Living

When you visit a doctor in a clinic or in the hospital, it's not a social call. It's not unlike a meeting with each party bringing an agenda of items to discuss as well as individual expectations.

Players with the BC Lions joined local food enthusiasts at the Hyatt Regency on March 7 for the Healthy Chef competition. The winners are as follows: Best Entree: Vancouver Community College made up of members of the Junior Culinary Team Canada.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Controlled hysteria is what is required, said playwright Arthur Miller about his creative process. To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria. Its agony. But everyone has agony.

City Cellars covered a lot of ground over the last few weeks, from getting you prepped for the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival to pushing for updated liquor laws in B.C. and tackling the complicated world of Portuguese wines.

A stroll around the blocks that feed into Gastowns bustling Maple Tree (Gassy Jack) Square these days would make anyone wonder if the area hadnt already long gone over capacity in the restaurant department.

Funny man Terry David Mulligan will get roasted in his own stew at a celebrity comedy dinner to raise money for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank.

Mortar & Pestles spring 2012 collection is as enticing as freshly baked bread.

If theres one rule about a traditional Chinese wedding banquet its that it has to be... well, it has to be traditional.

Vancouver-based designer Sofia Mendez-Schenone sisters exotic style was the inspiration behind the Sofia Spring 2012 collection. I went back home to Chile for a couple of months and got to hang out with Rocio.

Quirky American label Wildfox Couture just announced a whimsical jewelry line for spring 2012 all about white, love and the California cowgirl princess.