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MONTECRISTO: Asahi Baseball Team

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The Asahi Baseball Team

Back on the field.

In 1914, a group of young, ambitious Japanese baseball players organized the Vancouver Asahis—asahi meaning “rising sun”. They were a three-decade-long line of heroes that the local community cheered in droves at the old Powell Grounds.

MONTECRISTO: Mike Horn

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Mike Horn and the Pangaea Expedition

No man is an island.

Mike Horn, a renowned modern day explorer, has dedicated four years to circling the globe by sailboat, implementing environmental stewardship initiatives on each continent with the help of youth aged 15 to 20 from around the world.

MONTECRISTO: Philip Francis’s Postcard Collection

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Philip Francis’s Postcard Collection

Post script.

Pick a card, any card—there are about 15,000 of them to choose from. But this isn’t a tarot reading and it’s far from a card trick. No, it’s a close look at early British Columbia through a private collection of postcards.

MONTECRISTO: Wonderland

Design

Wonderland

Bountiful.

Original photography featuring regional winter produce.

MONTECRISTO: Dana Lee Menswear

Style

Dana Lee Menswear

What’s in a name?

What’s in a name? For Dana Lee, a lot. It has been six seasons since she launched her eponymous menswear fashion brand and six years since she first moved to New York, portfolio in hand, trying to make a go of it there.

MONTECRISTO: Harry Winston

Style

Harry Winston Tourbillon

The timepiece.

The tourbillon is a sure indicator of quality artisanal work. As such, it is on prominent display on the watch face of most devices featuring one; there for all the world to see.

MONTECRISTO: Contemporary Chinese Artists

Arts

Contemporary Chinese Artists

Made in China.

Ai Weiwei’s incarceration in 2011 highlights the careful balancing act required of contemporary Chinese artists: if Weiwei could be treated in such a way, what freedom of expression can be expected of his contemporaries, and how do such events play out in the international art market?

MONTECRISTO: Olympia Le-Tan

Style

Olympia Le-Tan’s Book-Clutch

The clutch.

Olympia Le-Tan’s precious little book clutches, available at the Room at the Bay in Vancouver, are a part of her eponymous handbag label that also includes totes and minaudières.

MONTECRISTO: Hills Foods Specialty Meats

Food and Drink

Hills Foods Specialty Meats

Getting in the game.

With a slogan that says, “Our business is going wild,” Coquitlam-based Hills Foods is all that and more.