Living

The scariest holiday of the year calls for entertaining in a frightful fashion.

In my last column I suggested I would delve into the design of the modern home, the home that speaks to a current way of living and recognizes the need for positive change.

Some rainy Friday night, invite a bunch of your pals over, rent a full season's worth of a favourite TV series or a cheesy flick and share some wine and appetizers. There's nothing like it.

There are many myths of the fall garden that continue to flourish in popular culture, even in this age of information. Not ghosts and goblins but myths of phantom garden tasks that pervade gardening culture.

MP Andrew Saxton sends participants on their way at the recent Ambleside Park Kidney Walk and Run in support of the Kidney Foundation of Canada.

The 163 best Paleo Slow Cooker recipes, by Judith Finlayson, Robert Rose Publishers, 256 pages, $24.95.

Smart, sophisticated, charming and elegant are all words I could use to describe Alexandra Marnier Lapostolle. However, the welltravelled president of Marnier-Lapostolle, who slipped through Vancouver last week, is also a lot of unstuffy fun.

Offers 'glimpse' into Second World War's local impact

Local nurse to speak at The Midlife Affair

Notices EXERCISE YOUR AGING BODY AND BRAIN A lunch and learn presentation Friday, Oct. 25, 10:30-11:45 a.m. at John Braithwaite Community Centre, 145 West First St., North Vancouver.