Grills For Good Tuesday, June 4 Good Robot Brewing, 2736 Robie Street 5:30-9:30pm, $55, eventbrite.ca Everyone knows #BeingHungrySucks, but for Mark Brand and the team behind Vancouver’s A Better Life Foundation it’s more than a hashtag, it’s a call to action: One repeatedly answered through initiatives to help people build upward mobility through increased food […]
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SHOP THIS: suite’s sweet hair accessories
When Kristi MacDonald, fashion fiend and co-owner of rchmnd (1869 Granville Street), was getting married last year, she scoured shops for the right barrette only to continuously come up empty-handed. When she finally landed on a look she liked, MacDonald—thanks to her wide-spanning connections in the fashion world—ordered a whack of hair accessories from Australia, […]
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Bespoke brings seven fairytale weddings to life
Another weekend, another shopping option for those of you who are planning to say “I do.” Bespoke is back. This Sunday, April 9 (1-5pm) the wedding wonderland takes the Marriott Harbourfront Hotel (1919 Upper Water Street) and turns it into a romantic’s daydream come to life. The cakes, the flowers, the music, the snacks and […]
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Jeska Grue’s lasting impression
Jeska Grue has always been inspired by the forgotten, the discarded and the left behind. The now Sackville, New Brunswick-based seamstress and designer grew up loving pre-loved clothing, sparking her imagination by sifting through the colours, patterns and fabrics of piled-high Frenchy’s bins. As a rural-living teen dealing with anxiety and depression, she says fashion […]
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Hyped on handmade: 12 holiday markets and pop-ups to check out
North by Night Holiday Market Back again, taking over the corner of Charles and Agricola, is the North by Night Holiday Market, a seasonal street party. Just before the sun goes down for the day (curse you, early darkness!) the strip comes alive with food trucks, live music, a beer garden, clothing, crafts and snacks. […]
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Holding out for a hero
I was already sitting in the sunshine enjoying the salt-laced citrus tartness of Good Robot’s Goseface Killah when my friend Sarah walked onto their gastroturf with her new puppy, Penny. A puff of curly golden fluff, Penny delighted everybody within two feet of her before rolling around and tussling with a nearby basset hound. And […]
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This weekend = local holiday shopping bonanaza
Whether you’re knocking items off your shopping list or merely looking for busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style—this weekend your options are endless and endlessly awesome. With handmade markets everywhere you turn, and a pop-up circuit that’s popping off it’s fitting that Shop The Neighbourhood (a national event aimed at celebrating local, indie business) touches […]
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Full Moon fever
The tides will get higher, dogs will be howling, cats will be yowling and strange things will be brewing in the light of this month’s blue moon. But the most important lunar effect this month will be seen when Tyson Wachter from Mother’s Pizza and Ami Goto from Dharma Sushi get together and present Full […]
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4 to 8 Sample Fashions visits Bishop’s Landing
For the past couple of years, 4 to 8 Sample Fashions has been popping up four times a year, selling off ahead of the curve samples pieces (the ones that are used to promote the line before it even launches) at prices that are a fraction of what they’d be sold for by the designer. […]
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Pop goes Zafira Apparel
Shorts and pants and dresses, oh my! Zafira Apparel is having its first ever pop-up shop tomorrow (Friday July 5), in the old jane’s on the common space (2394 Robie Street). Owner, designer and creator Conni Zafiris—who currently sells her fashions online through Etsy and in an artisan boutique in Oakville, Ontario—thought the idea of […]
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Darklands lights up
From out of the shadows of Barrington Street comes Courtney Rafuse‘s badass vintage line Darklands. Sunday (from 11am to 5pm) marks the first of what will hopefully be a monthly series of pop-up shops out of 1665 Barrington Street (just above Little Mysteries) that’ll show off her meticulously collected pieces of women’s clothing, that until […]