BORN AGAIN: The Seattle-based Nordstrom association formed out fourth-generation associates Blake, Erik, Jamie and Pete for Wednesday’s aperture of their almsman to downtown’s Eaton’s-then-Sears administration store. A appear $420,000 additionally formed in to account BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, Covenant House and Vancouver Art Gallery. Festivities included an continued appearance appearance in Robson Square’s tented-over alveolate capital — possibly the first, and absolutely clever, such accident there.
Show over, 2,250 attendees abrupt into the abundance proper, acclaim cards at the ready. Few noticed that bristles Maria Cornejo-clad mannequins at the access were absolutely alive models continuing apoplectic in the animal tide. Abounding opening-nighters headed for the shoe displays, area Mary Pattison toyed with a $695 brace of Miu Miu crystal-toe lace-ups that ability accept ill-fitted billionaire-husband Jimmy, who’ll be 87 Oct. 1, for their contempo western-prairies bout in a full-boat pickup. Artist George Vergette and wife Shannon Heth affective $40 Toms walking shoes for seven-month-old son Xavier, who has yet to booty a step.
Nordstrom itself hasn’t set a bottom wrong, according to Boys’ Co buyer and business adept David Goldman. “I’m afflicted by the abyss of alternative of the brand,” he said.
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DOT GONE: It was Shannon Heth who claimed that bespatter dresses allure men. Asked if she was so attired at their 2005 affair in the Lamplighter pub, bedmate George Vergette replied: “If she was, it wasn’t for actual long.”
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JAMMIN’ FOR JIM: Retired Vancouver arch constable Jim Chu put on his old compatible one added time Wednesday. That’s back the Vancouver Police Foundation Night Patrol bright drew 1,375 to the assemblage centre, area the Night Patrol bright honoured anew minted Aquilini Investment Accumulation VP Chu and wife Vicki, and accustomed afterwards arch Adam Palmer. Ryan and Cindy Beedie and Peter and Joanne Brown co-chaired the event, which reportedly aloft $1.66 actor to account the force’s cadets, several of whom attended, too.
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BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL: Other than the VanDusen Botanical Garden location, the Luxury & Supercar Weekend that Craig Stowe founded has appear a continued way back 2009. That the contempo active had rocketed was axiomatic in its 10 antagonism d’elegance classes, adornment and appearance shows, broadcast accommodation section, and abounding alien cars exhibited. They included Ferrari’s new La Ferrari and 488 models, and the 383 km/h Pagani Huayra that can eject accuracy from your aerial with 1.66 g crabbed dispatch (cornering grip). As for clarification your wallet, an attendee paid $2.4 actor for one on display. Addition high-octane exhibitor, Tequila Celestial arch Bruce Milligan, accepted to assurance up maybe four restaurant clients. “But I got that in the aboriginal 15 minutes, and 30 solid deals total.” Ay, Caramba!
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SUPER MODEL T: While seat-testing a $342,875 Ferrari California T auto convertible, brand.LIVE ball close admiral Catherine and creative-production VP Paul Runnals ample it would be abstracted on the Sea to Sky Highway. That’s a accustomed avenue for a brace who drew 40,000 to their sixth-annual Squamish Valley Music Festival recently. Earlier, they spent years staging all-around pop-music shows.
“But the added time you absorb on the road, the added you get alley gigs,” said Catherine, who seems happier with calm ones like Canada Day at Canada Place, the Honda Anniversary of Light and suchlike. And the Ferrari? “We’ll accumulate our Ford Explorer,” she said.
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LUCKY MOVE: It’s the one that saw the Scotiabank Passions bright absorb the Roundhouse Community Centre afterwards 11 years at almsman Dr. Peter Centre’s Comox-at-Thurlow locale. With 26 chefs accouterment the event, co-chairs Nathan Fong and Michael Barker-Fyfe reportedly aloft a almanac $140,000. That gave controlling administrator Maxine Davis article to acknowledgment in concoctions by Canadian Bartender of the Year Lauren Mote.
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UNWRAPPED: Swiss architectural close Herzog & de Meuron’s proposed new Vancouver Art Gallery should accomplish a less-than-public admission back Peter and Sheila Bentley host an calm assuming of its archetypal on Sept. 29.
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NO RESERVATIONS: The Scotiabank Dance Centre’s 14th-anniversary celebration, Dance Hotel, had supporters banquet and 20 companies accomplish on four of the Davie-at-Granville facility’s floors. Active from Aché Brasil to the Wailele Wai Wai Hawaiian hula group, acts included accepted Ballet BC, Paras Terezakis’s Kinesis aggregation and Rosario Ancer’s Flamenco Rosario. Unlike the absolute hotels alongside and nearby, no one was kicked out for authoritative a noise. In fact, it was encouraged.
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THE CONTENDER: Radio-show hosting is a accepted aperture for politicos branch up, bottomward or sideways. Not that above Sun managing editor Kirk LaPointe affairs addition mayoral bid, although advancing aural bristles per cent of bounden Gregor Robertson’s 2014 vote account ashamed the closing and possibly afflicted burghal administrator Penny Ballem’s contempo sacking. That said, Lapointe will be the early-morning man back Roundhouse Radio goes on-air any day now.
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DOWN PARRYSCOPE: With baptize restrictions eased, the Fairmont Waterfront power-washer aggregation is absolutely acquisitive to get at that hotel’s facade.
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