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Bowen Island Steamship DaysIf you need a reason to enjoy the 20-minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay to Bowen Island for the �rst time, here it is: Steamship Days (July 10 to 14.) Celebrating the island’s roots as a picnic/vacation destination for thousands of Vancouverites before the Lions Gate Bridge made it easy to travel by car, the family-friendly festival includes old-fashioned games and activities, a wooden boat show (includ-ing My Fair Lady, above), vintage car show, music (including Maria in the Shower on July 13) and lots of terri�c food. You’ll feel like you’re a world away from Vancouver even though it’s right across the Howe Sound. Other incentives to visit this sum-mer include Dock Dance (August 3), Dog Days of Summer (if you don’t go on August 11, your dog may never forgive you) and Bowfest (August 24, with Run for the Ferry, parade and Adam Woodall Band). SteamshipDays.com | BowenChamber.com | Bowfest.org Maria Steernberg/Sea Snaps photo
Space out with Movies Under The StarsFor weeks, Chris Had�eld showed us what the earth looks like when viewed from the orbiting Interna-tional Space Centre. He made dreamers of us all. That’s what �lmmakers do, too. This summer, the Space Centre is creating its own space/�lm magic on its domed Planetarium screen. Movies Under the Stars returns with Armageddon on July 12. (Hey, if the world is about to end, shouldn’t we be thinking of where else we could live?) The series continues with Moonraker on July 19, Close Encounters of the Third Kind on August 9 and The Fifth Element on August 16. All shows start at 9pm. Meanwhile, if your idea of nightlife is looking up at the stars, take a peek through the centre’s 1/2-metre Cassegrain telescope to explore Vancouver’s night sky. It’s open Fridays and Saturdays from 8pm to midnight. Admission is $15 for adults, $8 for youth aged �ve to 18; and $45 for a family pass. SpaceCentre.ca. Photo: Armageddon, Touchstone Pictures
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News �ash: the biggest risk factor for getting dementia is old age.
And, let us not be the �rst to say this, you will get old. The alternative — not
living long enough to get old — is much, much worse.
Starting in our late thirties, our brain starts to show higher levels of beta amyloid plaque, a protein that is linked to Alzheimers. The protein is in all of us but just as there are ways to prevent a build-up of plaque in our arteries, there are things we can do to to reduce the risk of dementia and delaying its onset.
Some of us might be lucky and be like Dal Rich-ards. The Vancouver band leader conducted the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at a 95th birthday party in his honor this past winter. He is a “super senior”, someone born with telomeres that prevent his DNA from fraying as quickly as it does in most people.
Or we might be at the other end of the spectrum and be part of this statistic: one in 11 people older
than 65 — or 500,000 Canadians — are living with some sort of dementia.
Given the number of Baby Boomers who are in the midst of discovering that old age will happen to them too, brain health is a real concern.
When Justin Davis was granted his PhD in “the neurophysiology of human movement” from UBC, the scienti�c world was exploding with advances in our understanding of how the brain works. Instead of getting a research position, the Kitsilano resident found business partners who were also interested in brain �tness. Together they created Nognz Brain Fitness, a store in West Vancouver that offers fun and education tools to stimulate our brains.
We asked him to share some advice on what we can do to give our brain a �ghting chance of being there for us for a long, long time.
Warning: this is advice you’ve often heard before (probably starting with your mother’s cautionary tales about what happens if you don’t eat your vegetables or stay out too late.) But in case you’ve forgotten…
Age is going to happen to all of us but there are ways to reduce the risk of developing dementia, says Dr. Justin Davis, the co-founder of Nognz Brain Fitness.
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1) ExerciseThe brain, surprisingly, consumes 25 per cent of
all your food intake, which is why it’s important to keep it well nourished. That means not only being mindful of the foods you eat (see the next point) but also giving it the nutrient it needs the most: oxygen-rich blood.
“The most important thing you can do for your brain is deliver blood to it,” says Dr. Davis, “and you have to have a healthy heart and lungs to pump oxygen to the brain.”
He’s not suggesting that everyone sign up for an exhaustive cross�t training session. Instead, regu-larly going for a brisk walk can do a lot to keep the blood �owing to the top of your head.
2) Eat a healthy dietThe brain is 60 per cent fat and it takes fat to love fat, espe-cially Omega 3 fatty acids. “They’re the building blocks,” he says. In Vancouver, it’s hardly a struggle to add more �sh to your diet but there are other sources of Omega 3, such as chia seeds, walnuts and eggs.
The brain loves any type of green leafy veg-etables or brightly coloured berries, rich sources of anti-oxidants. Why not a leafy green salad made with your own olive oil dressing, since raw (un-heated) olive oil is very good for your brain?
Try to limit the amount of meat you eat since a lot of the metals in meats are known to help beta plaques form. In short, put a little Mediterranean diet into your life.
3) Eat several times a dayEver felt that three o’clock in the afternoon lag? That’s your calorie-consuming brain asking for a jolt of energy. It’s better to eat �ve smaller meals a day than three large ones. “It’s really important you provide yourself with a stable source of energy.”
4) Get a good night’s sleepA bad night’s sleep is usually the end result of having stress in your life. It could be worries over your mortgage, or a divorce or death in the family. While a little bit of stress keeps our mind alert, chronic stress affects our hormones, which affects
our sleep. The less sleep we have, the less able we are to cope with stress. “It really is a downward spiral,” Dr. Davis says.
Before you go to bed, try to calm your brain by do-ing meditation or your own type of prayer. Keep a jour-nal or try yoga. Don’t drink alcohol in the evening and try not to eat after six.
5) Avoid social isolationIf you are socially isolated or lonely, you are at a much greater risk of de-veloping dementia. Contact with others helps us in many ways, not least of which is we’re not always alone with our thoughts, espe-cially negative ones. “You can get trapped inside your head and that worry contributes to your cognitive decline.”
This can be particularly true among men. One of the best groups Dr. Davis knows is Fit Fellas at the West Vancouver Seniors’ Activity Centre. “They do it all” — exercise, talk, meet for coffee. “It’s an old-fashioned boys’ club.”
6) Mental stimulationIt’s not enough that you do a crossword puzzle a day. You need to teach your old brain new tricks. Take up Sudoko or learn a new language. You need to give your brain new “ah-ha” moments all the time so it remains active. “Push your mental boundaries and invest in your brain bank.”
7) Get spiritual“Having a faith and belief system lets you let go of a lot of toxic worries,” Dr. Davis says.
Of course, Dr. Davis also recommends dropping by Nognz Brain Fitness (1517 Bellevue in West Vancouver) to check out their collection of memory games, puzzles, games and software. Nognz.com
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In business, are popularity and wealth synonymous? And what does it take to be success-ful at success? Two entrepre-
neurs sit down in the afternoon sun of Stanely Park to share their thoughts on the matter.
But Ashley Wray and Matt Bate-man really want to talk about their upcoming wedding. They’re so ex-cited, that the �rst stories to burst out of Wray are humourous tales about how her white gold and coral engagement ring (which they bought for $32 in a Turkish market) promptly broke pre-proposal. Then, how they erro-neously tried to have a bit of beach garbage — which bore an uncanny resemblance to turquoise — inset into her now stunning wedding band. (Local jeweler Sonja Picard created something a bit more sym-bolic for their big day).
And, with that, the radiant young couple inadvertently answers both questions.
