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Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. THE BUNTZEN LAKE POWERHOUSES The tunnel and powerhouse were completed in an astonishingly short period. In June of 1905, at a lavish ceremony attended by more than 200 people, the water was switched on for the first time, and Lake Beautiful was rechristened in Buntzen’s honour. Come December, the city of Vancouver was running on hydro-electric power; but theoriginal dam
B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
HOW A VANCOUVER DESIGNER TURNED A HOARDER’S DEN INTO A Buying an apartment in Paris appears to fit the trend. The previous owner was an 85-year-old hoarder who had piled up mountains of papers and trinkets. Still, Kai Ellis was able to pick out attractive herringbone wood floors and original features. “When I first walked in here, I realized that the floors were pretty much untouched becausethe
ANN HUI’S CHOP SUEY NATION BEGINS IN BURNABY BUT LIVES Ann Hui, The Globe and Mail ’s national food reporter for the past decade, wanted to do something about that split. Pitting the cuisines of Chinese-Canadians against each other, both long-running traditions by now, just didn’t seem like a satisfying end of an argument—there had to be a better story there. So she crossed thecountry, wrote
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However, Lazarus says, for all its talk of Castellani’s sordid past, Murder by Milkshake is a book that also yielded positive benefits in the present. “It brought Don and Jeannine back together after 50 years,” she notes. “They’d lived together as brother and sisterfor
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Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. THIS ANCIENT CLAY HARVESTED BY THE HEILTSUK NATION HAS What’s new is a clay rich with 40 minerals that have been shown by both tradition and modern science to fight harmful bacteria. “We wanted to differentiate this from soap because it’s so much more,” Whittall says. It is safe for all skin types and for all ages, from babies to seniors. Each bar includes 30 grams of clay, which gives ita
INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. THE BAKER WHO POPULARIZED THE NANAIMO BAR IS HERE TO SET Method. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan. Bring a medium pot of water to a rolling boil. In a heat-safe bowl, use an electric mixer to mix together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, and cocoa powder. Set bowl over boiling water, creating a bain-marie, and stir until mixturethickens slightly.
THE PASTRY CHEF BEHIND VANCOUVER’S PIE HOLE SHARES THE Last year, Jenell Parsons’ Raspberry Cream Crumble pie shot to TV stardom when it was featured on Guy Fieri’s Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (where the restaurateur declared it “a whole other level of pie”). Meanwhile, self-taught pastry chef Parsons has opened two new locations of her shop, the Pie Hole, in Vancouver and Burnaby, as well as a thriving online business 60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
ANN HUI’S CHOP SUEY NATION BEGINS IN BURNABY BUT LIVES Ann Hui, The Globe and Mail ’s national food reporter for the past decade, wanted to do something about that split. Pitting the cuisines of Chinese-Canadians against each other, both long-running traditions by now, just didn’t seem like a satisfying end of an argument—there had to be a better story there. So she crossed thecountry, wrote
THE PORCUPINE CARIBOU’S GRUELLING ANNUAL MIGRATION Set against this backdrop, the barren-ground Porcupine caribou herd, named after the Porcupine River that bisects its annual range, seems an improbable success. Each year, the herd not only survives in this environment, but undertakes a 1,000-kilometre migration from their winter home in the valleys of the Richardson, Ogilvie, and/or Brooks YOUR GIFT SUBSCRIPTION AWAITS Congratulations on being selected to experience MONTECRISTO. Sign-up below to receive your one-year, complimentary subscription (retailvalue: $39).
