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tidal tunes

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, ...

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 4

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 ...

dress du jour

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 ...

sex and this city

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 ...

charmed, i'm sure

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. V ...

staff picks: 5 good reads

January 2nd, 2009
JANUARY 2ND, 2009 staff picks: 5 good reads Start the new year with a new book—here's five of our recent reads. Sarah, Editor-in-chief Q & A: A Novel by Vikas Swarup This fireplace page-turner follows an Indian street urchin who becomes the unlikely winner of the Indian version of Who wants to Be a Millionaire. Told in fable-like chapters, the compelling story will remind r ...

staff picks: 5 holiday wines

December 31st, 2008
DECEMBER 31ST, 2008 staff picks: 5 holiday wines Cleansing is for January. Until then, bottom’s up! Sarah, Editor-in-chief Don’t panic, it’s organic—the 2007 Soleus Cabernet Sauvignon from Chilé (look for the watering can on the label) is barrel aged and surprisingly refined for $13.99. Drink up! Athena, Toronto editor Every time we eat at Terroni (sometimes thrice ...

Staff picks: 5 cool websites

December 30th, 2008
DECEMBER 30TH, 2008 Staff picks: 5 cool websites We’ve spent plenty of time reading and sharing our favourite blogs. All in the name of research, of course. Sarah Bancroft, Editor-in-chief The tag line of this beautifully executed Paris street fashion blog is “a girl like me.” We wish! www.garancedore.fr B.C. model Coco Rocha reveals her new flaming red ‘do (courtesy of ...

Staff picks: 5 must-rent DVDs

December 29th, 2008
DECEMBER 29TH, 2008 Staff picks: 5 must-rent DVDs After a month of cocktailing and carousing, spend a night in with our DVD picks from 2008. Athena, Toronto editor I never got to see Karl Lagerfeld striking a pose in Lagerfeld Confidential so I'll be getting my fix over the holidays. Malwina, Calgary editor The critcally lauded Bella, beautifully shot in New York, chroni ...

Ink Inc.

December 27th, 2008
DECEMBER 27TH, 2008 Ink Inc. Not that you want to give your kids sites on L.A. Ink, but new Canadian site Kids Safe Ink offering custom temporary tattoos (with your cell phone number on them) will actually give you peace of mind. Perfect for holidays, parades, and trips to the mall, your kids will think they're old skool cool, while you'll know they'll be returned to you if ...
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