The founders of Mala Collective and the North American importers of Aum Rudraksha Designs’ mala jewelry — darlings of A-listers, eco-fashion designers and pretty much anyone who practises yoga — aren’t kids riding some trend in to the ‘quick buck’ beach. They exude sincerity and openness.
Which played a huge role in how they came to be in business to begin with: In 2012, they veered miles off their safely charted route and began importing the distinct beaded malas from Bali, and with it, centuries of spiritual enlight-enment, based entirely around a chance encounter on a plane.
When Soma Temple sat next to them mid-�ight from Bali to Thailand, she said she was initially
drawn to their “glowing auras.” But then Temple noticed one of her rudraksha bracelets wrapped around Bateman’s wrist.
Thirty years earlier, on a trip through India, Temple’s spiritual guide had told her that rudraksha seeds embody peace, and the more people in the world to wear them, the more peaceful the world will be. So she started making jewelry with the seeds, adding gemstones for their various healing inten-tions, and selling them in Bali.
Wray and Bateman had never seen Temple’s jewelry in Vancou-ver, a hub of yoga culture, and couldn’t resist asking if she wanted help to spread her message.
And with just a handshake and her contact details scribbled inside
the cover of Screw it, Let’s Do It — the Richard Branson book Bateman had been reading — they gained
distribution rights to her designs and an invitation into a lifestyle they didn’t know they had been looking for.
Much has been made of that fateful airborne moment, but little has been written of everything that has come after for the two, who have slowly come to embody every facet their new endeavour.
Calling them an overnight suc-cess would be an understatement (they struck through their list of �rst-year goals in the �rst month), but it would simultaneously do a disservice to their journey. Apparently, being endorsed by lululemon, invited to the Oscars’ Gift Lounge and dazzling the Eco Fashion Week runway doesn’t mean you are buying up real estate on Easy Street.
Bateman, a skilled carpenter, works three weeks on, one week off in environmental construction in Alberta, while Wray, a former journalist, works full time on their business. She admits that while her �ancé is away, she has many long nights of answering emails, writing speeches, eating macarons and having full-on conversations with their pug Newman.
Their one week together is often a whirlwind of engagements, photo shoots and date nights before he �ies out again.
When they �rst started, they were both at other jobs full time and staying up until 2am working on Mala. “The whole thing behind our jewelry is basically creating a life balance and becoming centred, and we were doing exactly the opposite. So that’s why we made the decision for Ashley to do it full time,” he says.
And “full time” to Wray is just a green light to go “full on”.
Children seemed drawn to the malas, so they created a kids’ col-lection for the fall (designed from drawings by little yogis). And their pearl wedding pieces, launched in time for their own wedding this week, are a celebration of marriage in general. “It just kind of tied in. Taking that leap of faith and trust-ing in yourself and the universe.”
And the risks they took at the beginning are what keep today’s rewards in perspective
“No one really understands how much money it takes to run a busi-ness. Getting someone to do SEO really quickly — there’s $1,500. Everything adds up.”
“At my wedding shower, a close family friend was like, ‘It must be so nice that you can live this lifestyle without working.” That would be SO nice. Who’s doing that? That’s totally the dream,” she laughs, kindly. “If the dream is called working your guts out every day, and sometimes not even changing your pajamas because you don’t have time? Then okay, cool. We love it.”
They were recently told by a business advisor that they are in the top one percentile of business-es for what they’ve accomplished in their �rst year.
“Which is great,” exclaims Wray. “You know what? We need to hear that. Because Matt and I are in it. We’re not looking through the windows, watching someone else and going, ’Wow, it must be so nice….’ We’re in it and we’re living that truth. It’s been all of our own money, all of our own everything.
Our vision. Our friends in the photoshoots. Our clothes. Our writing. Everything has been true to exactly what Matt and I are.”
And the highlights can get lost in the frantic pace. For example, Lululemon had called them just that morning, looking for some-thing that “embodies Vancouver” to give to some VIP customers. A huge moment, sure. But then it was on to the next to-do.
Thankfully, sometimes that ‘next thing’ is an emotional thank you from a customer, which al-ways gives them pause.
“A lot of the people look at the jewelry as a medium for strength or love. It’s a cycle — you’re think-ing about it, and that’s already causing you to take one more step than maybe you would have before,” explains Wray.
The Fraser Valley couple, who has only called Vancouver home since November, is leaving an indelible mark on their new city. And as they touch others, so does it all come back to Soma Temple and her waves of change.
Wray and Bateman will be get-ting married in Temple’s house. But it will be the �rst time the three of them will have seen each other since that plane ride.
“We don’t really know her very well, but I don’t think I’ve ever been so open with somebody as we have been with Soma. We tell her all of our deepest fears with what we’re doing. All of our goals. Everything. There’s just this amazing loving relationship that we have over email and Skype. It’s like we’re pen pals, but we work to promote her cause. “
“It doesn’t even seem real to us,” �nishes Matt, as the sun �nally shifts behind the trees. “Because all we do is work on it. It’s hard to believe that it just happened from sitting on a plane. If we had been sitting on a different plane we would still be working our jobs, just doing whatever. Probably not living in Vancouver. It’s just crazy.”
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CoverStory Mala Collective’s Matt Bateman and Ashley Wray are getting married in Bali this week, in the home of the woman who shook them out of their routine and into a spiritual adventure. Laura McGuire photos
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By Martha Perkins
There are women who do yoga so they can look good walking down the street in
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en who do yoga so all eyes will turn on them when they walk into a room wearing a Gianni Maanaki dress.
On July 6, the haute coutu-rier, who has created one-of-a-kind designs for members of the royal families in the Middle East, opened his own atelier on South Granville.
The appointment-only lux-ury boutique offers Vancouver women the opportunity to have him design a dress that uses their body as a canvas.
“They are, for me, a piece of art,” says Maanaki’s busi-ness partner Iliana Rosabal. Gesturing to her Maanaki-designed form-�tting cocktail dress that sparkled with hand-sewn Swarovsky crystals, she added, “I’d put this dress in a frame on my wall.”
Maanaki used to be based in Lebanon but moved back to Vancouver with his family in 2009. Despite the city’s reputation for turning exer-cise clothing into every-day fashion, he believes there’s a market for designer fashion.
“There are a lot of ladies here with very expensive tastes who want something unique,” he says.
Gianni Maanaki Haute Couture is at 2329 Granville. Go to GianniMaanaki.com or call 604-559-6254 to book an appointment.
Iliana Rosabal wears a Swarovsky crystal- encrusted cocktail dress designed by her business partner, Gianni Maanaki, left, at the opening of his South Granville atelier. Martha Perkins photo
A stranger on a plane. Ancient rituals. Love. Richard Branson. A career-weary couple took all this to be a sign and started anew
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By Alex Browne
Marina Benitez Lazzarotto’s story can be told in countless res-taurants across Vancouver. An actress, needing a � exible job
that allows her to go to auditions and peri-odically spend time away, works as a waitress until she lands that plum role that launches a full-time acting career.
But Lazzarotto, whose Spanish heritage is put to good use at Vancouver’s venerable Spanish restaurant, La Bodega, isn’t waiting for that big break. She wants to create it.
Lazzarotto has written, and will co-direct and act in, Flash, a 10-minute short subject she hopes to enter in international festi-vals (like the short, Homesick, in which she starred last year, and which screened at the 2013 ‘Court Metrage’ event as part of the Cannes � lm festival).
