Don’t you hate it when you are handed a
steaming cup of coffee in a shop.. and even with two cups and a cardboard holder it is
still way too hot to hold? (Hello, Financier patisserie, I mean you). The folks over at Contexture Design (Nathan Lee and
Trevor Coghill) in
have come up with a coffee holder slash cuff bracelet made from reclaimed ebony veneer wood. I love it- although I can’t quite imagine whipping it off my arm
the next time I am in Starbucks....
Blue
Ruby
This jewellery shop carries celeb
favourite designers like Chan Luu (Jennifer Aniston is a fan) as
well as local designers like Amanda
Vogler, Andrea Waines, Tarina Tarintino and Mimi and Marge.
1089 Robson
St
Downtown,
Phone: (604) 899-2583
www.blueruby.com
Inform
Interiors
Art of Travel? Check out Vancouver's 129 room Listel
Hotel
which
spends more on the art it displays on just one or two floors than
most hotels invest for an entire property””and I'm not talking
about art that makes you say (or at least think) “My
three-year-old could do that.”
By partnering with Canadian art world heavy hitters, the hotel
has amassed a noteworthy collection of both
modern art and traditional British Columbian art. To make the
most of its collection, worth more than half a million dollars,
the hotel is divided into different floor categories, each with
its own artistic focus.
“I love her as a singer, but she was so
cheesy as the MC,” says the glam Amazon-woman to her friend in
the elevator at Opus Hotel. “She wasn't MC-ing!” he shrieks,
hiking up his $500 jeans as the doors opened on their floor.
