Chef Andrew Toncini brings connection, comfort and Italian cuisine right to your home Words Toby TannasPhotography Lia Crowe Chhef Andrew Toncini wants to change the way you experience food. His mission: bring authentic Italian cuisine directly to you, in your home, …
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That perfect moment
Stepping into a fairy tale at Château Okanagan Words + Photography Lia Crowe Crunching along a nondescript road lined by dry, scrubby yellow and sage green bushes running parallel to Okanagan Lake and high up the hillside, my travel companion and I look down again at our …
Seeds of imagination
German Aguirre reinterprets nature through design Words Laura GoldsteinPhotography Albert Law Like a surgeon performing the most delicate of operations, he uses tweezers to precisely place each seed into intricate patterns on furniture tabletops whose designs recall …
Fired up for fundraising
Midland Appliance partners with Vancouver Firefighter Charities to host Fire in the Kitchen events Words Don DescoteauPhotography Lia Crowe During a late spring Fire in the Kitchen fundraiser held at Midland Appliance in Langley, guests could be forgiven for thinking they …
Upcycle
Repurposing, visibly mending and creating sustainability in the fashion industry Words Laura GoldsteinPhotography Lia Crowe When the owners of upscale Victoria consignment fashion boutique House of Savoy filled their storefront window with mounds of used clothing on a …
Secrets and lives — and the 7 sins with Michelle Webber
Michelle Webber says it was a passionate need for a clean and 100 per cent cruelty-free deodorant and a gaping hole in the beauty industry that spurred her to create her latest business. Founder and owner of SONDR, Michelle was working double time as a wedding planner and at …
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Sweat lodge: the oldest church on earth
WORDS Hans TammemagiIllustration Sierra Lundy My eyes were wide open, but it was utterly black with not the tiniest sliver of light. And it was intensely hot. Drums pounded, reverberating like the heartbeat of some giant beast. Then a deep guttural voice started singing in …
Music City
Honky-tonk and southern charm in upbeat Nashville Words Lauren KramerPhotography Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp There’s no such thing as a quiet night in Nashville, a city with no fewer than 180 venues for live music. When we visited in February, the low season, …
in the limelight
Chelsea Hobbs embraces her many roles—as an actor and a mother Words Lauren KramerPhotography Lia Crowe At 38, Vancouverite Chelsea Hobbs is already an accomplished film and television actress whose credits include HBO’s Transporter, CSI: Miami, Lords of Dogtown and …
The picture of personalized health
VitaminLab sets a new standard in the supplement industry Words Devon Paige SmithPhotography Don Denton True personalization”—that’s the buzzword and tagline that inspires and keeps BC-based business owner Anton Solonnikov moving his business, VitaminLab, …