When I worked at the Marine Building, one of my favourite lunch walks was down through the edge of Gastown to those two blocks of Cordova that house quirky, interesting, local stores. First stop was always the highlight: Salmagundi Antiques. Merriam Webster defines salmagundi as ‘a heterogeneous mixture’ or ‘a salad

For those who are visiting Vancouver for the first time, Southlands can come as quite a surprise. There, down the hill from Southwest Marine, are horses and miniature ponies clomping about the streets. Busy barns, unassuming bungalows and gigantic mansions front bales of hay and riding rings. Southlands Nursery has

Mount Pleasant has become a creative hub over the last few years, home to multiple galleries, acting studios, Hootsuite, Gener8 and the Sarah McLachlan School of Music. Long-established Vancouver fashion designer RozeMerie Cuevas has her 8,000 square foot flagship studio on 5th and Columbia. On the facade of her building, you’ll

In most apartment buildings, the recycling rituals are the same. Separate your plastics from your papers from your food mush, then bring the lot down to the giant bins in the basement when your own receptacles are full. In Meaghan Kennedy’s building, things work a little differently. Residents store their

Sometimes people introduce new food combinations – chocolate bubble gum! Ketchup potato chips! Peppermint steak! – that inspire more questions than fans. In first hearing about lemon croissants, I wasn’t so sure where the blend fell on the yum to yikes continuum.Then, a visit to Beyond Bread won me over. I was actually