Lighten Up with YEW’s Summer Cocktails, Dinner & Dessert

With long, hot days and full weeks of sunshine in Vancouver, the summer menu at YEW at Four Seasons is in full swing. A menu tasting of light and refreshing summer dishes was recently hosted on their fourth-floor pool deck, the only pool in Vancouver to be half indoors and half outdoors. BC fruit ingredients were […]
“Zap Away” Bugs with Natural Summertime Essentials from Escents Aromatherapy

The Vancouver-based Escents Aromatherapy offers a range of effective, natural bug-repellent products ideal for summer. The scent of the Zap Away line is a mixture of lemongrass and lavender. Regardless of whether the Zap Away Essential Oil Blend ($13.95) actually repels mosquitos, I love the combination of refreshing lemongrass and calming lavender, and have been using drops […]