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Enchanted Forest opens

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Now online at enchanted-forest.ca is Enchanted Forest (104 Diana Grace Avenue, 405-6901) a store that provides environmentally-friendly, organic, and natural baby products. The business describes itself as �proudly Canadian� and eco-friendly and offers exclusively made-in-Canada items.…

TicketPro at The Coast

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Hello friend reader and event-goer: Now you can purchase tickets from us! Yes, The Coast (5567 Cunard Street, 422-6278) is now a TicketPro outlet.…

Ripsters opens in Bayers Lake

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

It�s early September. You know what that means?…

Adventure Travel Company stakes out new location

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 -0300

For 10 years they�ve been the Adventure Travel Company and Travel Cuts at 1589 Barrington, but now they�re a new addition to the north end. As of September 7 it'll be simply known as the Adventure Travel Company and will be found in the�Hydrostone Market, at 5552 Kaye Street.…

Bouclair opens two new stores

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

On the hunt for bedding, furniture, laps, rungs, etc? Give Bouclair a look. The Canadian company has just opened two stores, one in Bedford at 85 Damascus Road and at Dartmouth Crossing at 72 Finnian Row.]]> [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Proskates, Utliity and Moksha Yoga: Shoptalk Facts and Rumours

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

This we know is a fact, as has been reported in Shoptalk: Pretty Things Boutique (5685 Cunard Street, 492-8329) is moving into the Pro Girl space at 5240 Blowers Street, while the ProSkates empire, including Pro Girl, prepares to move into new digs on Quinpool Road. The ProSkates move was prompted by the news that their building, which also houses Utility (5224 Blowers Street, 420-1348), is being torn down.

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24twentyeight opens

editor@thecoast.ca — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Logan Hudak and his buddy Lee Fraser, two DJs in town, have collaborated on a new business that opened this week, 24twentyeight (5181 Sackville Street, 440-7957). As they conceived of it last November, they struggled with a name.…

Gottingen Street's opportunities

editor@thecoast.ca (Tim Bousquet) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:30:00 -0300

Walking around Gottingen Street the other day, I was struck by how many empty storefronts there are---it�s hard to put an exact number on it, because there are potential retail spaces on side streets and upstairs, but I�d put the empty figure at somewhere around 20 percent. See the map above.…

Alicia Melanson is happening

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

�I'm a native of Halifax, and have always been in love with the arts,� explains Alicia Melanson, an experienced hairstylist and makeup artist, about her new business, Alicia Melanson Hair & Makeup (1725 Barrington Street, 3rd Floor, 433-1616), which she�s opened with fellow beauty expert Meaghan Ryan. Melanson has trained at Bumble & Bumble in New York, been a stylist to the stars for special events and worked at Thumpers.

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Moksha Yoga closes ...for 48 hours

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Shoptalk reported a couple of weeks ago that there were some changes going on at Moksha Yoga (1512 Dresden Row, 420-0888), which might include a brief closure as they expand to the floor upstairs their current Dresden Row location. Well, that's what's happening: August 26 and 27.…

Party Bus busted

editor@thecoast.ca (Tim Bousquet) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:24:00 -0300

The Utility and Review Board has quashed an application by Party Bus Atlantic, Inc. to operate in Nova Scotia. Party Bus hails from Newfoundland, where it operates four buses and where the bus industry is not regulated.…

pur alternatives closing up shop

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Last week Shoptalk provided details of a toxin-free soap from the fine folks at pur alternatives (Barrington Place Shops, 1903 Barrington Street, 407-3660), and sadly we have to report this week that the store is closing on September 4, as we have heard from manager/co-owner Christopher Galbraith. He asserts that the online venue for pur alternatives remains active (puralternatives.ca), and pur alternatives products will still be sold at the Saturday Alderney Landing farmers market.…

Fresh Prints kisses EC Lips

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Shoptalk had reported it was an East Coast Lips location, but that was only partly true. "A couple of the guys in here are involved with EC Lips," says Fresh Prints (2411 Agricola Street, 404-6468) co-owner Nigel Lutes.…

Outcast Ink sets up shop on North

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

They used to be up on Titus in Fairview, then they moved to 152 Portland in Dartmouth, but that wasn�t quite the right fit for Outcast Ink. �Business wasn�t as good,� says Matt McNamara, an apprentice tattooist at the studio.…

Soled Out to move, Moksha Yoga expanding

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Celebrating two years in the downtown, Moksha Yoga (1512 Dresden Row, 420-0888), the specialists in �hot yoga," are expanding this month to the second floor of their building, the former home of Soled Out (and more about them in a second).

