Modern Mix Monday – Bean Around the World
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!
Exam season is upon us. If you are still a student at UBC, sometimes it can get boring studying in campus libraries. On Saturday afternoon, my friend and I decided to study at Bean Around the World instead. The cafe on 4456 West 10th Avenue is a cozy, mid-sized café with forest green and dark red walls which correspond to its easily recognizable logo. Wooden tables and stools are scattered throughout the front half of the café, while low couches and a fireplace take up the back. He ordered a medium (16 oz.) chai tea latte for $4.35, while I got a chicken teriyaki wrap for $5.50, grilled “panini-style”. We spread out our textbooks, binders and notebooks on a large, wooden table and felt comfortable spending the entire afternoon studying leisurely without feeling like we were “taking up space”. In fact, there were other students there as well. The only distracting aspect of studying here is how the door opens every few minutes for customers and you can hear the loud traffic and rain from outside.
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For those of you who live a little further East, there are two other Bean Around the Worlds on Main Street as well as other cafes on Granville, Cambie and North Vancouver (to name a few).
Boudoir – Holiday Fashion Show at Opus Hotel
If there was any event that could put you into a holiday mood, it was this one. Opus is a beautiful L.A inspired lounge, with white tile walls, and high ceilings, which were decorated with sporadic large glittering stars hanging above us.
The dresses themselves, which can all be found at Boudoir in Yaletown, were a myriad of satins and modals, in blacks and creams for all of your formal events, as well reds, sky blues, champagnes, coffee brown and greens for a few punches of eye catching colors. Over 25 dresses traipsed down the runway, in styles for the flirty and feminine girl, such as their salmon satin dress (notably worn by the beautiful violinist), with a scoop neck and voluminous short sleeves.
VGH – Holiday Craft Market (December 4 to 6, 2008)
Visit the 12th Annual Vancouver General Hospital Holiday Craft Market from December 4th to 6th on the first floor of the Jim Pattison Pavilion.
Suki’s Hair Contest – Winning Entry!!
Read the winning entry for MMV’s “traumatizing hair story” contest in collaboration with Suki’s Hair Salon!
Fidelity Denim – Warehouse Sale (Nov. 27 to 29, 2008)
Fidelity Denim is having a warehouse sale from November 27 to 29th, 2008 at #121-5589 Byrne Rd in Burnaby. (Use the back entrance). Jeans are going from $10 to $99 and will be available in styles for both men and women. Payment options include cash, Visa and Mastercard.
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Thursday November 27th: 4-8 pm
Friday November 28th: 12-8 pm
Saturday November 29th: 10-5 pm
BOUDOIR – Holiday Fashion Show at Opus (Thursday Nov. 27, 2008)
Newly opened in April 2008, Boudoir (1230 Hamilton Street) is “bringing pretty back” with its first annual fashion show on Thursday November 27th at Opus Hotel in Yaletown. Doors open at 8pm with the fashion show beginning at 8:45pm. I’ll be there! Hope to see you there too.
And, afterwards, be sure to stay for the night event at Opus:
