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DINER: Celebrated Chef Stu Irving Turning “No.5 Orange” Menu Into Big Sausage Fest

GOODS: Araxi Wine Director Samantha Rahn Named 2013 Sommelier Of The Year

OUTFIT OF THE DAY: The “Dammit That’s A Week Straight Of Winter Rain” Blues Edition

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: “Wildebeest” On The Hunt For Full-Time Professional Server

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GOODS: “Culinary Capers” First BC Caterer To Obtain New Off Premises Liquor License

VICTORY GARDENS: On The Little Green & Furry Kiwi Grown Right Here In BC (Honest)

BARLEY MOWAT: Why Craft Beers Are Awesome (And Macro Brewery Beers Suck)

SMOKE BREAK #1021: Pod Of Orca Whales Give Surfers Major Thrills Off Tofino Beach

LOOKCITY: Claire Boucher (“Grimes”) Pairs With Saint Laurent Paris For New T Designs

DINER: Inside Kaulback & Oliver’s Highly Anticipated “Mamie Taylor’s” In Chinatown

GOODS: Award-Winning “Miradoro” Eatery Set To Re-Open For The Season On March 1

COOL THING WE WANT #376: The World’s Largest Ever Mapping Of Vegetables (400!)

GOODS: Summerhill Pyramid Winery CEO Ezra Cipes Named A Top Foodie Under 40

DINER: “Tableau Bar Bistro” Crew To Open New Restaurant In Yaletown This Summer

SEEN IN VANCOUVER #429: A Short Film On The Making Of Chinatown’s The Pie Shoppe

GET YOUR ASS OUTSIDE: On Finding Mount Galiano (And Getting To The Very Top Of It)

COOL THING WE WANT #375: A Miniature Neighbourhood Of “Ienami” Moss Planters

SOUNDTRACKING: With The Frontman Of “Psychic Ills” Before Their Electric Owl Gig

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Chinatown’s Soon To Open “Bestie” Searching For Sous Chef

DINER: Modern Chinese “Bambudda” Eatery Set To Bring Nouveau Dim Sum To Gastown

HEADS UP: “The Life And Times Of WIlliam Callahan” Book To Launch At Old Faithful

OUTFIT OF THE DAY: Dressing Up For The Sun To Avoid Dwelling On The Rain Edition

Foreign Intelligence Brief #415: Stunning Panorama Of Mars’ Landscape Via Curiosity

SEEN IN VANCOUVER #428: Hot Art Wet City Interviews Illustrator Alison Woodward

SWAG: Win A Pair Of Tickets To Wine Fest’s “International Festival Tasting” On Feb. 28

GOODS: Third Season Of Kale & Nori’s “Bittered Sling Bistro” Now On The Books

HEADS UP: Call For Submissions For E.T. Inspired Art Show “Pull My Glowing Finger”