It’s a contemporary tale about a young woman with, as Lazzarotto puts it, “a wild sense of imagination,” who � nds herself intrigued by a young graf� ti artist — only to � nd her real and fantasy worlds, almost literally, in collision.
She’s hand-picked her crew — all of them, like herself, trained professionals scram-bling to � nd available work in Vancouver’s depressed � lm industry — plus music by award-winning French composer Rob Coudert, who she met while studying and working in Europe.
With her quirky, dry-humoured fantasy, Flash, she has well-heeded the old admoni-tion to “write what you know.”
In fact, some may say the short’s key, ‘poster’ image is quintessential Lazzarotto — a young woman riding her bike home from a pay-the-bills restaurant gig, through the surreal neon and glass streetscape of downtown Vancouver, and along the sea wall at night.
But therein lies part of the need for an in-fusion of cash for Flash. The short requires night-for-night shooting that director of photography Jan Klompje, using his own Red digital camera, won’t be able to achieve
without bringing in a lot of extra lighting, all of which has to be rented and insured.
The short, which will be co-directed by Rory Tucker — a castmate from last summer’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Beach House Theatre, he has already collaborated with Laz-zarotto on several � lm proj-ects — and produced by Cody Bown (director of Homesick and founder of production company Indien Summer) also requires a few special effects to illustrate the lead character’s ready ability to slip from her humdrum existence to her in-ner world of fantasy.
Hence the current drive to raise funds through Indiegogo.
Lazzarotto and her creative partners aim to raise $10,000 for Flash by August 11 and less than an hour after it went live on July 2, the site had already raised some $400.
“Now we only have to get another $330 per day and we’ll be covered,” Lazzarotto points out in typically wry fashion. “Or it could be 200 people who give $50 each, or 1,000 people with only $10 each.”
Contributors receive perks, and also this assurance from Lazzarotto: “100 per cent of everything raised will go to the � lm – you won’t be paying anyone’s rent.”
As she points out in her pitch video, Flash is not just a matter of self-aggrandizement — as an actress, she is playing another important role by creat-ing a project that will gainfully employ and showcase people struggling to revive the mori-bund industry.
Lazzarotto — who cut her teeth as a junior player with Susan Pendleton’s Surrey Youth Theatre Company before high school productions with Rick
Harmon and Candace Radcliffe — also has the bene� t of two years training at the presti-gious Jacques Lecoq Theatre School in Paris.
And even though there’s a certain irony to the fact that her main direction is now � lm and TV work rather than theatre, she knows the experience informs all of her work.
“I’m like a classically-trained mime,” she said. “I would never take it back.”
Struggling film industry sees actors getting creative
The ski hills are alive with the sound of musicBy Sabrina Furminger
Though life in Whistler does seem to revolve around skiers and snowboarders, the village doesn’t come to a full-stop when the snow
melts. Instead, the change from winter to
summer (is there an in-between season up there?) means you can enjoy Whistler and surrounding area in new ways: from inside an ATV; from atop a horse trotting along a mountain trail; while screaming in terror-mixed exhilaration as you zoom down a zipline.
In addition to being the home-base for these summer-centric outdoor activities, Whistler Village will play host to an array of arts and cultural activities over the summer months, including a jam-packed — and delectably diverse — line-up of free concerts at the Whistler Olympic Plaza.
Performers include Ali Milner, The Lost Fingers, The Boom Booms, Hey Ocean! Dessy Di Lauro, Maestro — and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Yes, our very own world-renowned symphony orchestra will perform three very different concerts on the outdoor stage between July 19-21 (as well as a number of quartets and quintets on July 16 and 17).
For full program details, visit Whistler.com/events.
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Few events epitomize Vancouver’s stand-ing as Canada’s capital of laidback, outdoor-loving, guitar-strumming, hip-pie cool as well as the Vancouver Folk
Music Festival.For its 36th edition, this perennially popu-
lar outdoor celebration of folk will present 66 artists and groups from around the world on nine stages, with the inlet and the North Shore mountain range providing a stunning backdrop.
Headliners include ex-Dixie Chick Natalie Maines (remember when her public condem-nation of fellow Texan President George W. Bush led to CD burnings, protests and one
incredibly daring Rolling Stones cover?); folk legend, M*A*S*H guest star and famous father Loudon Wainwright III; alt/new country mu-sic icon Steve Earle and the Dukes; Australia’s The Cat Empire; Canada’s Kathleen Edwards; DeVotchKa of Colorado and Irish Celtic-rock-ers The Waterboys.
Listen also for the Afro-beat rhythms of Refugee All-Stars from Sierra Leone, the fusion strains of India’s Raghu Dixit Project, wholly unique offerings from Hanggai from China and Danish big band Habadekuk, and much more, all under hopefully friendly skies in a one-of-a-kind location.
The 36th Annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival runs July 19-21 at Jericho Beach Park. For ticket and schedule information, visit TheFestival.bc.ca.
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Have you ever strolled down West 4th Avenue and wondered what daily life was like in
Kitsilano back when it was the hippie capital of Canada? On July 13, you can tap into that long-gone groovy vibe — and the counter-culture spirit of other watershed eras, too — at This Hap-pened Here, an art exhibition that will touch down on 4th Avenue as part of the Khatsahlano! Music +
Art Festival.And “touch down on 4th
Avenue” isn’t an exaggeration: The exhibition will inhabit a row of shipping containers that’ll be lined up in the middle of the street. “Finding a place where 10 containers could go was a chal-lenge,” says Thomas Anselmi, curator of This Happened Here and partner in the Arrival Agency (an events �rm and creative agency from the team that, once upon a time, transformed the Waldorf Hotel into the hippest joint in town). Arrival teamed up with Khatsahlano! this year to coordi-nate the artistic element of the popular fest.
Far less frustrating to Anselmi-and-co was deciding what to include in the show, which show-cases a staggering array of work representing key moments in Vancouver’s tumultuous history. “I think BC in general attracts a non-conformist, individualist personality, and some of the best
things that have happened here culturally have developed on the fringes of society and outside the traditional world of art and culture,” says Anselmi. “This Hap-pened Here offers windows into different times in Vancouver’s history.”
Visitors to the containers will encounter:
• photos of Vancouver punk pioneers by celebrated photogra-pher Bev Davies, accompanied by music from that era (“She’s one of the foremost chroniclers of punk rock in general,” said Anselmi);
• a documentary by Stan Fox and Jamie Reid entitled What Happened Last Summer about Kitsi-lano’s hippie scene;
• Transpo: Vancouver 1986, a three-channel installation by Sean Starke that re�ects on Expo ’86 and Vancouver’s transition from town into urban centre;
• a film comprised of screen tests shot by Neil Wedman in 1970 and set to music by The
Cure; • a retrospective of the work of
animator Marv Newland, includ-ing Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969), considered one of the greatest cartoons of all time (“He was the �rst person I called because his work has such a nostalgic, yearn-ing feeling”);
• poster art from the 1960s music scene by legendary illustra-tor Bob Masse and his contempo-raries and more.
A container art show might seem like an odd choice for a street music festival, but given the event and the neighbourhood, it’s perfectly logical, says Anselmi. “Khatsahlano has such an emphasis on local music and great British Columbian talent, and then Kitsilano has such a rich history as a place of counter cultural activity, and I think that those two things converged to inform this idea of working on a show that celebrated moments in Vancouver culture.”
