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Autumn 2010

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MONTECRISTO: Jeffrey Miller

Style

Designer Jeffrey Miller

The goldsmith.

Jeffrey Miller always knew he wanted to be a designer—an artist working in jewellery and in gold.

MONTECRISTO: Imagine1Day

Business

Imagine1Day

Imagining a future.

To sit down for a chat with Shannon Wilson, co-founder of Imagine1Day, is to unavoidably become inspired. Maybe it’s her fresh and optimistic air, or perhaps it’s her deeply genuine nature, but no matter what, you’ll come away with a drive, wanting to make a difference.

MONTECRISTO: Jameson House

Design

Glass Houses

Jameson House by Foster + Partners.

Jameson House is the latest contribution to Vancouver, City of Glass. A city built not of bricks and mortar, but of steel and crystal, its towers reflecting images of sun and sea and sky in infinite directions.

MONTECRISTO: Reading

Arts

A Selection of Fine Reading

Pitch perfect.

Some writers have perfect pitch. Their voices rise off the page like those of old friends, and their characters sound like people you’ve been waiting your whole life to meet.

MONTECRISTO: Artisinal Loaves

Food and Drink

Artisanal Loaves

An affair of the hearth.

Step into a bakery and you invariably go weak in the knees, closing your eyes while breathing deep the air redolent of freshly baking bread.

MONTECRISTO: Mamma Cannoli

Food and Drink

Mamma Cannoli

A mother's hands.

With an ever-present twinkle in her eye, Enza Martorana is the quintessential Italian nonna, the mamma behind Mamma Cannoli.

MONTECRISTO: Tapas in Spain

Travel

A Taste of Spain’s Culinary Scene

Tapping into tapas.

You can tell a lot about a country by what, and how, its people eat.

MONTECRISTO: The Psychology of Fragrance Preferences

Style

The Psychology of Fragrance Preferences

Scents and sensibility.

Scent ties experiences and emotions together and knowing this, fragrances suddenly become way more than just the floral or musky water we splash, spritz or spray on ourselves to smell good.

MONTECRISTO: Vancouver Giants

Community

Vancouver Giants 10th Anniversary

X-men.

Can the Western Hockey League (WHL) work in a market dominated by the Canucks? Ron Toigo is the man who brought the WHL back to the Lower Mainland.