DISCOVER THE RECIPE THAT REKINDLED OUR EDITOR’S LOVE OF 1 day ago · Pan-roasted Veal Chop. Serves 1. Ingredients 12-ounce veal chop, bone in 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil Salt and pepper, to taste. Method Preheat oven to 400°F.GIFT SUBSCRIPTION
Congratulations on being selected to experience MONTECRISTO. Sign-up below to receive your one-year, complimentary subscription (retail value: $39). All yours, for a year. Vancouver’s internationally inspired lifestyle magazine covers design, culture, fashion, food, wine, business, automotive, travel, art, with a particular emphasis on philanthropy, local history, and sustainability, as well AN ARCHITECTURAL TOUR OF VANCOUVER’S HISTORIC CHINATOWN Vancouver’s Chinatown, behind New York and San Francisco, is the third-largest in North America. It spans over six commercial blocks and emerged during the late 19th century when Chinese immigrants arrived in Vancouver in pursuit of work on the Canadian Pacific Railway or in the Gold Rush. Most of the structures here are preservedas heritage
A IS FOR ANEMONE IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF WEST COAST 1 day ago · A Is for Anemone Is the Latest in a Series of West Coast Alphabet Books That Spotlight Nature With Indigenous Art. Story: NikoBell
MAKE THIS SAVOURY MUSHROOM TOAST FROM VANCOUVER’S NEW For the mushrooms: Process all mushrooms and wash thoroughly with cold water. Save all the stems for the demi-glace. Place mushrooms into rondeau on high heat with just enough water to cover. Cook on high heat until all water is gone, and mushrooms begin to caramelize, then add all other ingredients except sherry. HOW A VANCOUVER DESIGNER TURNED A HOARDER’S DEN INTO A Buying an apartment in Paris appears to fit the trend. The previous owner was an 85-year-old hoarder who had piled up mountains of papers and trinkets. Still, Kai Ellis was able to pick out attractive herringbone wood floors and original features. “When I first walked in here, I realized that the floors were pretty much untouched becausethe
AN INTIMATE PICNIC IN A LAVA TUBE IN CENTRAL OREGON We creep into the dark cave as our guide explains the unique underground tube systems found throughout Oregon’s Deschutes County, where the resort is located. Thousands of years ago, volcanic eruptions sent hot lava coursing under the surface lava, which hardened as it cooled, creating 500 to 1,000 tubes like the one we’re standing in now. VANCOUVER’S FORGOTTEN STREETCARS Vancouver’s Forgotten Streetcars | MONTECRISTO. No. 1402 was heading for Vancouver in this late 1940s or early 1950s photo. Photograph courtesy of the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway. In this classic interurban view No. 1700 heads a train of four cars as it arrives at Sullivan Station, at 64 Ave. and 152 St. in Surrey, in 1923. THE FORGOTTEN NEW WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL THAT TREATED The Forgotten New Westminster Hospital That Treated Patients with LSD. These days, the property at 525 Sixth Street in New Westminster barely warrants a second look. But for more than 50 years, the site—now a mixed-use commercial block featuring strip-mall staples like Subway and Save-On Foods—was home to one of British Columbia’s mostMONTECRISTO
Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER’S BEST AUTHENTIC PEKING “The roasted duck is carved tableside with great ceremony into beautifully thin slices of perfectly crisp skin and succulent meat. The most prized portion is the breast skin—served first without any meat, the fat completely rendered, the skin literally crackling.” THE EIGHTH-GENERATION ITALIAN BUTCHER WHO REDEFINED THE A metre away is virtually intolerable for the uninitiated. He is an eighth generation butcher; his family have been working this trade in Tuscany for 250 years, buying meat from the same two low-quantity ranchers for 30 of those. The quality is impeccable. The ranchers have what he calls, “a profound sense of the quality of life of theanimals.
THE JOY, TRAGEDY, AND PROMISE OF VANCOUVER’S SPRING CHERRY The Joy, Tragedy, and Promise of Vancouver’s Spring Cherry Blossoms. On a sunny day in January, Nina Shoroplova and I stand two metres apart in face masks (hers emblazoned with the slogan “We ♥ the West End”), imagining pink blossoms on the ornamental cherry trees at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park. CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. 60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
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Story: Jim Tobler. Photography: David Strongman. View Entire Article. It was back in the year 2000 when Christian Chia decided to establish a modest set of automobile dealerships, initially four, calling the company OpenRoad Auto Group. He is CEO and president of the company, and a determined leader he is. The beginnings may have been modestMONTECRISTO
Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER’S BEST AUTHENTIC PEKING “The roasted duck is carved tableside with great ceremony into beautifully thin slices of perfectly crisp skin and succulent meat. The most prized portion is the breast skin—served first without any meat, the fat completely rendered, the skin literally crackling.” THE EIGHTH-GENERATION ITALIAN BUTCHER WHO REDEFINED THE A metre away is virtually intolerable for the uninitiated. He is an eighth generation butcher; his family have been working this trade in Tuscany for 250 years, buying meat from the same two low-quantity ranchers for 30 of those. The quality is impeccable. The ranchers have what he calls, “a profound sense of the quality of life of theanimals.
THE JOY, TRAGEDY, AND PROMISE OF VANCOUVER’S SPRING CHERRY The Joy, Tragedy, and Promise of Vancouver’s Spring Cherry Blossoms. On a sunny day in January, Nina Shoroplova and I stand two metres apart in face masks (hers emblazoned with the slogan “We ♥ the West End”), imagining pink blossoms on the ornamental cherry trees at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park. CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. 60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
CHRISTIAN CHIA
Story: Jim Tobler. Photography: David Strongman. View Entire Article. It was back in the year 2000 when Christian Chia decided to establish a modest set of automobile dealerships, initially four, calling the company OpenRoad Auto Group. He is CEO and president of the company, and a determined leader he is. The beginnings may have been modest YOUR GIFT SUBSCRIPTION AWAITS Congratulations on being selected to experience MONTECRISTO. Sign-up below to receive your one-year, complimentary subscription (retailvalue: $39).
FOR SALE: THE FORMER HOME OF B.C.’S NOTORIOUS APOCALYPSE Brother XII was one of BC's most notorious residents in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was the leader of a pseudo-spiritual doomsday cult that charmed and duped rich and lonely Englishwomen before leavingthem high and dry.
HOW A VANCOUVER PROGRAM IS HELPING NEWCOMER WOMEN TURN Yet she also knew she had to help support her family. After getting settled in her new city, Canedo, who taught English in Mexico, volunteered at a local food bank, worked in a pizza shop, and helped launch a family renovation business. AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER’S BEST AUTHENTIC PEKING “The roasted duck is carved tableside with great ceremony into beautifully thin slices of perfectly crisp skin and succulent meat. The most prized portion is the breast skin—served first without any meat, the fat completely rendered, the skin literally crackling.” THE BAKER WHO POPULARIZED THE NANAIMO BAR IS HERE TO SET Method. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan. Bring a medium pot of water to a rolling boil. In a heat-safe bowl, use an electric mixer to mix together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, and cocoa powder. Set bowl over boiling water, creating a bain-marie, and stir until mixturethickens slightly.
THE PASTRY CHEF BEHIND VANCOUVER’S PIE HOLE SHARES THE Last year, Jenell Parsons’ Raspberry Cream Crumble pie shot to TV stardom when it was featured on Guy Fieri’s Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (where the restaurateur declared it “a whole other level of pie”). Meanwhile, self-taught pastry chef Parsons has opened two new locations of her shop, the Pie Hole, in Vancouver and Burnaby, as well as a thriving online business WHERE TO GET NATURAL WINE IN VANCOUVER The wine list Fanning built at David Gunawan ’s small restaurant comprises 97 per cent natural wines, with 15 per cent of those being orange (white wine generally made in a natural method, but with extended skin contact, and oxidization, which results in an orange hue); a good portion of those on the list are also grownbiodynamically.
LARA GILMORE OF OSTERIA FRANCESCANA In 1993, in a leap of faith, Lara Gilmore left New York City for Modena, Italy to be with her future husband: a chef by the name of Massimo Bottura. Unaware of what life would be like in a small Italian town, she pursued the only thing she knew: helping her husband make his restaurant, Osteria Francescana, the best in the world. ELVIS PRESLEY’S 1960 GOLD CADILLAC Elvis Presley was known for loving the finer things—a tour of his Graceland estate in Memphis is the biggest proof—and his cars were no exception. Known to be one of his favourites was a Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood limousine, which, thanks to 24-karat gold plate highlights and trim, many people referred to as Presley’s “SolidGold” car.
ANN HUI’S CHOP SUEY NATION BEGINS IN BURNABY BUT LIVES Ann Hui, The Globe and Mail ’s national food reporter for the past decade, wanted to do something about that split. Pitting the cuisines of Chinese-Canadians against each other, both long-running traditions by now, just didn’t seem like a satisfying end of an argument—there had to be a better story there. So she crossed thecountry, wrote
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Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER’S BEST AUTHENTIC PEKING “The roasted duck is carved tableside with great ceremony into beautifully thin slices of perfectly crisp skin and succulent meat. The most prized portion is the breast skin—served first without any meat, the fat completely rendered, the skin literally crackling.” THE EIGHTH-GENERATION ITALIAN BUTCHER WHO REDEFINED THE A metre away is virtually intolerable for the uninitiated. He is an eighth generation butcher; his family have been working this trade in Tuscany for 250 years, buying meat from the same two low-quantity ranchers for 30 of those. The quality is impeccable. The ranchers have what he calls, “a profound sense of the quality of life of theanimals.
THE JOY, TRAGEDY, AND PROMISE OF VANCOUVER’S SPRING CHERRY The Joy, Tragedy, and Promise of Vancouver’s Spring Cherry Blossoms. On a sunny day in January, Nina Shoroplova and I stand two metres apart in face masks (hers emblazoned with the slogan “We ♥ the West End”), imagining pink blossoms on the ornamental cherry trees at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park. CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. 60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
CHRISTIAN CHIA
Story: Jim Tobler. Photography: David Strongman. View Entire Article. It was back in the year 2000 when Christian Chia decided to establish a modest set of automobile dealerships, initially four, calling the company OpenRoad Auto Group. He is CEO and president of the company, and a determined leader he is. The beginnings may have been modestMONTECRISTO
Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER’S BEST AUTHENTIC PEKING “The roasted duck is carved tableside with great ceremony into beautifully thin slices of perfectly crisp skin and succulent meat. The most prized portion is the breast skin—served first without any meat, the fat completely rendered, the skin literally crackling.” THE EIGHTH-GENERATION ITALIAN BUTCHER WHO REDEFINED THE A metre away is virtually intolerable for the uninitiated. He is an eighth generation butcher; his family have been working this trade in Tuscany for 250 years, buying meat from the same two low-quantity ranchers for 30 of those. The quality is impeccable. The ranchers have what he calls, “a profound sense of the quality of life of theanimals.