This Happened Here
Footage from Neil Wedman’s Forget Me makes up part of a vast shipping container art exhibit at Khatsahlano!
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Coming out of left � eldI’ve lost track of the number of near-misses I’ve witnessed at the intersection of Denman and West Georgia, where all the cars turning left off Den-man toward the Lion’s Gate Bridge blast through, unaware that there is oncoming traf� c with the right-of-way to go straight. People treat the green like it is a dedicated left turn signal — which it SHOULD be. Having been the person trying to go straight, at the legally allowed time, through the charging two-lane traf� c, I can attest to feeling much like the frog in ‘Frogger’. City, please put a left turn signal in, or a sensor light for cars going straight to sort it all out! Straight and Narrow
Grow up, GranvilleMy, my, Granville Street downtown sucks big time. Trashy, dirty, grungy and posts every two feet. Shopkeepers are too darn lazy to keep the front walks and windows clean. Nighttime, these bad-ass kids with attitude take over. What a pathetic, disgusting, disgraceful cheap nightlife it becomes. So trashy. Parents, you need to get your bad ass to Parenting 101, and teach your brats how to behave in public. Shame, shame, on all of you. Where’s your dignity and pride?
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Road rageConstruction everywhere downtown!!! Every summer pain in my ass!! Plus, new one-way-only on 900 block of Helmcken between Burrard and Hornby because of bike lane. Uggggg!
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�e hot summer weather has �nally arrived, and it’s o�cially time to get away on a long-awaited vacation. What better place to relax with the family than at your own lakeside cottage in sunny Osoyoos?
“You might get only an inch of rain a month here,” says Eric Van Maren, partner of Van Maren Construction Group. �e company is currently selling the Cottages at Osoyoos Lake, a gorgeous waterfront property with 284 cottages, tons of amenities and a close proximity to everything Osoyoos has to
o�er.A wide range of people have been interested, but Van Maren
notes that something did surprise him.“Many of our buyers are retired or planning to be retired,”
Van Maren says, chalking that up to “Osoyoos is a more relaxed pace of life.”
Many of these buyers are looking to live in their cottage full-time, a serious possibility when the homes range from 1,281 to over 3,000 square feet with two to four bedrooms. With 14
di�erent �oorplans to choose from, it won’t be hard to �nd the perfect space.
“I think the number of retired buyers speaks to the amenities that are available here,” Van Maren says. “�ese are detached homes for the price of condos.”
You’ll also get access to two swimming pools, a 7,000-square-foot clubhouse and 20 acres of lawn, on top of the 1,500 feet of waterfront and 500 feet of beach.
Buyers with families are also a big demographic at the cottages. Van Maren says the project is perfect for children, who can play on the beach or on the lawn and make friends with other cottage-goers.
�e location is de�nitely the biggest draw for those who want a taste of waterfront living without a high price point.
“�is is the warmest lake in British Columbia,” says Van Maren, adding that Osoyoos is also the wine capital of B.C. and has several golf course within 10 to 15 kilometres of the project.
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Cressey is rising above the rest with M�ree, Coquitlam’s tallest tower at 48 storeys and the �nal phase in their very popular Metropolitan Series.
“�e response has been phenomenal,” says Cressey Senior Development Manager Jason Turcotte. “We have a variety of homes to choose from, and people are loving the amenities and the �nishings.”
M�ree joins MOne and MTwo, which raised the bar for condominiums in the neighbourhood.
“Each project has added pieces to the puzzle,” Turcotte says. “�e feedback has been great, and I think it’s really helped buyers to physically see what we’re o�ering here.”
Like all Cressey projects, one of the most amazing features at M�ree is also one of the main gathering areas in the home.
“We take a lot of pride in our CresseyKitchens,” Turcotte says. “�e kitchen design at the presentation centre is in virtually every home in the project. People love being able to touch and feel the kitchen they will actually have in their home.”
�e kitchens at M�ree include wood-grained laminate cabinetry, modern under-cabinet lighting and sleek quartz composite countertops, complemented by a glass tile backsplash and integrated European
appliances that will please any gourmet chef.Moving into the bathrooms, you’ll �nd
a luxurious rain shower head perfect for washing away the day’s stresses, in-�oor heating (in the main bathroom in the one-bedroom homes and in the ensuite in the two-bedroom homes) and large handset tile �ooring. �e ensuite bathroom also includes a limestone countertop, while the main bathroom features marble countertops.
�ere are a variety of �oorplans available, ranging from over 600 square feet to more than 1,000 square feet in the penthouse homes. Every home is built in an open-plan layout to maximize your square footage, and the overheight ceilings add to the sense of space.
�e best part of M�ree could be �e Summit Club, located on the top two levels. With over 9,000 square feet of space, the amenities are spectacular. �e clubhouse
includes multiple workout areas, a large outdoor deck, a games area with billiards tables, foosball tables and a big-screen TV and, best of all, a huge indoor atrium soaring 32 feet high with trees and a park-like feel.
�e atrium will also include plenty of greenery and places to sit and relax.
Other amenities at �e Summit Club include a lounge with a chef ’s kitchen, a baby grand piano and plenty of space to entertain, and a children’s play area on the ��h �oor.
M�ree is located in the thriving neighbourhood of Coquitlam Town Centre, meaning you can easily walk to shopping, restaurants, schools and leisure activities. You’ll also �nd the upcoming Evergreen Line and the West Coast Express easily accessible, so your commute doesn’t need to include a car.
Homes at M�ree start in the low to mid-$200,000s for a one-bedroom and the low-$300,000s for a two-bedroom. For more information, visit www.liveatmthree.com, call 604-472-9555 or visit the presentation centre at 2992 Glen Drive, Coquitlam, open every day except Friday between 12 and 5 p.m.
Submitted photosThe homes at Cressey’s MThree include overheight ceilings, spacious open floorplans and the renowned CresseyKitchen, with its integrated European appliances, wood-grained laminate cabinetry and quartz composite countertops.
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The Greater Vancouver housing market continues to maintain a relative balance between the number of homes for sale and the number of people looking to purchase a home in the region today.
The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached 2,642 on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in June 2013. This represents an 11.9 per cent increase compared to the 2,362 sales recorded in June 2012, and an 8.3 per cent decline compared to the 2,882 sales in May 2013.
Last month’s sales were 22.2 per cent below the 10-year sales average for the month, while new listings for the month were 11.5 percent below the 10-year average.
“As the term suggests, a balanced market means that many of the key housing market indicators, such as price, are stable and conditions therefore don’t tilt in favour of buyers or sellers,” Sandra Wyant, REBGV president said. “If you plan to enter the market today, identify your needs, consult your REALTOR® and work to build a ‘win-win’ scenario with the people on the other side of the sale.”
New listings for detached, attached and apartment properties in Greater Vancouver totalled 4,874 in June. This represents a 13.2 per cent decline compared to the 5,617 new listings reported in June 2012 and a 13.8 per cent decline from the 5,656 new listings in May of this year.
The total number of properties currently listed for sale on the MLS® in Greater Vancouver is 17,289, a 6 per cent decrease compared to June 2012 and a 0.4 per cent increase compared to May 2013.
The sales-to-active-listings ratio currently sits at 15 per cent in Greater Vancouver. This is the fourth straight month that this ratio has been at or above 15 per cent.
