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From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Return to T Dot

by admin 10.25.2007

I’m in Ontario mixing time up on my Dad’s farm with a working visit to Toronto. I’ll be checking in when I can.

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Soundtrack No.57

by admin 10.24.2007

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America | Horse With No Name 

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The New EDG Bombs

by admin 10.24.2007

I love Vancouver Magazine’s annual Eating and Drinking Guide. I use it religiously. My copies from ‘06 and ‘07 are filled with dog ears, Post-Its, scribbled notes, wine stains, crumbs, and old cigarette ash (no, I haven’t started again), and they are always within reach on my desk. As a contributing reviewer, I view it [...]

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Feenie Gets Some PR

by admin 10.24.2007

Rob Feenie (not the Sidoos) has hired global super spin giant Hill & Knowlton to handle his public relations. This one caught me a little off guard, just when I thought I’d gotten too tired of the Feenie/Lumiere soap opera to give a damn…

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From C…

by admin 10.24.2007

C Restaurant is Celebrating for Another Month
Vancouver, BC… Haven’t had a chance to visit C Restaurant this month to sample their 10th Anniversary Tasting Menu? Don’t fret; due to overwhelming popularity, C will celebrate throughout November with the 10th Anniversary CX Gourmand Menu.

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From Beyond…

by admin 10.24.2007

Bar Bites & Bevvies: Score tix to a game
Vancouver, BC… beyond restaurant & lounge at the Century Plaza Hotel & Spa has shaped itself into an all-round destination, whether it’s for the food and wine enthusiast, the social urbanite or a local Canuck fan.

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Chris Stearns Returns

by admin 10.24.2007

Writer-photographer Chris Mason Stearns has returned from shooting his way through London and Portugal. Take a look at the recently uploaded galleries here.
The London gallery has shots of Borough market and Spitalfields market, as well as a couple cool restaurants and some general street shots. There are a lot more shots of Portugal — where [...]

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From Boneta…

by admin 10.23.2007

Boneta is proud to welcome former Bar Manager of Metro Restaurant and cocktail connoisseur Justin Archer Tisdall to our happy family. Fans of JT ’s will remember his work from Hell’s Kitchen, Feenie’s, Chow & Lumiere.

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Soundtrack No.56

by admin 10.23.2007

Sorry for the classics of late. It’s the rain, bubba.
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J.S. Bach | Partita 3 (Nathan Millstein)

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TABLEBLOG | When Rain Equals Fungi

by admin 10.23.2007

Tableland film maker Craig Noble with morels
All this rain and wind is making me hungry, so its time to go foraging. I never used to get excited about the fall rains but after spending some quality time in March 06 with Connie Green of Napa’s Wine Forest Mushrooms, I can’t help it….

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Barfy Earls Bloggery

by admin 10.23.2007

“Adele”, a Calgary-based Earls “leader”, does a guest blogging tour of duty for the company and it’s freakin’ double plus extra super sweet.
Three Days in the Life of a Day Leader
Beep Beep Beep Beep…I wake-up (well, roll over) to press snooze on my alarm at 7:00am on a Wednesday morning. I can hear the distant [...]

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Sonomama No More

by admin 10.22.2007

Sonomama is no more at 980 Granville, and a new Indian bistro has taken over the location. It looks like a business model ilk similar to that of Prima Taste, a Singaporean restaurant on Robson based on a series of bottled sauces. It’s called Mysala. Doors open on the 15th of November.

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