This month in Vancouver magazine:

PANORAMA

Calendar
A discerning guide to what's worth seeing, hearing, and doing this month

Top Stories
The UBC golf course lands deal; on the set of jPod; and where Wal-Mart should go

Q&A
Lumière’s Chef de Cuisine on Red Robin, Gordon Ramsay, and butternut squash ravioli

You Are Here
Whistler’s roots are in Creekside, south of the village, where old-school après
reigns and a condo is still (sort of) affordable

Vancouver Life
Malcolm Parry’s party circuit covers a high-tea fashion show and a jazzy party for the Ritz

Best Buys
East meets West in Kerrisdale, where bubble tea cafes and Tokyo street fashion set a new pace


DEPARTMENTS

Buried Alive
At a studio near White Rock, a Haida carver has done a totem for a famous British artist’s castle
By Michael Turner

FEATURES

Best Of The City
2007 brought us a better ski hill, affordable housing, the Memorial Cup, a first-rate
health club, an overdue memorial, and fairer taxation

The Nanny Diaries
Many Vancouver mothers don’t realize that the live-in raising their children has
left her own children behind in the Philippines
By Daniel Wood

Rule Victoria
Anchored by the 100-year-old Fairmont Empress, the old girl has
got some cool new tricks up her sleeve
By Michael Harris and Shelora Sheldon

COVER STORY

2008 Wine Awards
Time to stock up—the results of our 4th Annual International Wine Competition.
Plus high-end bargains, best B.C. cheeses, and California’s comeback


EATING + DRINKING

Best Plates of the Year
We asked a panel of foodies for their most memorable meals of 2007. Pig’s brain, anyone?

Food
Daiji Matsubara, Vancouver’s own king of ramen, knows how to use his noodle
By Steve Burgess

A La Carte
Shopping in Little Persia with Kashcool chef Mahtab Saraf; nothing but cheesecak
on South Granville; and a smartly designed peeler for your kitchen
By Anna Moorhouse


ENDMARK

Play It Again
Dal Richards was a high school student when, in 1937, he got a summer job playing the saxophone in an orchestra at the Blue Moon Room in White Rock. Seven decades later, he’s still at it, playing dance music from the 1940s and ’50s, a living link to a Vancouver most of us never knew

Available on newsstands January 1, 2008