The MLS® Home Price Index composite benchmark price for all residential properties in Greater Vancouver is currently $601,900. This represents a decline of three per cent com-pared to this time last year and an increase of 2.3 per cent compared to January 2013.
Sales of detached properties reached 1,102 in June 2013, an increase of 19.7 per cent from the 921 detached sales recorded in June 2012, and a 25.1 per cent decrease from the 1,471 units sold in June 2011. The benchmark price for detached properties decreased 4.3 per cent from June 2012 to $919,900.
Sales of apartment properties reached 1,068 in June 2013, an increase of 4.1 per cent compared to the 1,026 sales in
Balanced conditions provide a stable backdrop for today’s home buyers and sellers
June 2012, and a decrease of 15.6 per cent compared to the 1,266 sales in June 2011. The benchmark price of an apart-ment property decreased 1.9 per cent from June 2012 to $369,100.
Attached property sales in June 2013 totalled 472, an
increase of 13.7 per cent compared to the 415 sales in June 2012, and a 10.1 per cent decrease from the 525 attached properties sold in June 2011. The benchmark price of an attached unit decreased 2.4 per cent between June 2012 and 2013 to $457,000.
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1928 Nelson #402 English Bay Rarelyavailable pet friendly well maintained strata.West of Denman. 2 bdrm / 2 bath. $659,900.
1879 Barclay #203 Studio West of Denmanbright heritage suite with Murphy bed,parking & real hardwood floors. $179,900.
1010 Burnaby #403 Two Bedroom 1100sf, 2 bath & 2 parking at The Ellington.Amazing price. Terrific amenities. $449,900.
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TouR De gasTown sPeCIal Great spot for cyclists to call home, near Coal Harbour, Stanley Park & English Bay seawalls & myriad of bike routes. Unique one bedroom with gas f/p, front loading laundry, overheight ceilings & 156 sf partially covered sunny southern deck bordering walled private garden with pond & waterfall. Gorgeous oasis to relax & rejuvenate. Perfect for urban gardener & al fresco dining. Good storage and parking included. Pet and rental friendly. $369,900
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WEST END1738 Alberni, $369,900, Sun 2-4 19
1225 Barclay, 2 bdrm, $489,900, Sat 2-4 20
1838 Nelson, 1 bdrm, $449,000, Sat/Sun 2-4 20
2104-989 Nelson, 2 bdrm, $968,000, Sat/Sun 2-4 20
YALETOWN9E-139 Drake St, 2 bdrm $659,000, Sun 2-4 20 2301-969 Richards, 1 bdrm + den, $399,000, Sat/Sun 12-1:45 20
KITSILANO305-2525 Blenheim St, 1 bdrm, $418,800, Sat/Sun 2-4 18 2438 W.8th Ave, 3 bdrm, $1,138,000, Sat/Sun 2-4 18
MOUNT PLEASANT213-808 E.8th Ave, 2 bdrm, $375,000, Sat/Sun 3:30-5 18
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Sprawling 1311sf NW corner 2 bdrm + 2bath in a waterfront seaside highly desirable location • Right on seawall, aquabus to Granville
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Location Location Location – across from Richmond market, steps to Richmond Mall, Lansdowne Mall, Kwantlen University & Canada Line to YVR • 898 sqft 2 bdrm/2bath, NW corner, opposite bedrooms, large den, granite counters, gas stove, spacious rooms, separate dining area, large outdoor balcony, 1 parking & 1 storage • Club house, concierge, gym • Rainscreened solid concrete construction.
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RARELY ON THE MARKET • Aff ordable 2 bdrms + 2 bath in the waterfront master planned Marinaside neighborhood • Everything at your doorstep: Urban Fare, seawall, Roundhouse Centre, Yaletown & marinas • NE Corner 787 sqft 2bdrm + 2 full baths w/ ensuite in master, beautiful views of marina from living /dining, overlooking lagoon & city views too • Fabulous fl oorplan, new stainless gas stove, granite countertops, marble in bathrooms, full 4pc. guest bathroom, large insuite storage, hardwood fl rs throughout, balcony for bbq’s, 1 prkg, excellent condition! • 24/7 concierge, I/D pool, hot tub, sauna, lagoon, club house, theatre, gym & more • Don’t miss this one!
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Waterfront seawall & marina location – a private peaceful seaside enclave of downtown • Steps to Aquabus to Granville Island Market, miles of seawall, 1st class restaurants & miles of beaches • SW corner with views of False Creek & Granville Island sprawl-ing 771 sqft 1 bdrm recent renos & in MINT CONDITION – show suite quality • Gas f/p, granite counters, S/S appl, front loading W/D, marble tiled entrance, new light fi xtures & paint thruout, beautiful fl oorplan w/ generous rooms for king size bed and house sized furniture • Ultimate quiet and tranquil home • British inspired gardens, 24/7 concierge, I/D pool & gym • 1 prkg & storage • James Cheng Award winning design & solid concrete construction.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Near the top of the Space Needle in Seattle is a circular restaurant that rotates slowly, making one complete turn every 47 minutes. The motor that moves this 125-ton mass is small: only 1.5 horsepower. In the coming days, Aries, I foresee you having a metaphorically similar ability. You will be able to wield a great deal of force with a seemingly small and compact “engine.”
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “How many years can some people exist before they’re allowed to be free?” asked Bob Dylan in one of his most famous songs. “The answer is blowin’ in the wind,” he concluded. Many people hailed the tune as a civil rights anthem. Thirteen years later, a hippie cowboy named Jerry Jeff Walker released “Pissing in the Wind,” a rowdy song that included the line, “The answer is pissing in the wind,” with Walker suggesting that certain events in his life resembled the act described in the title. “Makin’ the same mistakes, we swore we’d never make again,” he crooned. All of this is my way of letting you know, Taurus, that you’re at a fork. In one direction is a profound, even noble, “blowin’ in the wind” experi-ence. In the other, it would be like “pissing in the wind.” Which do you prefer? It’s up to you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Duccio di Buoninsegna painted his Madonna and Child sometime around the year 1300. It’s a compact piece of art — just 11 inches high and eight inches wide. Nevertheless, New York’s Metropolitan Museum paid $45 million for the pleasure of owning it. I propose that we choose this diminutive treasure as your lucky symbol for the next eight to 10 months, Gemini. May it inspire you as you work hard to create a small thing of great value.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): When Superman �rst appeared on the scene in 1938, he had the power to jump over tall buildings, but he couldn’t �y. By 1941, he was hovering in mid-air, and sometimes moving around while �oating. Eventually, he attained the ability to soar long distances, even between stars. Your own destiny may have parallels in the coming months, Cancerian. It’s possible you will graduate, metaphorically speaking, from taking big leaps to hovering in mid-air. And if you work your butt off to increase your skill, you might progress to the equiva-lent of full-out �ight by March 2014.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “It’s never too late to become what you might have been,” said novelist George Eliot. I’d like you to keep that thought in mind throughout the rest of 2013 and beyond, Leo. Allow its sly encouragement to work its way down into your darkest depths, where it will revive your discouraged hopes and wake up your sleeping powers. In the next 10 months, you will be in prime time to reclaim the momentum you lost once upon a time... to dive back into a beloved project you gave up on... and maybe even resuscitate a dream that made your eyes shine when you were younger and more innocent.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Some years back, I helped start a New Wave-punk band called Mystery Spot. Our �rst drummer was a guy named Lucky Lehrer. After a few months, our manager decided Lucky wasn’t good enough and kicked him out of the band. Lucky took it hard, but didn’t give up. He joined the seminal punk band the Circle Jerks, and went on to have a long and successful career. Flipside magazine even named him the best punk drummer of all time. I suspect, Virgo, that in the next 10 to 12 months you will have a chance to achieve the beginning of some Lucky Lehrer-type redemption. In what area of your life would you like to experience it?
