Blog by Beebe Cline, PREC*

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tots in tow

October 28th, 2006
Think you’ll survive a family trip to Toronto without a high chair?“Pablum holds better than hairspray” warn the wise women behind Wee Travel With offices in Vancouver and Toronto, the firm rents and delivers everything from Exersaucers to double-jogger strollers to top-of-the line car seats to either destination, so there’s no need to schlep it all on the plane.  (Bonus: more roo ...

oodles of noodles

October 27th, 2006
Need some sustenance after trying on 18 pairs of boots at Gravity Pope? Head a couple blocks East to The Noodle Box, a fresh new restaurant that serves up healthy, fresh and fast Asian dishes in take-away boxes in a clean and modern environment. With its super-high ceilings, glass storefront and row of sizzling woks, it's already attracting huge crowds at lunch. At 12:30 on a Saturday, t ...

new york nights

October 26th, 2006
Our up-to-the-minute itinerary for a grand night out in New York, guaranteed. It’s vitamin v tested!  primpWarren Tricomi salon The extra dollars are worth it just to survey the floor show of flying scissors, tongs and brushes at work on styling the fashionistas and society somebodies who frequent this far from ordinary full service salon.  Feel like the princess you are perched on a si ...

point taken

October 25th, 2006
If malls and chain stores send shivers down your spine, head to West 10th Avenue in Point Grey, a historic and beautiful Vancouver strip with excellent service, pristine, tree-lined streets and unique shops and services—like these three hot spots. dress you up You need a dress for the office party, a winter wedding and the endless stream of holiday cocktail parties you’ll be RSVPing ...

cool jewels

October 25th, 2006
Here’s a hint: Aboriginal jewellery is going to be hot, hot, hot, next spring.And straight from New York comes Totems to Turquoise, an exhibit of 500 pieces of gorgeous aboriginal jewellery from artists belonging to 20 different tribes, many from here in the Pacific Northwest.Think engraved pendants, chunky rings, and bracelets inlaid with precious stones.Curated by The American Museum ...

trend tribe

October 24th, 2006
After-work events are starting to ramp up, and we’ve found the perfect way to transform yourself from Cubicle Connie to office vixen in fewer than 30 seconds.Montreal model-turned-mogul Lise Watier's best-selling Eye Glitter Liner ($16.50) is a liquid eyeliner that’s easy to use, stays put, and adds a subtle sparkle to your upper lash line. We love the brand new shade “Midnight St ...

glitter girl

October 23rd, 2006
After-work events are starting to ramp up, and we’ve found the perfect way to transform yourself from Cubicle Connie to office vixen in fewer than 30 seconds.Montreal model-turned-mogul Lise Watier's best-selling Eye Glitter Liner ($16.50) is a liquid eyeliner that’s easy to use, stays put, and adds a subtle sparkle to your upper lash line. We love the brand new shade “Midnight St ...

drink to your health

October 20th, 2006
Leave the Red Bull to Ashton and Demi. You’ll drink cough syrup before choking back that sticky stuff. But we all need a little kick start some nights (and some mornings) and we’ve got just the thing. A collective of entrepreneurial, artistic (and dare we say punishingly handsome?) young Vancouver men has launched M-13, an all-natural, caffeine-free energy drink that actually tastes good ...

fall for montreal

October 19th, 2006
The leaves are turning, and we’re returning, to Canada’s petite Paris. shopAppartement 51 contains all of the favourite things of the beautiful and itinerant wife of the founder of Cirque du Soleil, such as well-priced tweed coats by Spoon, large-scale charcoal nude portraits, chandeliers, extravagant jewellery, a rainbow of cashmere sweaters and lots of bohemian tunics and wraps. 51 ...

your dream job

October 18th, 2006
This is your office: A corner in your living room, with a tangle of wires threatening to strangle your dog who is yapping at your feet, a laptop atop a pile of magazines that are begging to be read, five feet from a couch that really needs to be flopped on. No wonder you’re still writing chapter one of the next Giller prize winner. Now, this could be your office: An airy 5,000 square-f ...
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