Tag: Vancouver
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EXCEPTIONAL EATERIES| Vancouver | Nelson the Seagull
Bread and coffee are the mainstays of the menu at Nelson the Seagull, but that’s not all – and it’s not just any old bread and coffee… The bread is freshly baked all day long, and the expertly brewed espresso coffee is perfection. Jonathan Snelgar and his two sisters, Jodi Balfour and Lee Snelgar, moved…
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Vancouver | Nature’s Design
My travels don’t usually take me into the wilderness, but when I was in Vancouver, Canada, I couldn’t resist a day of exploring – starting with a lurching, swaying, suspension bridge high above the Capilano River. The Capilano suspension bridge hangs about 200 feet above the river, and stretches 500 feet across. As I embarked,…
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Style Moment | Granville Island Public Market, Vancouver
“Let your watchword be order, and your beacon beauty.” Daniel Burnham (1846-1912) American architect and urban planner
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Weird but Wonderful | Runaway Bride?
A bride and her attendants turn heads as they flounce along a busy sidewalk in downtown Vancouver.
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Eye on Design | Vancouver | A Novel Idea
In the center of a small clothing boutique, in the Gastown neighborhood of Vancouver, is a massive column…and it’s constructed entirely of paperback books. Designed by Vancouver architect, Michael Green, the floor-to-ceiling cylinder in the center of fashion-forward clothing store, LYNNsteven, is not just for decoration. It serves as a fitting room, and, at night,…