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to my reading of the astrological omens, the next 12 months will be a time when you will have more power than usual to turn your dreams into realities. To help make sure you capitalize on this potential, I suggest you adopt this Latin phrase as your motto: a posse ad esse. It means “from being possible to being actual.” Why bother with the Latin version? Because I think your motto should be exotic and mysterious — a kind of magical incantation.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 2010, two economics professors from Harvard wrote a paper that became a crucial piece of evidence for the global austerity move-ment. Politicians used it to justify their assertion that the best way to cure long-running �nancial ills is for governments to spend less money. Oddly, no one actu-ally studied the paper to see if it was based on accurate data until April 2013. Then Thomas Herndon, a PhD student at the University of Massachusetts, dived in and discovered fundamental mistakes that largely discredited the professors’ conclusions. I believe you have a similar mojo going for you, Scorpio. Through clear thinking and
honest inquiry, you have the power to get at truths everyone else has missed.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Break-through will probably not arrive wrapped in sweetness and a warm glow, nor is it likely to be catalyzed by a handsome prince or pretty princess. When the breakthrough barges into your life, it may be a bit dingy and dank, triggered by questionable decisions or weird karma. So in other words, the breakthrough may have resemblances to a breakdown, at least in the beginning. This would actually be a good omen — a sign that your deliver-ance is nothing like you imagined it would be, and probably much more interesting.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In a wheat �eld, a rose is a weed — even if that rose is voluptuous and vibrant. I want you to promise me that you will work hard to avoid
a fate like that in the coming months, Cap-ricorn. Everything depends on you being in the right place at the right time. Please note: The ambiance that’s most likely to bring out the best in you is not necessarily located in a high-status situation where everyone’s ambi-tion is amped to the max.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Is your soul feeling parched? In your inner world, are you experiencing the equivalent of a drought? If so, maybe you will consider performing a magic ritual that could help get you on track for a cure. Try this: Go outside when it’s rain-ing or misting. If your area is going through a dry spell, �nd a waterfall or high-spouting fountain and put yourself in close proximity. Then stand with your legs apart and spread your arms upwards in a gesture of welcome. Turn your face toward the heavens, open up
your mouth, and drink in the wetness for as long as it takes for your soul to be hydrated again. (In an emergency, frolicking under a sprinkler might also work.)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Igor Stravinsky was a 20th-century composer who experi-mented with many styles of music, includ-ing the avant-garde work “The Rite of Spring.” “My music is best understood by children and animals,” he said. In my vision of your ideal life, Pisces, that will also be true about you in the coming week: You will be best understood by children and animals. Why? Because I think you will achieve your highest potential if you’re as wild and free as you dare. You will be fueled by spontaneity and innocence, and care little about what people think of you. Play a lot, Pisces! Be amazingly, blazingly uninhibited.
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Vancouver goes sky high on pie
I said “pies were the new cupcakes” two years ago, but I think I was still a bit early. It has taken Vancouver a couple years to pick up on the pie craze, but when we get it, we really get it
and we do it right. Sure, sometimes we work a food trend until its death, but the city is full of talented bakers taking this “trend” to new heights.
Pies are nothing new, but how people are look-ing, approaching and appreciating them is. It is essentially two components: the crust and the �lling. I mean how many times can you switch the two up? They are not hard to make, but it is hard to �nd ones that stand out. As simple and old-fash-ioned as this dessert is, pies are getting some love from the new generation.
We’re lucky to live in beautiful BC, where we have a bountiful harvest of fresh fruits and veggies, so there is no reason to reach for canned �lling. With the Eat Local movement in full force, people are looking for better quality products and our local artisans are �lling the void and their pies accordingly. Here are just a few spots giving pies a new name and �avour.
Vancouver Pie HoleThese two sisters are pumping out classic and cre-ative pies. From a popular S’more Pie to a Mac n’ Cheese Pie, these ladies are pushing the pie limits. Inspired by Vancouver’s multicultural food
scene they also collaborated with the Soho Road Naan Kebab food truck to bring the city a Tan-doori Chicken and Vegetable Subji Pie and a Butter Chicken Pie. VancouverPieHole.com
Aussie Pie GuyThis is Vancouver’s �rst Australian eat-ery and it runs on wheels. The Aussie pie or “meat pie” is the signature at this food truck. It is Australia’s most beloved pie and the �rst one to be for-mally introduced
to Vancouver’s food scene. It is a traditional Aussie pie with a �aky buttery crust and a stuf�ng of chunky free-range BC beef, organic minced onions, and pepper gravy made with Howe Sound Rail Ale from Squamish. AussiePieGuy.com
The Pie ShoppeOpened by the French sisters, this 300 sq. ft. shop is in Chinatown and sells only hand-dripped coffee and homemade pie. Their pies are more traditional with a focus on local and seasonal fruits, all-butter crusts, and even gluten-free options. The store has a record player and, needless to say, attracts a hipster crowd. Try it, if you can �nd it. ThePieShoppe.ca
Pie bake o�The Vancouver Farmers Market is also hosting its annual BC Berry Pie Bake Off at the Main Street Market on July 17. Open to professional and amateur bakers of all ages the deadline to enter is July 15. Go to EatLocal.org.
Find Mijune at the Khatsahlano! Music + Art Festival with food vendors on July 13, at the World Oyster Invitational & Bloody Cae-sar Battle 2013 at Bearfoot Bistro in Whistler on July 14, and judging the annual BC Berry Pie Bake Off at the Vancouver Farmers’ Mar-ket on July 17. Learn more about Mijune at FollowMeFoodie.com or follow her on Twitter @followmefoodie.
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Araxi brings Longtable to Stanley ParkAraxi is bringing its popular Longtable al fresco summer din-ners to Vancouver for the �rst time. On July 27, 300 people will enjoy a communal meal by chef James Watt elegantly presented at Prospect Point in Stanley Park. Local suppliers will be on hand to talk about Araxi’s commitment to freshly sourced ingredients; the wine pairings are by Mission Hill and the spirits are handcrafted by Pemberton Distillery. There will also be longtable dinners at Lost Lake in Whistler on August 3 and North Arm Farm in Pemberton on August 17. Tickets are $175 per person per event, which includes the reception, wine, four-course menu, tax and gratuity. To reserve, contact Neil Henderson at 604-932-4540 or [email protected].
Dinner in white for 4,000 peopleLast year it was quite a scene under the white sails at Canada Place: Hundreds of people, dressed exclusively in white, eating at white-linened tables. This year’s Diner en Blanc promises to be even more stunning, with 4,000 people expected to sign up. Although the location will be kept se-cret until the day of the event, the 2013 dinner is scheduled for August 22. It’s $30 per person plus a $5 membership but here’s the catch: You have to bring your own picnic-basket dinner, white table cloth, table and white chair. You have to arrive and depart by bus or public transit, and take all your leftovers and dishes home with you. Go to Vancouver.DinerEnBlanc.info for details.
