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SWAG: Win A Double Pass To Tomorrow’s “Pecha Kucha Night” Vol. 23 At The Vogue

Seen In Vancouver #399: Chris Jordan’s “Tuna” At South Granville’s Winsor Gallery

IDSwest Gets Ready To Launch Three Day Celebration Of Art, Design & Architecture

GOODS: Revered Japanese Sake Maker To Host Tasting Supper At Yaletown’s Minami

GOODS: Edible Canada Has Space Available For This Saturday’s Special Whisky Supper

DINER: New “Red Truck” Brewery In East Van To Break Ground With A Massive Bang

DINER: Check Out Episode 6 (Finale) Of The “Road To The Restaurant Rumble” Series

GOODS: Hawksworth Lauded As Restaurant Of The Year By Maclean’s Magazine

GOODS: Naramata’s “JoieFarm” Releases 2010 Reserve Series, Ready For Shipping

VICTORY GARDENS: On The Corn Harvest And How To Make A Really Good Corn Soup

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: “Tacofino” On The Lookout For A Jesse Grasso Replacement

VANCOUVERITES: 5 Minutes With Michelle And Jon Of The “Green Couch Sessions”

GOODS: “Railway Moonshiner” With Butter On The Endive, Inner City Farms, And R&B

Seen In Vancouver #398: Pictures From Yesterday’s Sweet Strathcona Harvest Fest

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Vancouver Urban Winery Looking For An Office Administrator

Cool Thing We Want #358: A “Mt. Pleasant Athletic Club” Shirt From Lark On Main St.

GOODS: Ladies Of “House Wine” Pitting France Against The New World On Oct. 10

GOODS: “Market” To Host Two Weeks Of Oktoberfest Beginning September 20th

Foreign Intelligence Brief #409: “Never In The Field Of Human Conflict…” Et Cetera

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Gastown’s Boneta On The Lookout For A Professional Server

SMOKE BREAK #989: National Film Board Of Canada Took On Skateboarding In 1966

Cool Thing We Want #357: Leather iPhone Satchel From Chinatown’s Erin Templeton

Seen In Vancouver #397: Dishwasher Quits To Avoid “Middle Class Yuppie” Customers

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Yaletown’s “Blue Water Cafe” On The Hunt For Kitchen Staff

Seen In Vancouver #396: Lunch With Joy Road & JoieFarm At Le Marche St. George

READ IT (AGAIN): Pair “The Hobbit” With A Wee Hike & Swigs Of Fat Tug India Pale Ale

CITY BRIEFS: On Dwarfing A Sugar Baron’s Heritage Mansion With Development Folly

SMOKE BREAK #988: Short Film On One Man’s 50 Year Dream To Build A Helicopter