Contents FEATURES
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ESSENTIAL
FASHION Fun for Modern Flappers
VANCOUVER
WHERE VANCOUVER ANNUAL 2016/17
ART BC Landscapes
DANCE Ballet BC Turns 30
KEEPSAKES Pearls of Great Price
DINING Eat Like a Rock Star
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Seasons in the City
On the water, on the slopes,
in the parks or in the streets,
Vancouver is an outdoor
delight, year-round
BY DORIS ECKER
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Setting the
Barre High
Seasons
in the City
A PLACE TO PLAY
WATCH WORDS
VINTAGE VINTNERS
VIJ’S VANCOUVER
SUPER SPAS
ASK A CONCIERGE
NEIGHBOURHOODS
ON THE COVER
Yaletown on the north shore of
False Creek, looking west to the
Burrard bridge and English Bay
PHOTO: MICHAEL WHEATLEY /
ALL CANADA PHOTOS
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E SS E N T I A L VA N CO U V ER 20 16 / 1 7
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Emily Molnar muses on
Ballet BC’s 30-year love affair
with contemporary dance
and plots its next grand jeté
forward
BY LOUISE PHILLIPS
My Vancouver
Noted restaurateur and
sometime TV celeb, Vikram
Vij lauds his city
BY SHERI RADFORD
PHOTOS: (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP L) CHRIS CHEADLE / ALL CANADA PHOTOS.
DEXTER QUINTO. KK LAW. MICHAEL SLOBODIAN
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Time is Precious
It’s simple – complications in
today’s timepieces are highly
desirable
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BY TONY WHITNEY
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BY SHERI RADFORD
Alberni Street
Big-name brands in your
sights? Scope out swanky
Alberni Street
Prohibition
When a lady and a lounge
look this good together, there
oughta be a law against it...
PHOTOS BY DEXTER QUINTO
+ STYLED BY LEILA BANI