Street hockey on GranvilleFive Hole For Hood is rolling across Canada and on July
20, the cross-country food-raising street hockey tournament will make its �nal stop on Granville Street in Vancouver. It’s a month-long, uber-Canadian road trip and summer festival
that aims to cure hunger and hockey madness, and the rules are simple: bring a can of food, and play some hockey. “We just invite all of Vancouver to come out and play hockey,” says founder Richard Loat. For details on the event go to FiveHoleForFood.com.
Bastille DayFor more than 200 years the French have been celebrating the storming of the Bastille. Guests are invited to celebrate this national holiday on July 14 at Vancouver’s very own two corners of France, Bistro Pastis in Kitsilano and Le Parisien in the West End. Bastille Day is a time for sharing good food and wine with friends and neighbours and both restaurants have planned festive menus for the occasion. And, in addition to great food (think Vichyssoise aux Petit Pois and Con�t de Canard aux Pruneaux), Bistro Pastis presents Vancouver’s very own chansonnier, Josh Minsky. Guests may �nd themselves singing along in a rousing ren-dition of La Marseillaise. Between 5 and 10pm, reservations are recommended. Location speci�c info at OpenTable.com.
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Usually when I go to BC wine country, it’s for some sort of business trip — although there’s always a good dose of pleasure
involved as well. My most recent getaway was all about pleasure but the elements of my ‘business’ that punctuated the sunny weekend were absolutely welcomed.
My wife and I were visiting our friends Alishan and Rhys, who live in a 100-year-old house on a four-acre property, nestled in the dusty, sun-baked mountains of the Similkameen Valley. We go way back with them, all the way to the late 1990s when I was managing a long-gone restaurant where they were regulars. Grunge and trip-hop supplied the soundtrack while menus were chock full of balsamic reductions, sun-dried tomatoes and pesto — pesto ev-erywhere. My wife (girlfriend at the time) and I felt an immediate kinship with Rhys and Ali; all of us were battling immigration regulations as Alishan and I were both in the process of sponsoring our respective future spouses, both of them hailing from Australia. While I worked my way up the ranks of Vancouver’s restaurant industry, tackling various routes of wine educa-tion along the way, my wife did the same thing in the PR and marketing direction, while Rhys and Ali settled in wine country, learning that trade while also dabbling in artisan baking.
Fast forward to 2013, where Rhys and Ali’s life now includes two lovely daughters, a couple cats and a loveable
and slightly-weathered farm dog named Calvados. Rhys teaches wine courses, consults and does a fair bit of writing, while Alishan makes and sells naturally-leavened artisan breads at the Penticton Farmer’s Market from a sourdough starter she’s cultivated for 10 years now.
On top of all this, Rhys tends a tiny home-property vineyard of Chardonnay and Riesling while Alishan makes excel-lent handcrafted wines from those grapes (and a few others from around the Valley), all under the “Little Farm Winery” label.
While they work non-stop, seven days a week, our glimpse into their day-to-day life offered the smoke-and-mirrors
perception that living in wine country must be a dream. Of course, they were kind enough to put all of the nitty-gritty work aside while we enjoyed barbecues, visited neighbouring wineries and swayed in hammocks. Needless to say, we usually had a wine glass in hand, and a couple of times it was oh-so-charming that our glasses contained wine that came from the very vineyard that was our setting. My wife and I love their wines and BOY would it be awkward if we didn’t!
It’s a teeny-tiny family operation and though I meant to share their story and wines with their �rst vintage last year, they made so little that there was hardly enough to go around. This year there’s a little bit more so if you’re interested in honest, clean wines that express British Columbia’s Similkameen Valley with love, you really should give ‘em a whirl.
Do check out their story at LittleFarm-Winery.ca, and track down their wines at private wine stores around town. Their Little Farm 2012 Riesling ($29.90) is bright, crisp and crunchy with green apple, lime, honey and marzipan, while their Little Farm 2012 Rosé ($24.90) is made from 100 per cent Cabernet Franc and bone-dry, with currants, raspberry, rhubarb and a good smattering of dried herbs.
If you’re having trouble tracking something down, �nd me via Kurtis-Kolt.com or tweet me @KurtisKolt.
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Rhys Pender and Alishan Driediger’s Little Farm Winery is offering a 2012 Riesling and Rosé. Jay Whiteley photo
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Condemned to the beach house of his mom’s insufferable new boyfriend (Steve Carell) for the summer, Duncan couldn’t look more miserable. Fortunately, the buoyant indie pop that plays in-cessantly on the soundtrack suggests that a turning point is imminent. In short order, he’s unjusti� ably caught the eye of the older girl next door (AnnaSo-phia Robb), inexplicably taken under the wing of a quip-happy water park manager (Sam Rockwell), and implausibly achieved legendary status for breakdancing terribly in front of a jaded crowd.
In the interest of adding as many retro touches as possible, the directorial debut from The Descen-dents’ co-writers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash unfolds in a contemporary world locked in stasis, where teenagers still listen to REO Speedwagon and play Pac-Man. As Duncan explains to his fortysome-thing mentor that following a pattern in the classic arcade game guarantees victory, you realize that The Way, Way Back is similarly employing tried and tested manoeuvres to ensure rather pleasureless success. — Curtis Woloschuk
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1PRO MOVING & SHIPPING. Across the street - across the world Real Professionals, Reas. Rates.Best in every way! 604-721-4555.
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From $45/Hr1, 3, 5, 7 & 10 Ton Trucks
Licensed ~ Reliable ~ 1 to 3 MenFree Estimate/Senior DiscountResidential~Commercial~PianosLOCAL & LONG DISTANCE
604-537-4140
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
www.paintspecial.com 604.339.1989 Lower Mainland
604.996.8128 Fraser ValleyRunning this ad for 8yrs
PAINT SPECIAL3 rooms for $299,
2 coats any colour (Ceiling & Trim extra) Price incls
Cloverdale Premium quality paint.NO PAYMENT until Job is
completed. Ask us about ourLaminate Flooring &
Maid Services.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
329 PAINTING & DECORATING
MILANO PAINTING604 - 551- 6510Interior & Exterior
S Professional PaintersS Free Estimates
S Written Guaranteed S Bonded & Insured
AAA PRECISION PAINTING. Quality work. 778-881-6096.
A-1 PAINTING CO. 604.723.8434 Top Quality Painting. Floors & Finishing. Insured, WCB, Written Guarantee. Free Est. 20 Years Exp.
RONALDO PAINTING (Since 1981)Master in quality. Insured & WCB.
Free Est. 778-881-6478
338 PLUMBING
10% OFF if you Mention this AD! *Plumbing *Heating *Reno’s *More Lic.gas fi tter. Aman: 778-895-2005
BRO MARV PLUMBING 24/7 Plumbing, heating, plugged drains BBB. (604)582-1598, bromarv.com
LOCAL PLUMBER $45 Service call Plumbing, Heating, plugged drains. Mustang Plumbing 778-714-2441
CRESCENT Plumbing & HeatingLicensed Residential 24hr. Service• Hot water tanks • Furnaces • Broilers
• Plugged Drains 778-862-0560
341 PRESSURE WASHING
Always! Power Washing, Window & Gutter cleaning, all your exterior cleaning needs. 604-230-0627
353 ROOFING & SKYLIGHTS
FIVE STAR ROOFINGAll kinds of re-roofi ng & repairs.
Free est. Reasonable rates.(604)961-7505, 278-0375
10% DISCOUNT. MG Roofi ng & Siding. WCB.
