The local food industry has been abuzz lately with news that 17 permits have been distributed for mobile food carts throughout the Vancouver area, and I was glad to learn that Licious Living (liciousliving.com), a gourmet meal delivery company, was granted one of these licenses. The company’s healthy options will be much appreciated, especially given that many of the other licenses have been given to peddlers of salty street meat and noodles and frozen desserts. Mobilicious by Licious Living (600 Granville St., near the corner of Dunsmuir) debuted earlier this month, and–lucky me—I got to test-drive some of the goodies. My favourites? The edamame and shrimp salad, the towering turkey sandwich, the breakfast burrito, and the green tea metabolism booster smoothie. Quick tip: There are also nuts and other healthy desk-side snacks available, and come fall, easy heat-and-eat stir-fries, coconut curry bowls, and soups, too.
NYFW backstage beauty: The Chinese military meets ’40s Hollywood at Jason Wu
NYFW style snaps: We’re at Peter Som and Jason Wu, and so are Grace Coddington, Kate Lanphear, and Olivia Palermo
NYFW diary: The dispatch from day one including Jason Wu’s updated Mao jacket, Rag & Bone’s granny mishmash, and Suno’s sweet, sweet garden print
They said/We said: Kate Moss battles good and evil (like, really evil!) in a new W photoshoot
NYFW style snaps: We spy many fur coats, lots of studded leather, and is that Waris Ahluwalia?
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The culture club: 6 vendors to see at the Brooklyn Flea
A recent trip to Brooklyn Flea at One Hanson last weekend was beyond successful. Housed inside the former Williamsburg Savings Bank, a Brooklyn landmark, it is full of all kinds of delights for the senses.
The market was a sea of mustaches, plaid shirts (despite the 100 degree heat) and Ray-Ban glasses for the men and vintage flower dresses and leather Moroccan sandals on ladies. The entire experience was a sensory overload, making it extremely hard to narrow it all down to a top six list, but after hours of sifting through the treasures, here’s the list of our top six vendors at the Brooklyn Flea:
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Vancouver’s top 5 new restaurants
Vancouver is constantly touted a foodie city, and the proof, as they say, is in the pudding. So even as we complained and zipped up our jackets in breezy June, then stripped and hunted down the city’s last electric fans in early July, we all schlepped out to scope out the slew of new restaurants. Click the images below to see our top five picks, plus a few others worth checking out. Read more »
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Books: A portable taste of Brooklyn
I was in beautiful Brooklyn last weekend, feeling like a Real Live New Yorker for a story you’re going to see in our October issue. Turns out Brooklyn is REALLY REALLY big–a fact that somehow escaped me even though I’ve looked at it on that map thingy in the Manhattan subway a million times. Thank god I had a copy of the Food Lovers’ Guide to Brooklyn by Sherri Eisenberg ($17, Globe Pequot Press) to help me pick restaurants or I would have been wandering the backstreets of Williamsburg begging hipsters for dining advice, which never goes well.
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Fashion news: Giancarlo Giametti gets a bit TMI, the reason behind the Rykiel collab and Jessica Stam for Nina Ricci

SONIA RYKIEL Spring 2010. Photography by Peter Stigter
Nathalie Rykiel explained the reason for the Sonia Rykiel collab with H&M: they copied her! In an interview, the creative director revealed that she told the chain that if they wanted “[their] girls to wear Sonia Rykiel from H&M, let’s let them have the real thing!” [Nylon via Fashionologie]
Valentino partner Giancarlo Giammetti has learned just how far Facebook networking stretches, especially when it involves negative press. After watching the Valentino spring 2010 show in Paris, Giammetti took to his FB page and changed his status to read “not sad … just surprised. … We have always supported the new designers and we love them, but this time we have to distance ourselves from this ridiculous circus.” After a flood of comments, Giammetti deleted his status, “…because it was becoming [too] heavy.” [The Cut] Read more »
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Vancouver: An Olympic-sized menu at Cactus Club Cafe

Two of the biggest buzz topics in the lead-up to the Games have been (a) the dreaded traffic jams, and (b) how hard it’s going to be to find a decent place to eat around the Olympic venues. While some restaurants have opted for buy-outs, others have decided to stay open for walk-ins only. Cactus Club Cafe (cactusclubcafe.com) has opted for the latter, meaning one of western Canada’s favourite chains will likely soon be one of the world’s, too. I recently sat down in Bentall 5 (a room that also hosts a trio of original Basquiats, thanks to Cactus founder Richard Jaffray’s fine—ahem—taste for art) for a tasting menu of chef Rob Feenie’s newest creations.
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Ottawa: Dining out on vintage at Aunt Olive’s

Part café, part clothing store, Ottawa’s Aunt Olive’s (209 Gilmour St., 613-565-0564) allows customers to shop for eclectic and kitschy vintage finds while grabbing a bite to eat.




