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GOODS: The East Van Wine Academy Set To Return To The Waldorf Hotel This January

Smoke Break #906: Gay Dads React To The News That They’re Going To Be Grandpas…

Cool Thing We Want #315: Tweed Canadian Wool Blanket From Gastown’s “Old Faithful”

GOODS: Tinhorn Creek Vineyards’ 2012 Canadian Concert Series Line Up Announced

The View From Your Window #114:

GOODS: Dockside Set For Holiday Tradition And NYE Celebrations On Granville Island

SCOUT POLL: Your Picks For The Best New Restaurants To Open In Vancouver in 2011

SWAG: Win A Pair Of Tickets To Go See Dinosaur Jr. Play The Commodore Ballroom

GOODS: The Bar At Gastown’s “Pourhouse” Set To Flip Old School This Holiday Season

HONOUR BOUND: Rob Geary & Luis Galvan Need Your Help To Get Home For Christmas

Smoke Break #905: Hockey Rink Of Dreams On Tagish Lake Up In The Yukon Territory

GOODS: “Painted Rock Estate Winery” Has Joined The Growing Scout Community

GOODS: Gastown’s “Revolver Coffee” Selling Curated Book Bundles During The Holidays

HONOUR BOUND: Help Venerable Kitsilano Institution “Zulu Records” Celebrate Its 30th

Cool Thing We Want #314: A Copy Of “Fred Herzog Photographs” Destined For Signature

DINER: Kudos To Two Rivers’ Boss Jason Pleym On Cracking ‘Top Forty Under 40’ List

GOODS: “Red Card” Celebrating New Near’s In Support Of The Canucks Autism Network

ON A MISSION: Gone Hunting For The Very Best BBQ Pork Steam Buns In Chinatown…

GOODS: “Divino Wine Bar” On Commercial Drive Looking For A New General Manager

Zulu Report: Everything That You Should Listen To This Week

THE MAKER BRIEFINGS: On DIY Christmas Presents And Digging Art That Uses Energy

Smoke Break #904: Anthony Bourdain Wants To Scare The Shit Out Of Children This Xmas

GOODS: “Hawksworth” In the Hotel Georgia Primed For Its First Ever New Year’s Eve

SEEN IN VANCOUVER #329: Scenes From The Western Front Society’s “Toque” Sale

GOODS: The Pointe At Tofino’s Wickaninnish Inn Joins The Growing Scout Community

Food Media Omnibus #549: On The Rumpus Room, Christmas Wishes & No More Butter

The Scout List: A Curated Agenda For Discerning Vancouverites

DINER: Cru’s Mark Taylor Takes Over Famed South Granville Address To Launch “Siena”