Archive for September, 2010

Did you ENTER to win a $1000 prize in Better Together’s Hands-On Cook-Off contest? It ends today! Here’s another one of the front runners for votes in their video submissions, see the rest of the videos and place your vote for your favourite NOW!

Get Ready for @IDSwest with Sweet Swag from @Homewerx!

You know all about Homewerx because you read about them on Vancouver is Awesome HERE. They are one of many exhibitors at the upcoming IDSwest convention on October 14-17. Go HERE for more information about that.

Stop salivating over those two beautiful-looking things above. You know you can buy that Diana Mini Lomogoraphy Camera in White ($79.99 @Homewerx) and those UrbanEars Plattan Headphones in White ($69.99, also available @Homewerx – they are “the perfect classic headphone, utilizing inno­vative functions and performance with today’s technology; a full size headphone allowing for rich, secluded sound that you can fold it down to the size of your fist for maximum mobility which also comes with a “zound plug” on the earcap, allowing for a friend to plug in and enjoy your music) for yourself.

Or, you could win them. That’s a whole other ball game.

What have you been taking pictures of or listening to lately that could be made better with either this camera or these headphones? …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

Paul Anthony’s Talent Time just released a new trailer for 2010! I can’t stress how awesome this live show truly is. It’s the best. Get your butt down to the Biltmore this coming Wednesday and find out for yourself…

Annie Hoff and Levin O’Connor, aka Now Improv, are improvisers from LA. Annie and Levin met in 2005 as cast members of the iO West house team The Jungle. They spent the next five years performing together in a variety of shows including the Del Close Award winning USS Rock N Roll (which is also at the fest). These days they are touring the nation with their show Now? and teaching workshops at theaters, festivals and schools from coast to coast. Now and USS Rock N Roll will be performing between October 5-9, 2010. In addtion, Annie and Levin are both in the International Ensemble. For more on the VIIF, visit vancouverimprovfest.com.

Dear Vancouver is Awesome,

We’re super excited to travel to the VIIF next week to play as Now, in USS Rock N Roll and in the International Ensemble! In the meantime, here are the places in Los Angeles that we like to hang out.

This is Mi’s Westside Comedy Theater – Santa Monica, CA – Home of NOW? with Annie & Levin. We are also both on the teaching staff. This is a great new theater that just opened its doors last April. Since then it’s become one of the fastest growing communities of comedy in LA. Passionate improvisers, stand-ups and sketch teams are all are building a community of acceptance together. Their training program is based on creating well rounded and balanced professional improvisers! Definitely a must see if you are in LA. www.westsidecomedy.com

Cafe Tropical – Echo Park, Ca – Levin’s place to get coffee in Los Angeles. SO strong, SO hot. NICE! Also try the guava pie! A great place to relax outside and get a taste of a wide mix of local culture!

Griffith Park Dog Park – Los Feliz, Ca – Madera’s favorite place to meet up with some friends and have a pal around. Shady trees, dirt for digging and a …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

Long before beauty boutiques occupied every trendy neighbourhood in Vancouver and drug store cosmetic counters had undergone high-end makeovers, the idea of a shop that carried only specialty beauty products was unheard of. That was until 10 years ago, when Marc Brunet made his mark (excuse the pun) and changed beauty retail in the city forever.

Starting his Vancouver retail career by helping open the West Coast outpost of ICE – which some of you may remember as the fashionable, trendy gift store located on Hornby Street – Marc recognized the demand for a niche cosmetics and beauty outlet. After deciding to stay in Vancouver when the owners of ICE shut down to open the celebrity-loved Kitson boutique in LA, Marc seized the opportunity and BeautyMark was born.

To celebrate a decade of being THE go-to spot for Vancouver’s beauty junkies, we posed 10 questions to the the BeautyMark founder.

10 QUESTIONS WITH MARC BRUNET (BEAUTYMARK)

1. Originally from Montreal, you moved to Vancouver in 1996. What changes have you observed in the fashion/ beauty scene here?
I think that the fashion scene in Vancouver has changed with our overall feeling of who WE are as Vancouverites.  I think for quite a while (and maybe still a bit), we keep comparing ourselves to other cities like New York, & LA instead of embracing who WE are…(cuz news flash this ain’t NY or LA!)  So I think I see more personality and variety in our sense of style and our appetite for fashion, which translates into everything from design, food, art… The only thing that has me concerned is …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

Our friends at The Cheaper Show recently made available a gallery containing an image of every single piece that was in The Cheaper Show 9 from earlier this summer! HERE is a link to all 24 of the blog posts we did on artists, introducing them as a lead-up up to this year’s show, click the image below to see the gallery of all the work.

Click above for pages upon pages upon pages of artwork! 480 images worth, all shot by Cherry Vega.