THE JOY, TRAGEDY, AND PROMISE OF VANCOUVER’S SPRING CHERRY The Joy, Tragedy, and Promise of Vancouver’s Spring Cherry Blossoms. On a sunny day in January, Nina Shoroplova and I stand two metres apart in face masks (hers emblazoned with the slogan “We ♥ the West End”), imagining pink blossoms on the ornamental cherry trees at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park. CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. 60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
CHRISTIAN CHIA
Story: Jim Tobler. Photography: David Strongman. View Entire Article. It was back in the year 2000 when Christian Chia decided to establish a modest set of automobile dealerships, initially four, calling the company OpenRoad Auto Group. He is CEO and president of the company, and a determined leader he is. The beginnings may have been modest YOUR GIFT SUBSCRIPTION AWAITS Congratulations on being selected to experience MONTECRISTO. Sign-up below to receive your one-year, complimentary subscription (retailvalue: $39).
FOR SALE: THE FORMER HOME OF B.C.’S NOTORIOUS APOCALYPSE 1 day ago · Brother XII was one of BC's most notorious residents in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was the leader of a pseudo-spiritual doomsday cult that charmed and duped rich and lonely Englishwomen before leaving them high and dry. HOW A VANCOUVER PROGRAM IS HELPING NEWCOMER WOMEN TURN Yet she also knew she had to help support her family. After getting settled in her new city, Canedo, who taught English in Mexico, volunteered at a local food bank, worked in a pizza shop, and helped launch a family renovation business. AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER’S BEST AUTHENTIC PEKING “The roasted duck is carved tableside with great ceremony into beautifully thin slices of perfectly crisp skin and succulent meat. The most prized portion is the breast skin—served first without any meat, the fat completely rendered, the skin literally crackling.” THE BAKER WHO POPULARIZED THE NANAIMO BAR IS HERE TO SET Method. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan. Bring a medium pot of water to a rolling boil. In a heat-safe bowl, use an electric mixer to mix together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, and cocoa powder. Set bowl over boiling water, creating a bain-marie, and stir until mixturethickens slightly.
THE PASTRY CHEF BEHIND VANCOUVER’S PIE HOLE SHARES THE Last year, Jenell Parsons’ Raspberry Cream Crumble pie shot to TV stardom when it was featured on Guy Fieri’s Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (where the restaurateur declared it “a whole other level of pie”). Meanwhile, self-taught pastry chef Parsons has opened two new locations of her shop, the Pie Hole, in Vancouver and Burnaby, as well as a thriving online business WHERE TO GET NATURAL WINE IN VANCOUVER The wine list Fanning built at David Gunawan ’s small restaurant comprises 97 per cent natural wines, with 15 per cent of those being orange (white wine generally made in a natural method, but with extended skin contact, and oxidization, which results in an orange hue); a good portion of those on the list are also grownbiodynamically.
LARA GILMORE OF OSTERIA FRANCESCANA In 1993, in a leap of faith, Lara Gilmore left New York City for Modena, Italy to be with her future husband: a chef by the name of Massimo Bottura. Unaware of what life would be like in a small Italian town, she pursued the only thing she knew: helping her husband make his restaurant, Osteria Francescana, the best in the world. ELVIS PRESLEY’S 1960 GOLD CADILLAC Elvis Presley was known for loving the finer things—a tour of his Graceland estate in Memphis is the biggest proof—and his cars were no exception. Known to be one of his favourites was a Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood limousine, which, thanks to 24-karat gold plate highlights and trim, many people referred to as Presley’s “SolidGold” car.
ANN HUI’S CHOP SUEY NATION BEGINS IN BURNABY BUT LIVES Ann Hui, The Globe and Mail ’s national food reporter for the past decade, wanted to do something about that split. Pitting the cuisines of Chinese-Canadians against each other, both long-running traditions by now, just didn’t seem like a satisfying end of an argument—there had to be a better story there. So she crossed thecountry, wrote
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Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER’S BEST AUTHENTIC PEKING “The roasted duck is carved tableside with great ceremony into beautifully thin slices of perfectly crisp skin and succulent meat. The most prized portion is the breast skin—served first without any meat, the fat completely rendered, the skin literally crackling.” THE EIGHTH-GENERATION ITALIAN BUTCHER WHO REDEFINED THE A metre away is virtually intolerable for the uninitiated. He is an eighth generation butcher; his family have been working this trade in Tuscany for 250 years, buying meat from the same two low-quantity ranchers for 30 of those. The quality is impeccable. The ranchers have what he calls, “a profound sense of the quality of life of theanimals.
