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August 16th, 2006
Did The Devil Wears Prada just leave you jonesing for more dish on Vogue editor Anna Wintour? Then you need a fix from Jerry Oppenheimer’s unauthorized biography of the famous editrix, Front Row. It tells the tales of her fashion-obsessed, narcissistic adolescence (Mean Girls has nothing on Anna), her ruthless climb to the top at London magazines (despite being a high school dr ...

dealya a dahlia

August 15th, 2006
Pssst...want to score a deal on some cheap blooms? We’ve found the Costco of florists. This little-known shop near Granville Island is the store associated with downtown’s notoriously cheap flower carts. The carts’ huge volume plus lack of overhead mean they can price their flowers at wholesale rates, even at the store. Every week there’s a different deal: we recently scored a ...

choco-licious

August 14th, 2006
Sultry, coco eyes and deep, chocolate nails are hot for fall, and just as you’re starting to eye those chunky wool sweaters and buttery brown boots, Holt Renfrew www.holtrenfrew.com has taken delivery of the hottest make-up collection since Tom Ford did Estée Lauder. It’s make-up artist Bobbi Brown’s new Limited Edition Chocolate Collection. Be quick to snap up the Chocolate Ey ...

prescribed dose - best dressed

August 12th, 2006
It never lets you down. It makes you feel like a million bucks. It knows your every move. It never gets wrinkled. The Narcissist dress: it’s better than a boyfriend. And just your luck, Vancouver’s much-loved Narcissist Design Co., also known as dress central, is hosting the summer sale of the season at three easy-to-shop warehouse locations, starting this weekend. Choose from ...

edge of the wedge

August 11th, 2006
When was the last time you lunched in the company of a cabinet minister, a former Vancouver mayor and the current James Bond?  It happened to us on a recent Sunday at noon, par chance, at the fabulous Bacchus bar in the Wedgewood Hotel. The Wedge is renown for comely cocktails, sink-into-it chairs and a venue for sexy fireside chats with a confidante, of course. But when the bar throws ope ...

play that funky musice

August 9th, 2006
If you've always dreamed of making music but failed to master even the most basic of instruments (recorder flashbacks anyone?), fear not.Vancouver's very own DJ Leanne will have you spinning break beats faster than you can say Danger Mouse at her newly redesigned Rhythm Institute.Learn from the city's best reggae, funk, R&B, house and techno DJs at the Institute's ultra-modern downtown st ...

101 215 12TH ST, New Westminster British Columbia

August 9th, 2006
I just finished uploading this Condo, 101 215 12TH ST, New Westminster British Columbia Condo for sale. DISCOVERY REACH BY BOSA. Wonderful ground floor townhome-like condo, convenient fully fenced west facing pet sized private patio, privacy landscaping. Nice for BBQ. Enjoy a potted garden. Also offers a direct private entrance from the

burn, baby burn

August 8th, 2006
We all look better in candlelight, sure. But it's hard to find a candle that'll burn clean, without dulling your white walls or sullying your bathroom with fine soot. And then we found Trillium a little French company out of Creston, B.C. that makes lovely vintage candles from soy. Choose the glass jarred variety, tied with a vintage velvet ribbon (with no ugly sticker to wreck the view.)  ...

I wanna soak up the sun

August 7th, 2006
Got my 45 on... Okay, that's enough of that. But ever since Sheryl Crow made wearing sunscreen and being a sexy rock chic mutually inclusive, we've been looking for one that doesn't make us look like a chalky, white cave dweller. That's why we've been loving the Organic Lavender SPF 30 version from Alba.  Not only does it smell like a dream (and the lavender naturally repels insects) ...

June residential sales second highest on record

August 4th, 2006
June residential sales second highest on record Vancouver, B.C. July 5, 2006 - Total residential sales reached 3,951 units in June 2006, the second highest number of sales recorded during the month of June in the history of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV). REBGV reports that last month's overall sales for detached, attached and apartment properties decreased by 8.8 ...
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