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Smoking Lily (Vancouver and Victoria, BC)
Submitted by Ariane on April 27, 2008 - 4:19pm
Website:
Business Owner(s):
Trish Tacoma
Originally founded by Trish Tacoma and Julie Higginson in Victoria, Smoking Lily has now been around for over a decade and grown to have a sister store in Vancouver (yipee!). While their clothing, accessories, and home decor are made from great high quality fabrics, and cut to flatter, what makes them instantly recognizable is the screenprinted designs that set them apart from the rest.
One of my favorite things about their designs is that most of them are science and nature themed. They're known for printing images that help you show your hippest nerd, by sporting the periodic table, various plants, a microscope, or a creepy but beautiful swarm of insects. They even had a tea cozy with Louis Riel on it, that I can't believe I didn't buy last time I was there--it hit home with my prairie girl roots, but there were just too many amazing things and I had to leave it there for another day. Be prepared to find something you'll fall in love with and just have to take home with you when you walk in the door. Their stuff is so unique, with the perfect balance of artsy hipster and inner geek, that there's really no way to go wrong.
Phone:
604-873-5459
E-mail:
Locations
Smoking Lily - Victoria
569 Johnson St. Unit A
Victoria, BC V8W 1M2Canada
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Smoking Lily - Vancouver
3634 Main Street
Vancouver, BC V5V 3N5Canada
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Slow Food & Fashion Event (Victoria, BC)
Submitted by Ariane on October 2, 2007 - 7:03pm
Oct 11 2007 18:00
Oct 11 2007 20:00
Press Release: September 28, 2007 - Plenty Epicurean Pantry
Slow Food Vancouver Island/Gulf Islands, Lifecycles Fruit Tree Project, Plenty Epicurean Pantry & Not Just Pretty Modern Clothing present an evening of Slow Food & Fashion!
WHERE: Plenty Epicurean Pantry, 1034 Fort Street, Victoria, BC
WHEN: 6 to 8 pm, Thursday October 11th, 2007
WHAT: Lifecycles Fruit Tree Project will be providing samples of delicious foods that have been produced in partnership with local businesses. The evening will feature a fashion show of environmentally and socially conscious clothes from Not Just Pretty Modern Clothing. In addition, there will be readings from the new book Apples Under the Bed: Recollections and Recipes from BC Writers and Artists.
RIP: Plenty (Victoria, BC)
Submitted by Anonymous on August 5, 2007 - 4:19pm
Website:
Business Owner(s):
Trevor Walker
UPDATE SEPT 2011: Sadly Plenty recently closed, and has joined the RIP file. Trevor still occasionally updates the blog if you want to stay in touch.
Last time I was in Victoria, in the early spring of this year, I discovered what is now one of my all-time favourite food shops. I can't really call it a grocery store, even though with the variety of foods available there, it could qualify as one, but it's more of a gourmet food shop, or maybe a food lover's equivalent of a kid in a candy store. When I first walked into Plenty, the thing that blew me away was that there were so many things there that I'd never seen before! I've shopped in a lot of crazy food stores across the country, and seriously, this is one of the best.
Phone:
250-380-7654
E-mail:
Location
Plenty
1034 Fort St.
Victoria, BC V8V 3K4Canada
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