This will mean bigger change rooms, more showers, a greater variety of classes and more of them.…

Simmons Mattress Gallery Student Specials

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:00:00 -0300

It�s August. The month after August is September, which means the population of Halifax will swell as the students return is a big, beer-drinking deluge.…

HB Studios to close Halifax operation

editor@thecoast.ca (Tim Bousquet) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:00:00 -0300

Lunenburg-based videogame producer HB Studios is closing its satellite Halifax operation. "The current projects under development at the Halifax studio are to be completed before the studio officially closes on September 17," confirms Melanie Williams, director of operations at HB.…

More Yoga Opportunities

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0300

This may be of special interest to those mourning the passing of the Yoga Loft at the end of July. All skill levels can enjoy Kundalini Yoga at the following times and locations: Mon/Thurs 6-7:30pm at EFT Atlantic, 5663 Cornwallis, Suite 104, Wednesday 5:30-7pm at DANSpace, 1531 Grafton, 3rd floor and Saturday 9:30-11am at GPI Atlantic, 3008 Oxford, Suite 203 (entrance on Cork).…

DigitalCare Computers opens

editor@thecoast.ca (Tim Bousquet) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:09:00 -0300

Coowners Derek Lewis and Matt Webber have opened DigitalCare Computers (1535 Dresden Row, 428-8777), providing computer sales and service in the downtown core. "We saw that there wasn't anyone providing this kind of service for small and medium businesses downtown," says Lewis, explaining the business concept.…

Metro Dog Wash adds Tailwagrrrs

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0300

It was always a great place to take your dog to be groomed though it was sometimes too busy to get your dog in quickly. But now, under the new ownership of Kathleen Duffey of Tailwagrrrs: The K9 Wellness Centre (746 Bedford Highway, 444-3649) there�s now a whole staff of six groomers working seven days a week.…

Twisted Muse opens

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0300

A reminder: Shoptalk reported back in May that local fashionista Johanna Galipeau intended on opening a second store in addition to her Sweet Pea (1542 Queen Street, 423-0975). The day has now arrived, with Twisted Muse (5486 Spring Garden Road), Sweet Peas darker, rock 'n' roll sister, now happening in the new retail space on the second floor of Mills.…

Coast Publishing acquires Duly Noted wedding magazine

editor@thecoast.ca (Tim Bousquet) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:55:00 -0300

I just received the following press release from the other end of my office, from Coast publisher Christine Oreskovich:]]> [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

NSDCC Summer Show is this weekend

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Every summer around this time, the Nova Scotia Designer Craft Council (1113 Marginal Road, 423-3837) hosts their big sale in the parking lot so recently occupied by the Halifax Jazz Festival tent. This weekend it�s happening again, with 10-15,000 attendees expected, if previous years are anything to go by.…

Splice changes hours

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Woody Lidstone, Shoptalk�s contact at Splice (1668 Barrington Street, 444-4225) is always good at keeping us in the loop with what�s going on at the computer training, consultant and repair clinic. �We're open an hour earlier and an hour later on weekdays, because we want to make it easier for folks to get their Mac in for repairs,� he writes in an email.…

Bellissimo finishes renovations

editor@thecoast.ca (Carsten Knox) — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:00:00 -0300

Having closed for almost three weeks to complete a little internal restructuring, Bellissimo (2743 Agricola Street, 423-6014), which also includes Abby's Fabric Shoppe, has now reopened. �We�ve expanded,� reports the delightfully named manager Lacey Fanjoy.…