THE JOY, TRAGEDY, AND PROMISE OF VANCOUVER’S SPRING CHERRY The Joy, Tragedy, and Promise of Vancouver’s Spring Cherry Blossoms. On a sunny day in January, Nina Shoroplova and I stand two metres apart in face masks (hers emblazoned with the slogan “We ♥ the West End”), imagining pink blossoms on the ornamental cherry trees at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park. CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. 60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
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Story: Jim Tobler. Photography: David Strongman. View Entire Article. It was back in the year 2000 when Christian Chia decided to establish a modest set of automobile dealerships, initially four, calling the company OpenRoad Auto Group. He is CEO and president of the company, and a determined leader he is. The beginnings may have been modestMONTECRISTO
Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER’S BEST AUTHENTIC PEKING “The roasted duck is carved tableside with great ceremony into beautifully thin slices of perfectly crisp skin and succulent meat. The most prized portion is the breast skin—served first without any meat, the fat completely rendered, the skin literally crackling.” THE EIGHTH-GENERATION ITALIAN BUTCHER WHO REDEFINED THE A metre away is virtually intolerable for the uninitiated. He is an eighth generation butcher; his family have been working this trade in Tuscany for 250 years, buying meat from the same two low-quantity ranchers for 30 of those. The quality is impeccable. The ranchers have what he calls, “a profound sense of the quality of life of theanimals.
THE JOY, TRAGEDY, AND PROMISE OF VANCOUVER’S SPRING CHERRY The Joy, Tragedy, and Promise of Vancouver’s Spring Cherry Blossoms. On a sunny day in January, Nina Shoroplova and I stand two metres apart in face masks (hers emblazoned with the slogan “We ♥ the West End”), imagining pink blossoms on the ornamental cherry trees at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park. CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. 60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
CHRISTIAN CHIA
Story: Jim Tobler. Photography: David Strongman. View Entire Article. It was back in the year 2000 when Christian Chia decided to establish a modest set of automobile dealerships, initially four, calling the company OpenRoad Auto Group. He is CEO and president of the company, and a determined leader he is. The beginnings may have been modest YOUR GIFT SUBSCRIPTION AWAITS Congratulations on being selected to experience MONTECRISTO. Sign-up below to receive your one-year, complimentary subscription (retailvalue: $39).
FOR SALE: THE FORMER HOME OF B.C.’S NOTORIOUS APOCALYPSE 1 day ago · Brother XII was one of BC's most notorious residents in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was the leader of a pseudo-spiritual doomsday cult that charmed and duped rich and lonely Englishwomen before leaving them high and dry. HOW A VANCOUVER PROGRAM IS HELPING NEWCOMER WOMEN TURN Yet she also knew she had to help support her family. After getting settled in her new city, Canedo, who taught English in Mexico, volunteered at a local food bank, worked in a pizza shop, and helped launch a family renovation business. AN INSIDER’S GUIDE TO VANCOUVER’S BEST AUTHENTIC PEKING “The roasted duck is carved tableside with great ceremony into beautifully thin slices of perfectly crisp skin and succulent meat. The most prized portion is the breast skin—served first without any meat, the fat completely rendered, the skin literally crackling.” THE BAKER WHO POPULARIZED THE NANAIMO BAR IS HERE TO SET Method. Grease a 9-inch square baking pan. Bring a medium pot of water to a rolling boil. In a heat-safe bowl, use an electric mixer to mix together butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, and cocoa powder. Set bowl over boiling water, creating a bain-marie, and stir until mixturethickens slightly.
THE PASTRY CHEF BEHIND VANCOUVER’S PIE HOLE SHARES THE Last year, Jenell Parsons’ Raspberry Cream Crumble pie shot to TV stardom when it was featured on Guy Fieri’s Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (where the restaurateur declared it “a whole other level of pie”). Meanwhile, self-taught pastry chef Parsons has opened two new locations of her shop, the Pie Hole, in Vancouver and Burnaby, as well as a thriving online business WHERE TO GET NATURAL WINE IN VANCOUVER The wine list Fanning built at David Gunawan ’s small restaurant comprises 97 per cent natural wines, with 15 per cent of those being orange (white wine generally made in a natural method, but with extended skin contact, and oxidization, which results in an orange hue); a good portion of those on the list are also grownbiodynamically.
LARA GILMORE OF OSTERIA FRANCESCANA In 1993, in a leap of faith, Lara Gilmore left New York City for Modena, Italy to be with her future husband: a chef by the name of Massimo Bottura. Unaware of what life would be like in a small Italian town, she pursued the only thing she knew: helping her husband make his restaurant, Osteria Francescana, the best in the world. ELVIS PRESLEY’S 1960 GOLD CADILLAC Elvis Presley was known for loving the finer things—a tour of his Graceland estate in Memphis is the biggest proof—and his cars were no exception. Known to be one of his favourites was a Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood limousine, which, thanks to 24-karat gold plate highlights and trim, many people referred to as Presley’s “SolidGold” car.
