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SEEN IN VANCOUVER #408: Special “Scout List” Now In The Globe & Mail Every Week

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Dirty Apron Deli On The Lookout For A Full Time Manager

AWESOME THING WE ATE #877: The Full Vegetarian Spread At “The Acorn” On Main

VANCOUVER WOULD BE COOLER IF #192: The East Side Culture Crawl Was Every Day

GOODS: The Pelican Bay Fall Wine Tasting Returning To “Dockside” On November 7th

SEEN IN VANCOUVER #407: Intersection Of Hastings & Cambie Streets, Then And Now

DINER: BC Government Reverses Its Silly New Position On Wine Auctions For Charity

DINER: Ex-Bishop’s Chef Andrea Carlson To Open “Burdock & Co.” On Main This Winter

Foreign Intelligence Brief #410: Tell Merkel That This Is How We Respond To The Crisis

Seen In Vancouver #406: Growing Chefs’ “From Farms To Forks” Good Times At PICA

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Server’s Assistant And Host/Hostess Needed At “Hawksworth”

DINER: New And Painfully Ridiculous LCLB Wine Policy Stands To Cripple BC Charities

AWESOME THING WE ATE #876: Delicious “Tete de Lion” New At Chinatown’s Bao Bei

GOODS: Veteran Barman Colin Turner Joins The Crew At East Of Main As Bar Manager

Cool Thing We Want #360: Paine’s Pinon Pine Incense From Cordova’s “Old Faithful”

GOODS: The “Compendious Coffee Chart” Now Available At Gastown’s “Revolver”

The View From Your Window #145: Sitting In 17A On A Flight From Vancouver To Paris

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: “Black Rock” In Ucluelet Seeking Staffers In The Kitchen

Seen In Vancouver #405: New Film “Robert Studer: A Curious Nature” By Craig Anderl

GOODS: Menu At “Le Parisien” On Denman Getting A “Nasty Bits” Update For Autumn

VICTORY GARDENS: With The Rains Comes The Search For Delicious Local Mushrooms

SWAG: Score A Double Pass To Monday’s Bombay Bicycle Club Concert At The Vogue

GOODS: Gastown’s Salt Tasting Room Set For Delicious Series Of Salt Cellar Evenings

Cool Thing We Want #359: The Wolverine 1000 Mile “Blixen Boot” From Charlie & Lee

GOODS: CinCin’s Mushroom & Truffle Fest Set To Showcase The Flavours of Autumn

SWAG: Win Two Tickets To Sunday Night’s “Farms To Forks” Moveable Feast At PICA

GOODS: La Buca & Pied-A-Terre All Set For 7th Annual Wild Game & Mushroom Festival

DINER: Fourth “Animal” Episode Sees Jeff & Jan Burning Their Faces Off With Curries