot in the Door

March 23rd, 2011
MARCH 23RD, 2011 Foot in the Door All our pretty sky-high heels may be punishing to our feet, but the right touch can make us feel like we're walking on air. According to reflexologists, our feet have connections to the lungs and kidneys, and even the heart. As with every living thing, all these organs need a certain balance that can be achieved (or disrupted) thro ...
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