ANN HUI’S CHOP SUEY NATION BEGINS IN BURNABY BUT LIVES Ann Hui, The Globe and Mail ’s national food reporter for the past decade, wanted to do something about that split. Pitting the cuisines of Chinese-Canadians against each other, both long-running traditions by now, just didn’t seem like a satisfying end of an argument—there had to be a better story there. So she crossed thecountry, wrote
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Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. AN ARCHITECTURAL TOUR OF VANCOUVER’S HISTORIC CHINATOWN Vancouver’s Chinatown, behind New York and San Francisco, is the third-largest in North America. It spans over six commercial blocks and emerged during the late 19th century when Chinese immigrants arrived in Vancouver in pursuit of work on the Canadian Pacific Railway or in the Gold Rush. Most of the structures here are preservedas heritage
INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
HOW A VANCOUVER DESIGNER TURNED A HOARDER’S DEN INTO A Buying an apartment in Paris appears to fit the trend. The previous owner was an 85-year-old hoarder who had piled up mountains of papers and trinkets. Still, Kai Ellis was able to pick out attractive herringbone wood floors and original features. “When I first walked in here, I realized that the floors were pretty much untouched becausethe
60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
ELVIS PRESLEY’S 1960 GOLD CADILLAC Elvis Presley was known for loving the finer things—a tour of his Graceland estate in Memphis is the biggest proof—and his cars were no exception. Known to be one of his favourites was a Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood limousine, which, thanks to 24-karat gold plate highlights and trim, many people referred to as Presley’s “SolidGold” car.
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Story: Jim Tobler. Photography: David Strongman. View Entire Article. It was back in the year 2000 when Christian Chia decided to establish a modest set of automobile dealerships, initially four, calling the company OpenRoad Auto Group. He is CEO and president of the company, and a determined leader he is. The beginnings may have been modestMONTECRISTO
Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. AN ARCHITECTURAL TOUR OF VANCOUVER’S HISTORIC CHINATOWN Vancouver’s Chinatown, behind New York and San Francisco, is the third-largest in North America. It spans over six commercial blocks and emerged during the late 19th century when Chinese immigrants arrived in Vancouver in pursuit of work on the Canadian Pacific Railway or in the Gold Rush. Most of the structures here are preservedas heritage
INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
HOW A VANCOUVER DESIGNER TURNED A HOARDER’S DEN INTO A Buying an apartment in Paris appears to fit the trend. The previous owner was an 85-year-old hoarder who had piled up mountains of papers and trinkets. Still, Kai Ellis was able to pick out attractive herringbone wood floors and original features. “When I first walked in here, I realized that the floors were pretty much untouched becausethe
60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
ELVIS PRESLEY’S 1960 GOLD CADILLAC Elvis Presley was known for loving the finer things—a tour of his Graceland estate in Memphis is the biggest proof—and his cars were no exception. Known to be one of his favourites was a Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood limousine, which, thanks to 24-karat gold plate highlights and trim, many people referred to as Presley’s “SolidGold” car.
CHRISTIAN CHIA
Story: Jim Tobler. Photography: David Strongman. View Entire Article. It was back in the year 2000 when Christian Chia decided to establish a modest set of automobile dealerships, initially four, calling the company OpenRoad Auto Group. He is CEO and president of the company, and a determined leader he is. The beginnings may have been modest YOUR GIFT SUBSCRIPTION AWAITS Congratulations on being selected to experience MONTECRISTO. Sign-up below to receive your one-year, complimentary subscription (retailvalue: $39).
