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Garden dinners bloom again

The highly anticipated roof-top dinner series at the Vancouver Fairmont Waterfront returned again this past summer. Under open skies and set against the breathtaking background of the harbour and North Shore mountains, each dinner offered thoughtfully curated, multicourse menus. Each was locally inspired and paired with premium BC wines and live local music.
fairmont-waterfront.com

“The Dell”opens new spa

Reimagined and reopened after a 7 year $550 million US reno, San Diego’s latest spa has an outdoor lounge, a new area for men and a Marilyn Munro inspired Bar. Partnered with longevity platform Lumati, the spa offers a 5-1
recharge station that offers five, consecutive fifteen-minute therapies: Full spectrum photobiomodulation light therapy, molecular hydrogen inhalation therapy, micro-impact therapy, sound therapy and supplementation.
hoteldel.com

Weighing 1.5 trillion trees

The European Space Agency’s 1.2 ton biomass satellite nicknamed Space Brolly. It was built in the UK and is equipped with radar that can penetrate the forest canopy to map entire trees, to help scientists to determine just how much biomass the Earth’s forests actually contain. The rocket recently left ESA’s Kourou station in French Guinea to study the Amazon rainforests.
European Space Agency

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The Meandering Epicurist

Mother Cocktail Bar Massimo Zitti is a microbe wrangler, and his frustration is that microbes don’t always behave. I’m at the edgy Queen Street West strip, where facial stubble and lofts in old factories dominate, but fear not, this is

Kat Florence Hotel

A bejewelled private haven nestled in the heart of the prettiest of villages Canadian A-list jewellery designer, Kat Florence is on a mission to transform her hometown of Elora, Ontario, into the chicest of destination with her recently opened boutique

Summer sipping

Summer Sipping Summer calls for wines of finesse. Think crystalline whites, rosés the colour of a Provençal sunset, and lightly chilled reds with red-fruit lift. These picks are made for the patio, the dock, and long dinners that linger past

Rooted in tradition:

Unlocking the magic of a famous lakeside country house  The Lake District, located in Cumbria, Northwest England, is the country’s largest National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Famed for its dramatic glaciated valleys, shimmering ribbon lakes, and highest

And then there were three…

In a carefully-planned addition to their au-courant family of boutique hotels that trades harbour views for high country charm, White Elephant hotels is celebrating the opening of its latest outpost. From socialite Elizabeth Ludwig’s 1920’s East Coast passion project which

Some places impress, others stay with you

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