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cool daytripping

January 20th, 2007
cool daytripping If a trip to Disneyland is your idea of hell on wheels, read on.The website for the Lexus of strollers, www.bugaboo.com, has just introduced a new section of daytrips to do with kids in cities around the world.In Paris they suggest renting mini-sailboats and taking a ride on the vintage carousel in the Tuileries Garden followed by lunch in a spaceship-style restaurant a ...

fuel is on fire

January 19th, 2007
  fuel is on fire Just when we thought we’d exhausted the chic lunch spots in the city: boom. Another one hits the ground running. Fuel is a bright (in both senses) new room led by a stellar culinary and service team with pedigrees that span from C Restaurant to the world-famous French Laundry. From the custom-bent silver wire chandelier in the dining ro ...

steals and deals

January 18th, 2007
      Enjoy your weekly dose of vitamin v steals & deals from our fabulous sponsors. Ready, set, shop! get in line Calling all Jean Queens: it’s the final call for FAB Clothing’s fantastic jean sale! Save up to 60 per cent on premium denim lines (think long, lean legs and perky, ...

park avenue princess

January 18th, 2007
  park avenue princess Nobody does princess quite like the Park Avenue ones. Herewith, our guide to a day in the life of a New York socialite. Don't forget your Birkin! sleep Loews Regency Hotel, 540 Park Avenue, 212-759-4100, www.loewshotels.com Mere blocks from the Four Seasons flagship, the Loews Regency Hotel provides all the perks of Park Avenue withou ...

come on party people

January 17th, 2007
  come on party people What do you get when you mix Santana’s “Oye Como Va” with Ton Loc’s “Wild Thing”? Or Queen’s “We Will Rock You” with NWA’s “Dopeman”? A call from your neighbours, perhaps. But we do insist you check out Team Canada, a pair of Montreal turntable-ists who are impressing fans the world-over with their inventive mas ...

quickie bedroom makeover

January 16th, 2007
  quickie bedroom makeover Your living room looks divine and the powder room is out of the pages of Chocolat. So why is it that your bedroom is so bland? Aha—it’s that monochromatic bedding you bough right about the time grey Calvin Klein shift dresses were all the rage. For a quickie makeover (though we hate to say quickie in the bedroom) take a peek at th ...

clean sweep

January 15th, 2007
  clean sweep You wouldn’t go so far as to wash your hair with Evian, but sometimes eau de pompe (that’s French for tap water) seems a little too harsh for your belle visage.   Not to mention that in Vancouver there may be more dirt in the water than on your face. French women’s best-kept secret is Extra-Gentle Cleansing Water from L’Occitane. Just spray ...

daddy-proof dressing

January 13th, 2007
daddy-proof dressing Yes, there’s a time a place for baby Dior.But when your toddler is grubbing his way through the playground, you need durable duds.Local clothing maker Peekaboo Beans more than passed our stress test for play clothes, while throwing in a fashion tip, too.Designed with the help of mommy focus groups (genius!) pieces can be layered and unlayered, so when your Dennis t ...

a nod for gastropod

January 12th, 2007
  a nod for gastropod Proving once again that Vancouverites are (quite literally) starved for well-designed restaurants serving uncomplicated, delicious food, is the new Gastropod in Kits.  With a décor reminiscent of Chicago’s famous Avec, (think pale wood, a wall of backlit wine bottles, white granite bar) its design is as refreshing as its dishes, like ...

passport to privilege

January 11th, 2007
  passport to privilege Nearly one in five vitamin v subscribers will need to renew a Canadian passport this year. And that means thousands of you wasting copious amounts of time waiting on line at government offices when you could be bikini shopping instead. Thankfully, one vitamin v subscriber tipped us off that if you renew your passport online, they escort ...
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