FOR SALE: THE FORMER HOME OF B.C.’S NOTORIOUS APOCALYPSE 1 day ago · Brother XII was one of BC's most notorious residents in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was the leader of a pseudo-spiritual doomsday cult that charmed and duped rich and lonely Englishwomen before leaving them high and dry. HOW A VANCOUVER PROGRAM IS HELPING NEWCOMER WOMEN TURN Yet she also knew she had to help support her family. After getting settled in her new city, Canedo, who taught English in Mexico, volunteered at a local food bank, worked in a pizza shop, and helped launch a family renovation business. AN ARCHITECTURAL TOUR OF VANCOUVER’S HISTORIC CHINATOWN Vancouver’s Chinatown, behind New York and San Francisco, is the third-largest in North America. It spans over six commercial blocks and emerged during the late 19th century when Chinese immigrants arrived in Vancouver in pursuit of work on the Canadian Pacific Railway or in the Gold Rush. Most of the structures here are preservedas heritage
AN INTIMATE PICNIC IN A LAVA TUBE IN CENTRAL OREGON We creep into the dark cave as our guide explains the unique underground tube systems found throughout Oregon’s Deschutes County, where the resort is located. Thousands of years ago, volcanic eruptions sent hot lava coursing under the surface lava, which hardened as it cooled, creating 500 to 1,000 tubes like the one we’re standing in now. VANCOUVER’S FORGOTTEN STREETCARS Vancouver’s Forgotten Streetcars | MONTECRISTO. No. 1402 was heading for Vancouver in this late 1940s or early 1950s photo. Photograph courtesy of the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway. In this classic interurban view No. 1700 heads a train of four cars as it arrives at Sullivan Station, at 64 Ave. and 152 St. in Surrey, in 1923. HOW A VANCOUVER DESIGNER TURNED A HOARDER’S DEN INTO A Buying an apartment in Paris appears to fit the trend. The previous owner was an 85-year-old hoarder who had piled up mountains of papers and trinkets. Still, Kai Ellis was able to pick out attractive herringbone wood floors and original features. “When I first walked in here, I realized that the floors were pretty much untouched becausethe
WHERE TO GET NATURAL WINE IN VANCOUVER The wine list Fanning built at David Gunawan ’s small restaurant comprises 97 per cent natural wines, with 15 per cent of those being orange (white wine generally made in a natural method, but with extended skin contact, and oxidization, which results in an orange hue); a good portion of those on the list are also grownbiodynamically.
ANN HUI’S CHOP SUEY NATION BEGINS IN BURNABY BUT LIVES Ann Hui, The Globe and Mail ’s national food reporter for the past decade, wanted to do something about that split. Pitting the cuisines of Chinese-Canadians against each other, both long-running traditions by now, just didn’t seem like a satisfying end of an argument—there had to be a better story there. So she crossed thecountry, wrote
THE FORGOTTEN NEW WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL THAT TREATED The Forgotten New Westminster Hospital That Treated Patients with LSD. These days, the property at 525 Sixth Street in New Westminster barely warrants a second look. But for more than 50 years, the site—now a mixed-use commercial block featuring strip-mall staples like Subway and Save-On Foods—was home to one of British Columbia’s mostMONTECRISTO
Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. AN ARCHITECTURAL TOUR OF VANCOUVER’S HISTORIC CHINATOWN Vancouver’s Chinatown, behind New York and San Francisco, is the third-largest in North America. It spans over six commercial blocks and emerged during the late 19th century when Chinese immigrants arrived in Vancouver in pursuit of work on the Canadian Pacific Railway or in the Gold Rush. Most of the structures here are preservedas heritage
INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
HOW A VANCOUVER DESIGNER TURNED A HOARDER’S DEN INTO A Buying an apartment in Paris appears to fit the trend. The previous owner was an 85-year-old hoarder who had piled up mountains of papers and trinkets. Still, Kai Ellis was able to pick out attractive herringbone wood floors and original features. “When I first walked in here, I realized that the floors were pretty much untouched becausethe
60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
ELVIS PRESLEY’S 1960 GOLD CADILLAC Elvis Presley was known for loving the finer things—a tour of his Graceland estate in Memphis is the biggest proof—and his cars were no exception. Known to be one of his favourites was a Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood limousine, which, thanks to 24-karat gold plate highlights and trim, many people referred to as Presley’s “SolidGold” car.
CHRISTIAN CHIA
Story: Jim Tobler. Photography: David Strongman. View Entire Article. It was back in the year 2000 when Christian Chia decided to establish a modest set of automobile dealerships, initially four, calling the company OpenRoad Auto Group. He is CEO and president of the company, and a determined leader he is. The beginnings may have been modestMONTECRISTO
