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Playoff hockey makes me do weird things. I havent shaved for nearly two months and currently look like a bespectacled Sasquatch.

You are: Kristian Eligh, chef de Cuisine, Hawksworth Restaurant at The Rosewood Hotel Georgia (801 West Georgia, 604-673-7000, HawksworthRestaurant.

With a nine-hour time difference, Paris is about as far as you can get from Vancouver geographically. Its also completely different culturally, ethnically and lifestyle wise.

Opting for a real, live cashier instead of self-check out at the grocery store on a quiet, Canucks-are-in-the-playoffs shopping night gave me time to glance at the self-defeating headlines in the magazine rack that I normally tend to avoid.

No one really knows when the making of cheese came about, but the art of coagulating milk protein is certainly many thousands of years older than Vancouver older even than the pyramids of Giza and the expanse of Rome.

Its finally here! It may not be Caban, but ANTHROPOLOGIE (2912 Granville, 604 734-2529, Anthropologie.com) has somewhat redeemed the space that once housed the beloved design boutique.

A new, Eastern European-themed sportsbar called Sorry Babushka opens this week in the former Me & Julio location at 2095 Commercial Drive. There will be 90 seats inside and another 44 outside on the people-watching patio.

You are: James Walt, executive chef, Araxi Restaurant + Bar (Whistler Village Square, Araxi.com ). Describe the theme of your restaurant: We like to describe Araxi as regional cuisine.

As my wifes prenatal business continues to grow, so too does my exposure to fertility issues. When couples begin preparing for conception, there is often an unequal amount of pressure placed on the woman and her fertility.

Marcus Wainwright and David Neville are the British boys behind Rag & Bone, the successful New York label that was named the 2010 Council of Fashion Designers of America menswear designer of the year.