Living

Happy birthday, Parker To celebrate its first anniversary on Union Street, the Parker is offering a new $29 degustation option by Top Chef Canadas chef Curtis Luk.

Jordan Dawe says that on top of having an hour of quality reading time with his six-month-old son Sebastian, attending the Man In The Moon literacy program has had other benefits as well. One is equipping him with tools to fix baby grumpiness.

Shes paying-it-forward, wedding day style. A North Van wedding dress designer is completely reworking secondhand, out-of-date wedding dresses for five brides-to-be from the Downtown Eastside.

Theres no smell of patchouli filling the air at WE Vancouver as Lexi Soukoreff lays out her tie-dyed yoga pants on the table.

Three people are huddled around a desk. Book covers are being flipped open and shut at a rapid-fire pace, until a petite woman spots me, smiles, and says shell be right there.

Designers speak out on the ‘madness’ behind fashion week

Q. My container fig tree is about three to four years old with one-and-a-half-dozen figs, which are smallish, hard and showing no signs of ripening. It is planted in a 14x14x14” container.

Fall fresh After five years on West 13th, partners in life, and business, Leighann Boquist and Darren Bold have moved their contemporary womens clothing store to a brand new retail space at 1575 W. 6th.

Much of Vancouver’s glitterati attended the exclusive and expensive Luxury & Supercar Weekend earlier this month at the VanDusen Garden. There was a Bugatti Veyron there and even a Pagani Huayra.

The Acura MDX occupies a somewhat unique spot in the market place. By offering abundant creature comfort and a seven-passenger capacity — while remaining more affordable than the more premium brands — it has become a favourite luxury SUV.