Design The Floristry Industry Has a Garbage Problem. These Canadian Sustainable Florists Are Trying to Change That. From flying in faraway flowers to arranging HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD’S TOP SUPERMODELS. NOW HE’S MAKING Having grown up in Naples, the birthplace of pizza, and trained there in the art of Vera Pizza Napoletana, Marco de Conciliis might just make the most authentic pizzas on Vancouver Island. But he has another tale to tell. Because before he and his partner Heather MacGillivray opened Basic Goodness Pizzeria in Tofino, de Conciliis spent close to CANADIANS CELEBRATE OUR JUNETEENTH IN AUGUST. HERE’S WHY Canadians Celebrate Our Juneteenth in August. Here’s Why. When John Baker died at a great age in 1871, just four years after Confederation, he was hailed as a war hero. Today, he is remembered as likely the last surviving person to have been born into slavery in Canada. Baker fought with the 104th Regiment during the War of 1812. AN ARCHITECTURAL TOUR OF VANCOUVER’S HISTORIC CHINATOWN Vancouver’s Chinatown, behind New York and San Francisco, is the third-largest in North America. It spans over six commercial blocks and emerged during the late 19th century when Chinese immigrants arrived in Vancouver in pursuit of work on the Canadian Pacific Railway or in the Gold Rush. Most of the structures here are preservedas heritage
INSIDE 9 OF VANCOUVER’S COOLEST LANEWAY HOUSES For many Vancouverites, especially the apartment dwellers among us, laneway houses represent the new dream home. Gone are the youthful fantasies of hilltop mansions with swimming pools, and in their place are the slightly more realistic visions of expertly crafted tiny homes tucked along lanes. Here's a glimpse inside. B.C.’S ORIGINAL, INDEPENDENT FARM-TO-TABLE DAIRY, AND ITS B.C.’s Original, Independent Farm-to-Table Dairy, and Its Iconic Milk Bottles. In 1906, Jeremiah Crowley followed the gold rush to Vancouver from Newfoundland hoping to get rich, leaving behind a career as an ironworker and looking toward an uncertain future. Upon arrival, he discovered he had missed the rush entirely, and findinghimself a
HOW A VANCOUVER DESIGNER TURNED A HOARDER’S DEN INTO A Buying an apartment in Paris appears to fit the trend. The previous owner was an 85-year-old hoarder who had piled up mountains of papers and trinkets. Still, Kai Ellis was able to pick out attractive herringbone wood floors and original features. “When I first walked in here, I realized that the floors were pretty much untouched becausethe
60 YEARS AGO, ERROL FLYNN’S WICKED WAYS ENDED IN VANCOUVER 60 Years Ago, Errol Flynn’s Wicked Ways Ended in Vancouver. From the outside, the apartment building at 1310 Burnaby Street is unremarkable—a quaint, two-storey walkup nestled amongst a half-dozen other such buildings, in a quiet section of the West End, just a few blocks from English Bay. But 60 years ago this month, inthe bedroom of
ELVIS PRESLEY’S 1960 GOLD CADILLAC Elvis Presley was known for loving the finer things—a tour of his Graceland estate in Memphis is the biggest proof—and his cars were no exception. Known to be one of his favourites was a Cadillac Series 75 Fleetwood limousine, which, thanks to 24-karat gold plate highlights and trim, many people referred to as Presley’s “SolidGold” car.
CHRISTIAN CHIA
Story: Jim Tobler. Photography: David Strongman. View Entire Article. It was back in the year 2000 when Christian Chia decided to establish a modest set of automobile dealerships, initially four, calling the company OpenRoad Auto Group. He is CEO and president of the company, and a determined leader he is. The beginnings may have been modest YOUR GIFT SUBSCRIPTION AWAITS Congratulations on being selected to experience MONTECRISTO. Sign-up below to receive your one-year, complimentary subscription (retailvalue: $39).
FOR SALE: THE FORMER HOME OF B.C.’S NOTORIOUS APOCALYPSE 1 day ago · Brother XII was one of BC's most notorious residents in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He was the leader of a pseudo-spiritual doomsday cult that charmed and duped rich and lonely Englishwomen before leaving them high and dry. HOW A VANCOUVER PROGRAM IS HELPING NEWCOMER WOMEN TURN Yet she also knew she had to help support her family. After getting settled in her new city, Canedo, who taught English in Mexico, volunteered at a local food bank, worked in a pizza shop, and helped launch a family renovation business. AN ARCHITECTURAL TOUR OF VANCOUVER’S HISTORIC CHINATOWN Vancouver’s Chinatown, behind New York and San Francisco, is the third-largest in North America. It spans over six commercial blocks and emerged during the late 19th century when Chinese immigrants arrived in Vancouver in pursuit of work on the Canadian Pacific Railway or in the Gold Rush. Most of the structures here are preservedas heritage
AN INTIMATE PICNIC IN A LAVA TUBE IN CENTRAL OREGON We creep into the dark cave as our guide explains the unique underground tube systems found throughout Oregon’s Deschutes County, where the resort is located. Thousands of years ago, volcanic eruptions sent hot lava coursing under the surface lava, which hardened as it cooled, creating 500 to 1,000 tubes like the one we’re standing in now. VANCOUVER’S FORGOTTEN STREETCARS Vancouver’s Forgotten Streetcars | MONTECRISTO. No. 1402 was heading for Vancouver in this late 1940s or early 1950s photo. Photograph courtesy of the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway. In this classic interurban view No. 1700 heads a train of four cars as it arrives at Sullivan Station, at 64 Ave. and 152 St. in Surrey, in 1923. HOW A VANCOUVER DESIGNER TURNED A HOARDER’S DEN INTO A Buying an apartment in Paris appears to fit the trend. The previous owner was an 85-year-old hoarder who had piled up mountains of papers and trinkets. Still, Kai Ellis was able to pick out attractive herringbone wood floors and original features. “When I first walked in here, I realized that the floors were pretty much untouched becausethe
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