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solid gold

October 3rd, 2006
South Granville’s new Eighteen Karat home décor store is packed to the rafters with beautiful blown glass, three-foot high ceramic vases, gorgeous nubbly wool throws and hundreds of perfect gifts starting at less than $10.And if you’ve been looking for an opportunity to toss mother’s dusty potpourri, here’s a nifty solution.Venture downstairs to view the array of organic, dark br ...

thanksgiving facial

October 2nd, 2006
Got pie on your face? Well, you could, with the new pumpkin and yam enzyme peel from Eminence skincare. An all natural fruit and veggie puré may have you thinking Thanksgiving dinner, but you’ll be giving thanks for a totally renewed complexion after those enzymes get to work turning over your cells four times faster than normal.With gain comes pain — the naturally occurring fruit ...

hop to it

September 29th, 2006
hop to it French Rabbit wine has finally arrived in BC, and we say, hop along the bunny trail to your nearest LDB for a carton (we’ll explain) of this fun French sipper. Launched in the U.S. on Earth Day, the 100 per cent recyclable tetra-paks come in festive metallic pinks, greens and oranges, and weigh a fraction of what a wine bottle weighs, making them less taxing on the ...

factory direct

September 28th, 2006
And you thought only New York had The Factory?Tomorrow night marks the opening of the inaugural exhibit called  “The Factory Show” at designer Martha Sturdy’s new Gallery M. But there will be no Campbell soup cans here.Sturdy’s working factory will be the setting for her latest large-scale resin and steel sculptures and paintings, as well as the unveiling of new work by Attila Rich ...

seattle without the battle

September 27th, 2006
A fun girl’s getaway to Seattle’s spanking new Hotel 1000 with its high-tech rooms and luxury tubs is definitely in order this fall. Timed to the pre-Christmas sale season, chauffeured on a private coach, and organized by someone else, well, it sounds like a dream getaway. Dream no longer. West Vancouver’s new all-women travel company Women With Wings has organized just such an exc ...

top 10 wedding trends

September 26th, 2006
With one of our vitamin v gals about to take the plunge, we thought we’d share some words of wedding wisdom. Herewith, our top 10 wedding trends: 1.Wedding stylists, not wedding planners. Do not let your mother talk you into white organza anything. Instead, hire a wedding stylist who can say everything you’re afraid to and design centerpieces Brad and Angelina would die for. ...

flat out

September 25th, 2006
Just when you’d perfected your bouncy bombshell curls this summer, pin-straight hair is again the rage for fall.But if you managed to make yourself into a frizzy, female David Lee Roth with flat iron use last time around, relax: new technology has arrived.The KQC X-Heat ceramic styling iron creates gentle infrared heat (just like those new saunas you keep hearing about) that goe ...

the endless summer

September 25th, 2006
Here at vitamin v HQ, we’re continually trying to come up with new ways to extend summer, and this Mediterranean-inspired cocktail, invented in the vitamin v test kitchen, does just that. The Endless Summer 2 oz Campari, the tart, red Italian aperitif 2 oz Orangina, the fizzy French all-natural orange juice 2 oz San Pellegrino Italian sparkling w ...

cheap monday

September 25th, 2006
It may be Tuesday, but every day can be a Cheap Monday if you snag yourself a pair of these cult-brand jeans from Sweden.The sexy, stretchy, dark and skinny jeans are the rock star denim of choice in New York, and while they sell alongside $250 jeans in select boutiques, they ring in at just $75.And the first shipment (50 pairs) has just arrived in Vancouver. Get ’em while they’re che ...

now hear this

September 22nd, 2006
We’re always up for a tear-jerking love ballad, especially when it’s sung by Canada’s Ron Sexmith. ‘Ron who?’ you ask. How this epic songwriter has slipped just under the radar for so long is a mystery, but that’s all about to end with this album. So where’s he been? Oh, just playing London and Paris and hanging with his biggest fans, like Coldplay’s Chris Martin, ...
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