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[Editor's Note: Welcome to Jacqui, our new bar reviewer! Have a bar you love and want shared on here? Tell Jacqui in the comments!]Nights spent at Six Acres always leave me feeling nostalgic. Perhaps it's the antique decor, the variety of old board ...

topics: bar, chinatown, gastown

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I have never really understood why some things are considered fashionable and stylish and others are passe and in poor taste. I am reliably three years behind any fashion curve, so that by the time I adopt a certain style of dress it is inevitably al...

topics: fashion, photography

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With the weather forecast predicting sunshine for Saturday, March 20 -- the first official day of spring -- it is the perfect opportunity to be outside, stretching those legs and thinking green.Vancouver Light Rail RallyRail for the Valley, a growing...

topics: granville-island, show

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Not exactly, but the streets did feel a little empty after that fateful Sunday where we supposedly reverted back to No Fun City. Sure, the cops closed down the liquor stores at 2pm the day of the gold medal game, and sure, that very Sunday, bars sh...

topics: beach, bistro, diner, liquor, olympics

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[Editor's Note: Welcome to Lindsay, our new cafe reviewer! Know of an amazing cafe you'd like reviewed? Let her know in the comments!]Walking into Melriches on Davie Street is always a treat. You never know just what to expect. The smell of coffee, c...

topics: business, cafe, coffee

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[Editor's Note: Welcome to Melanie, our new arts columnist focusing on Vancouver events and culture happening beyond the beaten path!]On Friday, March 19, Darby's Pub on West 4th will be taken over by seven talented girls in pasties, corsets and stoc...

topics: arts, pub

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I love living in the city. I love the bustle of walking busy streets and the people-watching and just the general urban environment. That being said, I have no problems with bringing more nature into the city, especially when it comes to food product...

topics: city-of-vancouver, farm

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[Editor's Note: A big welcome to Matt, one of our newest columnists on city news and ideas!]I first heard about W2 in the buzz surrounding Woodward's opening, and as a continuation of development's 'cultural components.' The Woodward's central atrium...

topics: artist, arts, gastown, theatre

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[Editor's Note: A big welcome to Matt, one of our newest columnists on city news and ideas!]I first heard about W2 in the buzz surrounding Woodward's opening, and as a continuation of development's 'cultural components.' The Woodward's central atrium...

topics: artist, arts, gastown, theatre

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I've been meaning to learn more about Vancouver's fashion scene, and so attending an exclusive, behind-the-scenes shoot for Nicole Bridger's Fall/Winter 2010 lookbook was my in.Nicole Bridger's line is typically labeled as 'socially conscious contemp...