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GOODS: Mission Hill Family Estate Releases Line-Up For The Okanagan Spring Wine Fest

Smoke Break #925: West End Icon “Spandy Andy” Gets His Super Freak On In Australia

Food Media Omnibus #557: On Being A Back Of House Woman And Eating Up Bhuddism

GOODS: Feenie Wins Silver With Haywire At The 2012 Canadian Culinary Championships

DINER: The “Tacofino” Food Truck Will Open A New Restaurant On East Hastings In May

VANCOUVERITES: Five Minutes With Randi Obenauer, Designer & Creator Of “Ora Bags”

GOODS: Celebrated “Okanagan Crush Pad” Has Joined The Growing SCOUT Community

#VANCOUVER WOULD BE COOLER IF #176: If Our Rush Hour Streets Had Mr. Happy Man

Smoke Break #924: Tory Jackass Moves To Quash Right To Privacy With Orwellian Move

Cool Thing We Want #332: Horizontal Six Jet Dream Shower Set Up From Meiré Und Meire

A POUND OF BUTTER: On The Joy Of Fried Beach Oysters With Waffles And Remoulade

GOODS: “Edible Canada” On Granville Island Pairing Up With Gray Monk For Wine Dinner

SEEN IN VANCOUVER #343: Old Dude Feeds And Runs Down Pigeons On Granville Street

GOODS: Railtown’s “Big Lou’s Butcher Shop” Celebrates Accolade With New Promotions

#VANCOUVER WOULD BE COOLER IF #175: There Were Windows And Spaces Like This

Meyer Family Vineyards

GOODS: The Ladies Of House Wine Set To Host “Italy Encore” Tasting Event At Legacy

Vancouver Detail #274: 8 Pairs Of Vintage Gazelles Hanging From A Dining Room Scull

VANCOUVERITES: A Chat With “Chef Todd” Of 12B, Vancouver’s Underground Restaurant

GOODS: “Thai For Two” This Valentine’s Day At Kitsilano’s Award-Winning Maenam

Cool Thing We Want #331: This Super Styling “Whale Identification Chart” In Water-Colour

GOODS: Chef Joel Aubie Of Tofino’s “Shelter” Getting Ready For Top Chef Canada Combat

Poplar Grove Winery

SEEN IN VANCOUVER #342: A Short Film On All The Feet That Wash Up On Our Beaches

GOODS: “Old Vines Restaurant” At Quail’s Gate Winery On The Lookout For New Cooks

SOUNDTRACKING: Seven Minutes With The Fresh And Onlys’ Bassist Shayde Sartin

Vancouver Detail #273: Smeagol The Eagle, A Winged Fixture Of The Downtown Eastside

GOODS: An Afternoon Gathering Of Bearded Gentlemen At Gastown’s “Pourhouse”