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SMOKE BREAK #985: Awesome Car Chase Featuring James Bond Against James Bond

GOODS: Supper Celebrating Fall Food & Fashion At West Van’s Fraiche On Sept. 26

HEADS UP: Antisocial Skateboard Shop Hosting “Skateistan” Book Launch Tonight

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Gastown’s L’Abattoir On The Lookout For An Expediter

The Postmedia Paywall Guarding Content On Sun & Province Websites Doesn’t Work

VICTORY GARDENS: On Plums, With A Short And Tasty Digression On Other Stone Fruits

GOODS: East Van’s “Campagnolo Roma” To Host Quinto Quarto Supper On Sept. 26th

SMOKE BREAK #984: “Bad Lip Reading” Explores The Romance Of Edward & Bella

GOODS: Chinatown’s “East Of Main Cafe” Is Looking To Get Properly, Positively Mobbed

HEADS UP: Food Cart Fest At The Waldorf To Continue Through September’s Sundays

LOOKCITY: 5 Minutes With Local “Broken Promises” Jewellery Designer Karen La

HEADS UP: End Of Summer BBQ And Wine Tasting In Stanley Park On Thursday Night

LOOKCITY: A Lot Of Handsome Men At Ease At The Sartorialist Supper In Florence

VANCOUVER WOULD BE COOLER IF #189: We Put A Big Fir Tree In Every Roundabout

GOODS: Kale & Nori’s Bittered Sling Bistro Preps For “Flor de Cana” Rum Competition

Foreign Intelligence Brief #407: On White House Beer & The Appeal Of Diner En Blanc

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Hotly Anticipated “Espana” On The Lookout For A Sous Chef

VICTORY GARDENS: On Celebrating (Finally) The Arrival Of The Tomato Harvest

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READ IT (AGAIN): Pair A Boozy Shake At Save On Meats With “Slaughterhouse Five”

VANCOUVER WOULD BE COOLER IF #188: We Could Walk It As Diversely As Berkeley

BEYOND CHEDDAR: On “Abbaye de Tamie”, The French Cheese With A 900 Year History

The View From Your Window #138: A Shot From A Washroom Stall In New York City

GOODS: Irish Heather Gets Scottish With Treacle Stout And Innis & Gunn On Sept. 11

SMOKE BREAK #983: A New Anthem For Bargain Hunting Thrift Store Aficionados

GOODS: “Union Wood & Supply Co.” Adds Several New Custom-Built Pieces For Home

ZULU REPORT: All The Awesome Sounds That You Should Be Listening To This Week

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: Fat Dragon And The Two Campagnolos Looking For Cooks