Re-roofi ng, New Roof Gutters. 604-812-9721
Mainland Roofi ng Ltd.25 yrs in roofi ng industry
Family owned & operated. Fully ins. We do Cedar Shakes, conversions,
concrete tiles, torchon, fi bre-glass shingles, restoration
& repairs. 20 yr labour warr.604-427-2626 or 723-2626
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GL ROOFING. Cedar/Asphalt, Flat roofs, WCB Clean Gutters - $80. 604-240-5362. info@glroofi ng.ca
PATTAR ROOFING LTD. All types of Roofi ng. Over 35 years in business. 604.588.0833
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
356 RUBBISH REMOVAL
bradsjunkremoval.comHauling Anything.. But Dead Bodies!!20 YARD BINS AVAILABLE
We Load or You Load !604.220.JUNK(5865)
Serving MetroVancouver Since 1988
DISPOSAL BINSBy Recycle-it
6 - 50 Yard BinsStarting from $199.00
Delivery & Pick-Up IncludedResidential & Commercial Service• Green Waste • Construction Debris• Renovations • House Clean Outs
604.587.5865www.recycleitcanada.ca
Bulldog Disposal Co.Home & Yard Clean UpsResidential / CommercialNo Job Too Small
Free Estimates ~ 7 Days/Wk
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FLEETWOOD WASTEBin Rentals 10-30 Yards.Call Ken at 604-294-1393
PETS
477 PETS
AMERICAN COCKER Vet ✔, cud-dly, family raised, paper trained. Exc pet! $750. 604-823-4393 Chwk.
BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOGS, bred at Diesel Kennel, one male puppy left, $1000. (604)869-5073
CAIRN TERRIERS. Shots, de-wormed. Ready to go to good homes. $650. 604-807-5204.
CATS GALORE, TLC has for adoption spayed & neutered adult cats. 604-309-5388 / 604-856-4866
CATS OF ALL DESCRIPTION in need of caring homes! All cats are
spayed, neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. Visit us at
fraservalleyhumanesociety.com or call 1 (604)820-2977
ENGLISH BULLDOG P/B Pups.CKC reg’d. 3 Beautiful healthy 9/wk old females. 1st Shots, 2 Year Health Guarantee. Micro-chipped. $2800. Ph: 604-302-9417 (Mission).
ENGLISH BULLIES 3 fem, 1male, Vet ✔, stable temp., 50 lbs. at most. $1500 (604)725-7191 after 5
GOLDEN RETRIEVER purebred pups, born May 2, ready to go. First shots & vet checked. Cute & cud-dly, $700. Contact Sherry at cell # 604-869-6367
LASSIE DOODLES (poodle x collie) pups, born June 16, specially creat-ed perfect family dogs, intelligent, easy to train, good natured, gentle, good with animals/kids, low/no shed for hypoallergenic, will be med. sz about 45-50lbs 23-24in tall, will have shots & deworming, males & females, black & rare blue merle colors. Raised in the house w/kids. $850-$950 Mission, 604-820-4827
NEED A GOOD HOME for a good dog or a good dog for a good home? We adopt dogs! Call 604-856-3647 or www.856-dogs.com
STUDS available, PUG (rare silver) and Golden Retriever, OFA hip and eye cert. both great natured family dogs, personality plus, Mission, 604-820-4827
YORKIE PUPS, PB, one male, one female, $875. Ready to go in 4 weeks. Call (604)858-4900
Yorkshire Terrier, 11 wk old female Shots & dewormed. Vet checked Black & tan. $900. 604-828-2806
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
548 FURNITURE
PATIO/WICKER Furniture - WARE-HOUSE CLEARANCE SALE, Sat & Sun (13, 14, 20 & 21 July) - 10am to 4pm, #12950-80 Ave, Surrey (Unit 5C), 778-918-8302, [email protected]
560 MISC. FOR SALE
AT LAST! An iron fi lter that works. IronEater! Fully patented Cana-da/U.S.A. Removes iron, hardness, smell, manganese. Since 1957. Visit our 29 innovative inventions; www.bigirondrilling.com. Phone 1-800-BIG-IRON.
HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper?
KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! Buy a Harris Bed Bug Kit, Complete Room Treatment Solution. Odor-less, Non-Staining. Available online homedepot.com (NOT IN STORES)
Restless Leg Syndrome & Leg Cramps? Fast Relief In One Hour. Sleep At Night. Proven For Over 32 Years. www.allcalm.com Mon-Fri 8-4 EST 1-800-765-8660.
STEEL BUILDING - DIY SUMMER SALE! - BONUS DAYS EXTRA 5% OFF. 20X22 $3,998. 25X24 $4,620. 30X34 $6,656. 32X42 $8,488. 40X54 $13,385. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca
STEEL BUILDINGS/ METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
REAL ESTATE
615 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
GRAVEL PIT / Acreage For Sale in Crawford Bay, BC on Kootenay Lake East Shore. 16 acre licensed gravel pit for sale, with or without equip-ment (request equipment price). Also have approval for 3 lot subdivision. Older double wide mobile on property. Bordered on two sides by crown land. Abundant wildlife. $249,000 Call Chris @ 250-825-4701 or [email protected]; [email protected]
626 HOUSES FOR SALE
New Nelson Lake Front Home 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, 2200 sq’
1100 sq’ unfi nished basement, double garage and large
sundeck. The home featuresinslab heating for basement,
forced air heating w/heat pump, A/C, HW on demand,
gas FP, hide a hose vacuum + BBQ outlet. Yard fully
landscaped with in ground sprinklers and staircase to
your own beach. The home is certifi ed energuide 80 with the
majority of windows triple glazed promising
comfortable living both winter and summer with minimal
energy costs no worries about septic fi elds or community
water systems protected by 10 5 2 home warranty. 1101
Sproat Drive (John’s Walk) $729,000 inclu taxes call Bill
250-226-7809
REAL ESTATE
627 HOMES WANTED
WE BUY HOUSES!Older House • Damaged House
Moving • Estate Sale • Just Want Out • Behind on Payments
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639 REAL ESTATE SERVICES
• DIFFICULTY SELLING ? •Diffi culty Making Payments?
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RENTALS
706 APARTMENT/CONDO
Nelson Place
VANCOUVER Georgia St nr Costco 1 Bdrm +den apt on 33rd fl oor, nice & bright, inste laundry, pkng, small pet ok. Aug1. $1600. 604-773-7398
VICTORIA CONDO FOR SALE
Bright 3rd fl oor 1 bedroom 1.5 bath adult complex along the Gorge waterway. Unit offers patio with water view,in-suite laundry,fi replace,updated paint & new fl ooring,Tennis court, indoor pool,hot tub,sauna and well kept grounds. Low strata fee and city bus out front to UVIC, Camosum or down town. Excellent rental invest-ment or live in. Great value at $204,900. call 250-615-7225 or 250-886-8397 for pictures and more info.
TRANSPORTATION
810 AUTO FINANCING
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830 MOTORCYCLES
Very rare Chrome Yellow in show-room condition. Over 10.000.00 spent on performance, touring and chrome accessories. Must be seen one owner. Phone 778-245-2290 price $10,500.00
845 SCRAP CAR REMOVALThe Scrapper
AAA SCRAP CAR REMOVALMinimum $150 cash for full size vehicles, any cond. 604-518-3673
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