How to devise a storage system for herbs and spices and forever do away with novelty spice racks and their special containers—or purchasing extra spice packets you don’t really need.
PROBLEM SOLVED | Has this ever happened to you? You’re ready to whip up a dish from scratch when you realize your recipe calls for a dried herb that, after rummaging among your cache of spice bottles and bags, you appear to be out of. So you rush out and pick some up only to discover later that you already had a bottle on hand—three, actually, stashed away in the dark recesses of the various places you store this stuff. Read more
Studio Sessions At The Eastside Culture Crawl
/1 Comment/in CANADIAN CONTENT, Culture & Leisure /by EditorDoing the Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver’s longest-standing open studio event, calls for getting strategic.
SHOPPING AROUND | With 427 artists showing their artworks and wares at 82 different locations, it’s hard to know how to attack Vancouver’s 15th annual Eastside Culture Crawl, which starts November 16 at 5 p.m. and continues through Sunday.
If you’re like me, there’s no way you have more than an afternoon to spare gallivanting around these studios so you’ll need to get strategic. Read more
How To Make An Easy Herb & Spice File
/2 Comments/in DIY, FOOD, Food & Drink, HOME, HOW-TO KNOW-HOW, Organizing, View All DIY Stories, View All Food Stories, View All Home Stories, View All How-To Stories /by EditorHow to devise a storage system for herbs and spices and forever do away with novelty spice racks and their special containers—or purchasing extra spice packets you don’t really need.
PROBLEM SOLVED | Has this ever happened to you? You’re ready to whip up a dish from scratch when you realize your recipe calls for a dried herb that, after rummaging among your cache of spice bottles and bags, you appear to be out of. So you rush out and pick some up only to discover later that you already had a bottle on hand—three, actually, stashed away in the dark recesses of the various places you store this stuff. Read more
How To Loosen Tight Hamstrings Quick
/3 Comments/in Exercise, FITNESS, Fitness & Health, View All Fitness Stories /by Eve JohnsonIf you struggle with tight hamstrings, this five-minute yoga challenge will feel like a blessing for sure.
FIVE-MINUTE YOGA | Massaging the soles of the feet loosens the starting point of a network of connective tissue that runs up the back of your body to the crown of your head. Rolling a tennis ball under each foot for just five minutes a day will lead to more relaxed feet and flexible hamstrings. Read more
Make Easy Breezy Chocolate Soufflé
/2 Comments/in Easy + Quick = Delicious, Entertaining, FOOD, Food & Drink, Recipes, View All Food Stories /by EditorContrary to popular belief, soufflés are a breeze to make. (VIDEO)
EASY & DELISH | In the annals of dinner party desserts that look so impressive everyone assumes they must be horribly complicated to make, the chocolate soufflé is right up there. To begin with, it’s a soufflé for gawd sakes, and everyone knows that making any sort of soufflé can be a recipe for disaster. Read more
Make A Lantern Plant & Mini-Light Display
/0 Comments/in D.I.Y., DECOR & DESIGN, DIY, HOME, HOW-TO KNOW-HOW, View All DIY Stories, View All Home Stories, View All How-To Stories /by EditorHarvest Chinese lantern plant pods to create the perfect, illuminated holiday display.
CREATIVE SOLUTION | I first spotted brilliant orange Chinese lanterns fitted over mini-lights on an organically decorated Christmas tree. This is one way to use them for sure, though I like them better when they are used to create an original Thanksgiving or Halloween display. I love them threaded through a tangle of branches on the front porch or on top of the mantel or on a dinner table. I also love mini-lanterns strung around doorways for a punch of spot-on seasonal colour. Read more
Where The Ghouls Are: The Secret Souls Walk
/4 Comments/in CANADIAN CONTENT, Culture & Leisure /by EditorIn Vancouver, The Secret Souls Walk is our favourite spooktacular interactive Halloween adventure.
MAKE ME SCREAM | There are plenty of public opportunities to get your BOO! on this week, including houses so haunted they’ll scare the bejesus out of you (Dunbar Haunted House and Fright Nights At Playland are among our favourite scariest). But I’m happy to report that my all-time personal favourite eerie Halloween activity is the torch-lit Parade of Lost Souls Secret Souls Walk, which takes place on Saturday, October 27th, at a mysterious locale somewhere among the back alleys, streets and open spaces around the Commercial Drive area. Read more
Make Your Garden Both Modern & Romantic
/0 Comments/in Design, GARDEN, Home & Garden, View All Garden Stories /by EditorLearn the secrets of making a garden that is both modern and romantic from international superstar garden designer Andrea Cochran.
Design Wise | If you love beautiful gardens and find yourself near Robson and Georgia this evening with an hour so to spare, you might want to walk over to UBC Robson Square where international superstar garden designer Andrea Cochran will give a free lecture at 7 p.m. Read more
Now For Something Completely Different
/3 Comments/in Diffusion Collections, Fashion & Beauty /by EditorHigh-fashion rebel Martin Margiela moves down market with a wonderfully unconventional collection for H&M. (LOOKBOOK)
CULT FASHION ALERT | I’m a grown-up woman with grown-up kids and I can’t believe I just called my local mall to ask about the protocol for camping outside overnight. Because that’s exactly what I’ll need to do if I expect to acquire a single piece of the—“wonderfully weird and wearable,” to quote WWD—clothing from Maison Martin Margiela debuted at select H&M stores November 2012.
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New Topshop And Uniqlo Stores Open
/0 Comments/in FASHION, Fashion & Beauty, Shops & Shopping /by EditorTwo top international fashion brands cast their nets ever wider with new shops on the west coast, one in Vancouver, the other in San Francisco.
CULT SHOPPING ALERT | It’s no secret Frugalbits loves Uniqlo; we’ve spilled enough digital ink to prove it. The Japanese fashion behemoth has captured our hearts with inexpensive, well-made fashion staples such as cashmere sweaters in a dazzling colours for $50 to $89 (take that, J. Crew), barely there ultralight down sweaters and coats for $50 to $90 (take that, Patagonia) and crisply executed men’s long sleeve dress shirts for $30 (take that, Brooks Brothers). Read more
Great Decorating Ideas With Fall Leaves
/0 Comments/in DECOR & DESIGN, Design, GARDEN, HOME, Home & Garden, View All Garden Stories, View All Home Stories /by EditorWhat’s more beautiful than fall foliage? Here are a few understated ways to use it to decorate your home.
FREE & EASY | Whether it’s branches in vases or individual leaves strewn along a dining table or on top of a napkin or plate, nothing looks more striking than nature brought indoors and left in its beautiful, natural state. Around here, we subscribe to a natural, casual approach when it comes to arranging botanical materials, and a less is more strategy for tabletop décor. Read more