Living Magazine

Tell me about the concept for No. 1 Gaoler’s Mews private dinner. How did you come up with the idea? What inspired it? No 1. Gaoler’s Mews is a monthly dining event hosted in the open kitchen below the private dining space at L’Abattoir.

You could say that event planning is in Soha Lavin’s blood.

New York is probably one of the only cities in the world that I know almost as well as Vancouver. I have been there for work and leisure trips at least 50 times in my life.

Abbotsford—or Abby as it’s affectionately known by locals—is a-changin’. Yes, this suburban city of 142 thousand is moving beyond its “Home of the Air Show” label and becoming a happening hot bed for brewers, wine makers and culinary risk-takers.

When Jackie Kai Ellis closed her design firm to study pastry in Paris in 2011, it was a recipe for success and inspired the opening of Vancouver's revered Beaucoup Bakery & Café, media and tour company and a food memoir, The Measure of My Powers.

If you’ve been at any big Vancouver event this summer, you probably came across RYU.

Step inside the recently opened and light-filled KOHLER Signature Store on Broadway and Fir Street, and for a moment you might imagine you’re heading in for a day at the spa.

Decor queen Jillian Harris has a new home decor line with STOR-X Organization Systems and we can't wait to get our clothes (and shoes, and bags) in it.

Nothing beats rediscovering a place you love. And doing it via Harbour Air Float plane with dynamic media types and gracious hosts from Vail and Whistler Blackcomb , is epic.

Interior designer Kate Arends, speaking at Vancouver’s Interior Design Show taking place Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, shares the top renovation and design trends for 2018. Graphic designer. Storyteller. Lifestyle guru. Marketer. Interior designer.