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notable totables

April 10th, 2007
Somehow your trusty black bag is starting to feel all dark and dour now that the magnolias are in bloom. But the cheerful designs from Pemberton B.C.'s Ellis Designs are sure to put spring in your step. With 30-plus fabric choices, there's one to tickle all your fancies, in styles like the structured "Claire" bag or the totable "Linda." But there's something about ...

run for fun

April 9th, 2007
Been gorging on Easter chocolate? Good girl. But now it's time to get those gorgeous gams in action. Even if you've never run further than to catch a cab, the Beginner Diva Run Club could be for you. From April 18 to June 13 (eight week series, $59) you can literally run your butt off from 6 to 7 p.m. in this women-only running clinic in Yaletown . Trainin ...

night bright

April 7th, 2007
The Vancouver entrepreneur behind Nikilites night lights has more than a bright idea. Slip a favourite photo into the clear frame, plug it in, and your child's room will be aglow with personalized charm. And when you go away on business? Substitute a sexy shot of yourself and plug it in beside your husband's bed, she suggests. Sweet dreams! Custom Nikilites ...

sweets treats

April 6th, 2007
Remember when you didn't think twice about downing a Snicker's bar after lunch? Now that your tastes are more refined, get your retro bon bons at the brand new Mink Chocolates at the base of the Terminal City building. Try the burnt caramel chocolate bars that taste like crème brulée, or the super popular PB & J bars. In the café, order chocolate fondues with a b ...

steals and deals

April 6th, 2007
Enjoy your weekly dose of vitamin v steals & deals from our fabulous sponsors. Ready, set, shop! wine time Drink to your health, your wealth and everything else with Wolf Blass’s new 2004 Bilyara Reserve Cabernet ($16.99/750 ml, SKU 948273) and 2006 Bilyara Reserve Chardonnay ($15.99/750 ml, SKU 515411). Both come in the world’s first shatterproof, lightweight bottles ...

queen for a day

April 6th, 2007
Herewith, an afternoon of shopping and drinks on Toronto's Queen Street West. drink Clafouti Patisserie & Café, 915 Queen Street West, 416-603-1935 Francophiles will love Clafouti's perfectly sized and ultra-flaky croissants, mouth-watering brioche and piping hot café allongé. It's clearly the café for Queen Street West's hipster types (enter Maggie Gyllenhaal l ...

art house

April 4th, 2007
Marie Antoinette is so last season. This month's bravest biopic is the Vancouver premiere of Klimt, which stars the inimitable John Malkovich as the famed art nouveau painter Gustav Klimt, best known for "The Kiss." Set in fin-de-siècle Vienna and featuring the gorgeous Saffron Burrows, there's plenty of eccentricity, sex, lots of gold leaf, and, naturally, a tragic ...

spring a-head

April 4th, 2007
So you're trying to channel 1960s Brigitte Bardot with your vintage silk scarf tied like a headband. Only you're not quite so chic when you're picking it up off the floor every three minutes. The genius silk headbands ($35) from New York's Headdress look just like a scarf but have a hidden elastic to keep them firmly in place. In dozens of prints, from soph ...

plastic fantastic

April 2nd, 2007
By calling their store The Fabulous Find, these entrepreneurs must have confidence. And so they should with the speed at which the vintage scores are rotating (a white ball chair lasted four hours). While we love the vintage Marimekko children's curtains from Finland, and mid-century light fixtures and chandeliers, the real score here is sleek melamine dishware and c ...

copy cat

March 31st, 2007
Now that Desperate Housewife Marcia Cross's twins are learning sign language from a Vancouver-made DVD, it's time to get little Piper and Josephine with the program. Designed for both pre-verbal babies and precocious tots who want a second language, local Mimic Baby has the interactive DVDs ($19.99) to get them talking very quietly. Just imagine how thrilled ...
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