Living

At the end of a busy work day, working out may feel like the last thing you want to do. You’d rather put your feet up and binge on take-out and watch Netflix. Why? Because it’s convenient.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Someone on Reddit.com posed the question, "What have you always been curious to try?" In reply, many people said they wanted to experiment with exotic varieties of sex and drugs they had never treated themselves to before.

In this young, ever-changing city, where the search for The Next Big Thing trumps any sense of nostalgia, Las Margaritas Restaurante Y Cantina is an anomaly.

Vancouver’s cocktail culture has evolved over the last decade or so from the reign of the Cosmo and its ilk to the more thoughtful and artisanal imaginings of today’s menus. Bartenders have become more than just mixers of drinks.

Despite some North American writers declaring brunch to be dead (apparently, it’s a classist expression of opulence by narcissistic urban swanksters…yeah, mull over that for a while), Vancouver’s brunch scene is definitely on the rise.

There wasn’t even a contest on this one. Not really. The two runners up, Alibi Room and Tap and Barrel, both have fantastic beer selections – and they’re preferable places to drink those beers, depending on the social situation.

It shouldn’t take a genius to figure out why VCBW ’s been voted the city’s Best Food and Drink Event . Just take a quick look at the three nouns that make up its name: “Vancouver”, “beer”, and “week”. Huh.

When in Italy, and you’re looking for the best meatballs in the city, ask a local, any local, and the response is invariably the same: “My mama/grandma/uncle’s house! Just go around the corner and ask for Giorgio!” Or Maria. Or Giuseppe.

A lot can happen in a decade. For Nico and Karri Schuermans, the past ten years has seen the pair develop a string of successful restaurants and businesses including Chambar , Café Medina , and the Dirty Apron Cooking School .

Breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. You, the reader, have made this very clear by voting Yolk’s as Best Food Truck and Best Breakfast in our Best of the City awards . It could be because of the…well, you know…yolks.