Vancouver Good

Holly Boutique opened a few months ago to lots of raves. Here’s one more. I recently collaborated with Holly Wong, owner of the boutique, on a shopping event for the Downtown Networking Association. Along with local luxe brands Sienna Ray Bags and Lisbeth Jewelry, we put on a great evening of shopping while networking – [...]

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I love Main Street. Love it! It’s hard to explain why, but when you go to Main St, you feel it. It’s a locals neighbourhood with excellent eating and shopping. It used to be the non-mainstream alternative, and it still is, but it’s definitely trendy. I’ll focus primarily on the “SoMa” (South Main) district here. [...]

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In addition to Simply Sublime’s excellent jewellry, they have a clothing boutique in the studio as well. The studio is located out of the way, at Oak & 33rd ave, but it’s worth it, especially when a sale is on as they are awesome! Last year I bought a pair of Hunter boots for 40% [...]

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Last week I attended a private shopping event at JC Studio (JC =  Jacqueline Conoir) with the Downtown Networking Association. The tagline for JC Studio is to “shop like a celebrity” and they treat you like a VIP the entire way.  First, we enjoyed some canapes and drinks while we watched a small fashion show [...]

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I love the Gastown Shop Hop, and I was just talking about it so I’m jazzed it’s here again. There is a dress at Two of Few I am coveting! I usually race around the stores between 8-10pm after work, but it’s best done with friends, spending the whole night going from store to store [...]

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I dropped into Oliver and Lilly’s today, a lovely boutique full of pretty clothing and accessories (and a teeny tiny men’s section too). Looks like they keep their blog current, as I spied many pieces from the blog in their store still. As I recently purchased a house, I am spending a little less freely [...]

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I’ve previously mentioned two of my go-to shopping destinations in gastown. The next store in my short list: Moulé 2 Vancouver locations: 1994 W. 4th, Vancouver and 2016 Park Royal South, West Vancouver Why it’s fabulous: – Amazing clothes, shoes, and accessories. AMAZING! Big range, from denim & tees, to business wear, to high-end gowns. [...]

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I attended a fantastic talk by Danielle Laporte this weekend at the Ask a Woman event and one of her many points was that a person should have a few go-to stores when it comes to shopping. These are stores that know you, and that you can trust to have pieces that represent yourself. I [...]

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I give my friends a tour of Granville Island often, but we were all in the mood for something different this weekend, so we went to Commercial Drive. The Drive is an interesting spot in the city.  People usually call Commercial Drive Vancouver’s “Little Italy.” It is very Italian, but I can’t say there are [...]

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Late afternoon on a grey-ish Sunday afternoon. Walking to Granville Island in the light rain and Go Fish has no line-up! On a weekend afternoon, this is a rarity. I am thankful for the rain. At Go Fish I grabbed a cod tempura tacone, based on a famous salmon tacone. Crunchy and refreshing with a [...]

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