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MONTECRISTO Magazine: FSB Door Levers

Design

FSB Door Levers

Love handles.

FSB is one of the worldwide masters when it comes to designing handles.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Vancouver's Historic Tunnels

Community

Vancouver’s Historic Tunnels

What lies beneath.

Secrets are delicious—and none more fascinating than those unearthed in your own backyard.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Singer Kathleen Edwards

Arts

Singer Kathleen Edwards

Departures.

Kathleen Edwards has been a vital part of this country’s music scene since introducing audiences to her brand of keenly observed storytelling with her debut album, Failer, in 2003. Since then, she’s worked on honing her sound.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Sonora Resort, Desolation Sound, B.C.

Travel

Sonora Resort, Desolation Sound, B.C.

Wilderness deluxe.

Whether you like your thrills on fishing boats, bear trails or sea-lion rocks, there’s adventure to be had at the ultra-luxurious Sonora Resort.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Brandon Thiessen

Arts

Brandon Thiessen

Everything is not as it appears.

Many of artist Brandon Thiessen’s recent works focus on the idea that nothing should be accepted as it appears.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: The Theatrics of Buying at Auction

Arts

The Theatrics of Buying at Auction

Bidder beware.

Auctions offer buyers a wide range of goods—everything from the exceptional to the exceptionally mundane—and can fetch sellers a covetous sum, or on regrettable occasion, a sad pittance. Nonetheless, the auction house is a stage where the theatrics are as entertaining as the acquisition of a desired object is satisfying.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Mangia with Quattro

Food and Drink

Mangia with Quattro

Family style Italian from the heart.

It is a Golden Age of sorts for cookbooks, and therefore, for would-be cooks wanting to spread their wings and fly. This fall, Whitecap Books presents Mangia with Quattro: Family Style Italian from the Heart.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: UBC Baseball's Home Advantage

Community

UBC Baseball’s Home Advantage

Field of dreams.

“If You Build It, he will come.” To the logically thinking bystander, the words penned by W.P. Kinsella provide a rationale for constructing UBC’s very own field of dreams at the Point Grey campus.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Discovery Parks and Dr. Bernie Bressler

Business

Discovery Parks and Dr. Bernie Bressler

The spin-off idea.

Funding is not what it used to be, and in Canada, fundraising, alumni relations and direct interaction with the community at large are the norm.