January 2011
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Renovated Waldorf Hotel brings the South Pacific...
Photographer Credit: Eric Cairns
Special to The Globe and Mail
Waldorf Hotel
1489 East Hastings, Vancouver; waldorfhotel.com; 30 rooms with rates from $110. No eco-rating.
Unless you’re a penny-pinching backpacker or a rough-and-tumble longshoreman, an invitation to stay at the Waldorf Hotel only a few months ago would have elicited quite a stare. Tucked away in an industrial pocket in...
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The Lake & Stars Lingerie Sets Up Shop at the...
*Styling & Concept by Maayan Zilberman
When Nikki Dekker and Maayan Zilberman, the lingerie-design duo behind the Lake & Stars, unveiled their Moon Landing tights, they raised some eyebrows with the bumless tie-dyed style. Though the company’s name is taken from a Victorian euphemism for a woman’s prowess in the boudoir, the racy, easy-access leggings caught some off guard.
“People...
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Shad Sings the Praises of 'Live Forever'...
Photo: Chromewaves | Patrick Lemieux
After teaming up with Cadence Weapon and Broken Social Scene’s Lisa Lobsinger andBrendan Canning, Shad is back at the collaborating game, this time aligning himself with City and Colour / Alexisonfire mainstay Dallas Green. Today marks the release of their two-track EP, fittingly titled ‘Shad & Dallas: Two Songs,’ with all proceeds from...
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Cake's John McCrea Shows No Mustache Compassion...
When Cake frontman John McCrea sat down to write his band’s sixth studio album, ‘Showroom of Compassion,’ he knew it was high time that he faced his fears and penned a song about a lifelong concern. And so, McCrea wrote about mustaches. “I think people are dealing with mustache issues in our culture,” McCrea tells Spinner. “A lot of people grew up with men...