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NEW TO YOU

September 25th, 2007
Nouvelle Nouvelle is right. Just opened by the style–mavens behind the slick Prado café comes this minimalist Gastown boutique. With weathered floorboards salvaged from the North Vancouver shipyard and breezy fabric change rooms, it's stocked with inexpensive, emerging designers from Brooklyn, L.A., Portland and Seattle. Check out the wacky–tacky fluorescent jewellery ...

STAYIN' ALIVE

September 24th, 2007
You don't have to have survived the disco era to appreciate the new range of Alive yogurts packed with anti–oxidant fruits like pomegranate and blueberry and healthy extracts of green tea, carrot and tomato. Pomegranate Vanilla is delish, but it's the Very Berry Açia flavour that woke up our taste buds. Ranked #1 on the list of super foods, the Brazilian Açia berry is harves ...

NEAT SEAT

September 22nd, 2007
Motherhood brings its highs and lows, but never so cleverly as the Canadian–made HiLo chair ($425) by Age Design. The molded plastic highchair with cherry wood legs can be flipped into a toddler seat for kids up to six–years–old, and comes in muted retro shades of raspberry, asparagus, carrot and portobello mushroom. Which is what you'll be scraping off the floor on hands ...

SHRINK DRINK

September 22nd, 2007
You've heard of talk therapy. Now how about some vinotherapy? Priced under $20, the trio of Freud–themed wines (Freudian Sip, Pink Freud and Freud's Ego) from Naramata's Therapy Vineyards has been proven to turn that frown upside down. So grab a glass and hit the couch. Time for your Friday night session. View fall releases, tour guesthouse, and shop online at www.the ...

BAY WATCH, TOFINO

September 21st, 2007
Whether whale watching, storm watching or just providing the perfect setting for him to pop the question, Tofino's as romantic as the proverbial long walk on the beach. sleep The new, luxury beachfront tri–level villas at Pacific Sands offer space for six, three bathrooms, huge views, big kitchens, flat screen TVs and big soaker tubs—where you can soak up this view for hours. F ...

Tutta is Two!

September 20th, 2007
Charming local shop Tutta Mia is celebrating its second anniversary in style. Drop by on September 27 (4 p.m.-9 p.m.) for door prizes, refreshments and to preview fall fashions, new KAIRO handbags and yes, shoes! Tutta Mia, 1302 Victoria Dr., 604-255-8407, store@tutta-mia.com, for more info visit www.tutta-mia.com

JACKIE OOOHHH

September 20th, 2007
When it comes to wardrobe, you need smart looks for work and luxury pieces for life. You can do it all—and now your clothing can too. Jacqueline Conoir's Fall collection blends fashionable business wear with fetching designs perfect for a confident, urban woman who dashes from the office to the opera without breaking a heel. This season, two stylish bygone eras influence t ...

DIANA REDUX

September 20th, 2007
If you thought Diana Princess of Wales was a misunderstood saint, time to pick up Tina Brown's new revisionist biography, The Diana Chronicles. Over 500 meticulously researched pages, former New Yorker editor Brown debunks the Diana myth (Sly Di may have suited her more than Shy Di), painting a portrait of a manipulative and scheming girl who tossed her nanny's engagement ring do ...

SOAK UP THE SUN

September 19th, 2007
You need some goodness to help you go–go, but when it comes to sugar and artificial flavours? That's a no–no! Luckily, Sun–Rype has tons of 100% juice choices that are tasty and delicious. Here's a juice–y fact: Sun–Rype 100% juices have absolutely no sugar added, no artificial flavours, and no artificial colours. Feeling fruity? Go for one of the many tasty offerings like Stra ...

10 THINGS WE LOVE ABOUT MICHAEL KORS

September 19th, 2007
Vancouver's first Michael Kors lifestyle boutique is now open and guess who was first through the doors? Here are 10 things we loved most. 10. The perfect pair of indigo denim straight leg jeans with gold MK logo ($145) 9. Cap–sleeved cashmere cowl neck sweaters in heather grey—the ideal fall transition piece ($225) 8. Killer black patent strappy "Madeline" shoes with gold he ...
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