Living

Two entrepreneurs from North Vancouver have been named finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award in the Pacific region. Carlos Villavicencio of Natural Trade Ltd.

Doug Yip poses at Mission Raceway Park last year with his purpose-built race car for the Trans-Am racing series that currently competes in the GT-1 class. The car was modelled after a Ford Mustang, but the only part from a real Mustang is the roof.

When The Triggs Family landed in the Okanagan, a few years after the sale of Jackson Triggs and Vincor (and their own DeLaine Vineyards) to Constellation Brands, I figured we’d be in for some interesting times.

50 Ways to Wear a Scarf by Lauren Freidman (Chronicle Books, 128 pages) $18.95 Once banished to the winter wardrobe only to be pulled out to warm the neck on a cold day, scarves have made a comeback.

Boutique on the move After 10 years in the Village at Park Royal, Kiss and Makeup beauty and fashion boutique will close its doors on July 31 and relocate to 1760 Lonsdale Ave., North Vancouver as of Aug. 1.

West Vancouver artist concentrates on clothing

Beautiful local raspberries are once more in the stores, and I can’t wait to start cooking with them. Visions of raspberry muffins, raspberry cake and raspberry pie dance through my head.

The Bowker/Reimann residence (Barry Downs, project designer, Hollingsworth and Downs Architects, 1968) is among the stops on this year’s ninth annual West Coast Modern Home Tour 2014, presented by the West Vancouver Museum, Saturday, July 12.

Troll Swap by Leigh Hodgkinson (Somerville, Mass., Nosy Crow) $18 Tabitha Lumpit is one messy little girl and Timothy Limpet is an excruciatingly polite and tidy troll. It is almost as if they were born into the wrong families.

One of this year's hot products for summer entertaining is the indoor/outdoor LED light ball. This ball light is fantastic for entertaining on your outdoor deck or decorating a room for an indoor soiree.