2009 Eating & Drinking Guide
Inspired by Vancouver Magazine’s “Eating & Drinking Guide”, MMV has compiled its own Top 3 Restaurant Recommendations from the past year.
Pantone >> 2009 Color of the year is “Mimosa”
Pantone, the world-renowned authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, announces “Mimosa” as 2009 Color of the Year.
Modern Mix Monday – The Redroom
Looking for something to do? Every Monday morning, we present to you “Modern Mix Monday”, a brief but link-filled one-liner review of our past weekend loaded with suggestions to inspire you for your next!
Do you like electronic music? Trance, progressive house, and electro house – Believe on Saturday nights at Redroom has it all! The electronic scene in Vancouver is relatively small, but Believe at The Redroom (398 Richards Street) is filled with a crowd who enjoy and appreciate this music genre. The venue has a great layout with its open dance floor and a second backroom, but overall, it’s a little bit grungy and in need of some major upgrades and renovations. The beloved back corridor, with its black walls and neon space scene makes it a popular picture taking location. I remember when I first went to Redroom, I felt like I was in a maze with back corridors and passages and steps leading up, down and around the DJ booth. (There’s also a third secret room hidden in the wall, but I won’t get into that right now…) It keeps things interesting. I also like how there are separate entrances and exits to avoid crowding. Cover is $15 but there are a ton of “black cards” and VIP passes floating around so if you can get your hands on a couple of those, it’ll save you a ton of cash. Nonetheless, when party-goers congregate at a club solely for the music, nothing else matters. If you’re designated driver for the night, there is a parking lot just around the corner (on West Cordova and Richards) where you can park for $2 for four hours at night!!
Coach Wallet – “Hampton Signature Checkbook Wallet”
I had no idea the Coach wallet I got for Christmas was called the “Hampton Signature Checkbook Wallet” until I looked it up online. There’s no way it’ll fit into my smaller purses, but perhaps I could even use this as a clutch itself. Like most Coach accessories, it is a very solid and sturdy product. Two compartments for bills, a button clasp, numerous slots for credit cards and ID, and a separate zip-compartment for your coins on the other side. This particular wallet comes with a checkbook case, but who really carries their checkbook around anyway? There’s room for paper and a pen though, so I could always use it for note-taking purposes instead. I don’t really have much else to say about it so here is a picture for your reference. I got it in the brass/khaki/gold style. $218 + tax.
Merry Christmas from MMV
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Dear
MMV Readers,
Happy Holidays to you
and your family and friends.
Thanks to everyone for their continual
support of Modern Mix Vancouver over the
past seven months! Wishing you a Merry Christmas
and a joyful new year!
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Cheers, Vanessa Choot
Editor-in-Chief
Modern Mix Vancouver
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Best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most joyous traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, but with respect for the religious persuasion of others who choose to practice their own religion as well as those who choose not to practice a religion at all;
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Additionally, a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the generally accepted calendar year 2009, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions have helped make our society great, without regard to the race, creed, color, religious, or sexual preferences of the wishes.
BOXING DAY SALES (December 26th and beyond)
Instead of doing a seperate entry for each boxing day sale, I think I will just lump them all together in one post here … keep on watching this space, I will be continually updating!
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Holt Renfrew – up to 50% off on selected fall/winter items.
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Jules & Eve (2009 West 41st Avenue) first boxing day sale!
25% – 50% off brands like Betsey Johnson, Jay Godfrey, MINT Jodi Arnold, Angel Jackson, Felix Rey, Jason Matlo, Fever UK, Camilla Skovgaard, Ruthie Davis, ecoSkin, Lily + Jae, Tracy Reese, etc.
Facebook Event: here.
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BOUDOIR (102-1230 Hamilton St): BOXING DAY SALE (dec 26th only)
Shop for $5 to $10 vintage items, 20% off all vintage, 20% off belts and bags and upt o 50% off winter stock! Boxing Day Sale on December 27th and 28th and closed December 29th to January 3rd
212 (452 West Cordova Street) in Gastown’s boxing day sale consists of 40% off their entire store! They’re open from 12 to 6 on boxing day.
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I was briefly in the Mavi store in Gastown yesterday. Maybe it’s a good thing I didn’t buy anything since they’re having a 25% to 50% off sale on fall/winter merchandise (jeans, tshirts, sweaters, etc.) from December 26th to 28th.
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Hey girls AND guys….this sale started about a week ago. Check out the up to 50% off boxing day sale at Jonathan + Olivia (2570 Main Street at Broadway) on their fall and winter merchandise. And if you happen to be a Vancouverite reading this in cold, cold Toronto, the new J+O boutique at 49 Ossington Avenue is already featuring boxing day specials up to 80% off!
